Greg Brockman Defends $30B OpenAI Stake: ‘Blood, Sweat, and Tears’

# OpenAI's President Owns a Massive Stake in the Company Worth $30 Billion Greg Brockman, one of OpenAI's founders, revealed in court that he owns a huge personal stake in the company—worth about $30 billion—which he says he earned through years of hard work building the AI lab from the ground up. This disclosure came to light during legal proceedings and highlights how much wealth the company's early leaders accumulated as OpenAI grew into one of the world's most valuable AI firms. For everyday workers, this shows how early involvement in a groundbreaking tech company can translate into extraordinary personal wealth.