From ChatGPT 's meteoric rise that put OpenAI on the world map to Altman's ouster over boardroom disputes, it was quite a year. The document also revealed pay for other prominent OpenAI executives. Co-founder and ex-chief scientist Ilya Sutskever was paid $322,

Sam Altman, the cofounder and CEO of artificial intelligence market leader OpenAI, was reportedly paid just $76,001 in 2023. It might seem like a shockingly low number, but it’s also not entirely unexpected.

According to tax filings seen by Bloomberg that show the compensation OpenAI paid Altman and other execs, the CEO's salary went from $73,546 in 2022 to