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Source: Fortune
Summary
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is preparing for a potential IPO and dealing with allegations of stealing trade secrets from Elon Musk’s xAI. Despite these challenges, Altman is prioritizing his family, including his one-year-old son and his husband, Australian software engineer Oliver Mulherin. Altman has scaled back his daily routine and focuses on spending time with his family, saying that fatherhood has been “significantly underhyped.” He has also purchased a ranch in Napa, California, where he spends weekends with his family.
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The announcement sounds familiar.
Altman’s priorities have shifted since becoming a father, and he’s now focusing on spending time with his family. He’s scaled back his daily routine, which he used to prioritize, and is taking things more slowly on the weekends. Despite the challenges he’s facing, he’s prioritizing his family and saying that fatherhood has been a positive experience.
Altman has also purchased a ranch in Napa, California, where he spends weekends with his family. He’s also expecting another child later this year.
The numbers tell one story: one year into parenthood, Altman says it’s been “my favorite thing ever in life by far.” And I don’t think I have anything deep or non-cliche to say about it, other than I thought it was going to be great and it’s much better than I thought it was going to be.
Original observation: Fatherhood has become a performance metric for a CEO’s competence.
Author: Evan Null
