10 OpenAI executives
OpenAI's chief financial, research, global affairs, compliance and accounting officers are all among these OpenAI executives, along with the CTO for compute, the former CEO of AGI Deployment, vice presidents for consumer hardware and communications, and a former VP of strategic finance. AI companies deciding which executive roles to add as they grow, and partners preparing for a finance, policy or compliance conversation with OpenAI, can find the matching seat here.
Professionals to explore
Ajmere Dale
LinkedInExperience: Chief Accounting Officer · OpenAI
Chief Accounting Officer at OpenAI since February 2026, Ajmere Dale held the same title at Block (2016–2026). Controller roles were VP & Corporate Controller at SolarCity (2009–2016) and Corporate Controller at Standard BioTools (2007–2009) and Nasdaq Calypso Technology (2002–2006), a background suited to questions on accounting policy and reporting as a company scales.
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Chris Lehane
LinkedInExperience: Chief Global Affairs Officer · OpenAI
Chris Lehane has been Chief Global Affairs Officer at OpenAI since April 2024 and was SVP of Policy & Communications at Airbnb (2015–2022). Other roles include Operating Partner at Haun Ventures (2022–2024) and Co-Founder of Fabiani & Lehane (2001–2015), with work as a lawyer and spokesperson in government also described, so Chris Lehane suits AI policy and government relations questions.
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Fidji Simo
LinkedInExperience: Former CEO, AGI Deployment · OpenAI
Deploying AI products is the area Fidji Simo fits: CEO, AGI Deployment at OpenAI (2025–2026), Board Member at OpenAI (2024–2025) and Advisor to OpenAI since July 2026. A decade at Facebook and Instacart CEO from 2021 to 2025 are also described, along with Co-Founder of ChronicleBio (since 2025) and a Shopify board seat (since 2021).
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Lindsey Held Bolton
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Communications · OpenAI
Vice President and Acting CCO is how Lindsey Held Bolton's LinkedIn profile describes the current job, and the Vice President Communications title at OpenAI dates from December 2024; Lindsey was also Head of Public Relations (2023–2024). Titles elsewhere include Director of Communications at Meta (2017–2023), Chief Communications and Policy Advisor - Senator Ron Wyden and the US Senate Finance Committee at the United States Senate (2013–2016) and Vice President, Government Affairs at SAP (2012–2013).
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Mark Chen
LinkedInExperience: Chief Research Officer · OpenAI
Mark Chen became Chief Research Officer at OpenAI in January 2025 and also lists SVP of Research since September 2024 and Head of Frontiers Research since 2018. Quantitative research roles were Partner, Quantitative Research at Integral Technology LLC (2016–2018) and Quantitative Research at Tech Square Trading (2012–2016), a fit for questions on setting research direction at OpenAI.
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Peter Welinder
LinkedInExperience: Vice President and General Manager · OpenAI
Building OpenAI's next-generation consumer hardware with the io Products team is Peter Welinder's work as Vice President and General Manager at OpenAI since July 2025. OpenAI titles also include VP of Product New Product Explorations (2023–2025), VP of Product Applied (2020–2023), Head of Applied (2020) and Research Lead Robotics (2016–2020), a path from research to product and hardware within one company.
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Sarah Friar
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · OpenAI
Sarah Friar has been Chief Financial Officer at OpenAI since June 2024 and is described as having been chief executive officer of Nextdoor. Current board roles are Walmart (since 2018), Consensys (since 2022), the Stanford University Board of Trustees (since 2026) and the Operation HOPE Board of Advisors (since 2021), giving Sarah Friar both an operating CFO and a board director's view of financial planning.
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Scott Schools
LinkedInExperience: Chief Compliance Officer · OpenAI
Compliance programs and the Justice Department view are what Scott Schools brings: Chief Compliance Officer at OpenAI since October 2024, Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer at Uber Technologies Inc. (2018–2024), and U.S. Department of Justice roles as Associate Deputy Attorney General (2016–2018 and 2008–2013). Scott Schools was also Member at Moore & Van Allen PLLC (2013–2016).
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Stacie Faggioli
LinkedInExperience: VP Strategic Finance · OpenAI
From 2023 to 2025, Stacie Faggioli was VP Strategic Finance at OpenAI, with a team responsible for strategic and financial planning across OpenAI and raising capital, and is now Business Finance Officer - Applications, partner to the CEO of Applications. Other roles include Chief Financial Officer at Swoop Technologies (2020–2023) and Head of Corporate Finance & Strategy (2019–2020) and Product F&S and Capital Markets (2015–2019) at Stripe.
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Uday Ruddarraju
LinkedInExperience: Chief Technology Officer, Compute · OpenAI
Compute and infrastructure are Uday Ruddarraju's field: Chief Technology Officer, Compute at OpenAI since July 2026 and Head of Compute and Infrastructure there (2025–2026). Other titles include Head of Infrastructure Engineering (xAI and X) at SpaceXAI (2024–2025) and, at Robinhood, Senior Director of Engineering & Head of Infrastructure (2023–2024) and Principal Software Engineer (2021–2022), making Uday the compute and infrastructure contact.
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Choose the right perspective
Finance questions split three ways: Sarah Friar for the CFO view, Ajmere Dale for accounting and controllership, and Stacie Faggioli for strategic planning and capital raising. Research direction goes to Mark Chen, compute and infrastructure to Uday Ruddarraju, policy to Chris Lehane, compliance to Scott Schools, communications to Lindsey Held Bolton, and product or hardware bets to Peter Welinder or Fidji Simo.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01When an AI company's compute spending grows faster than revenue, how should the CFO and the infrastructure leader plan capacity together?
- 02What compliance program does a company deploying frontier AI models need in place before entering regulated industries?
- 03How should an AI company decide when a research project is ready to become a product team with its own general manager?
About this directory
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