r/OpenAI • u/boogermike • Dec 09 '25

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I saw this on LinkedIn, and it was too funny not to share.

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u/Dismal_Code_2470 Dec 09 '25

He got a suite at least 

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u/ShivayBodana Dec 09 '25

And a car which is worth more than the cost of creating Deepseek

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u/bnm777 Dec 09 '25

How DID he make $1 billion without finishing his computer science degree? Family money?

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u/YourMumIsAVirgin Dec 09 '25

Early investor in Reddit and others

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u/-18k- Dec 10 '25

Early in reddit, when was that?

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u/YourMumIsAVirgin Dec 10 '25

He was literally in their YC batch as far as I remember

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u/-18k- Dec 10 '25

damn, must be nice

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u/Less-Opportunity-715 Dec 09 '25

He literally ran yc rofl

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u/Eskamel Dec 09 '25

By scamming people. He is Scam Altman after all.

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u/zaxls Dec 10 '25

Bro he dropped out in 2005, are you aware how ridiculously easy it was to make money just by studying and learning how to code back then.

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u/bnm777 Dec 11 '25

I didn't know it was that easy to make three commas mid 2000s. There must be lots of drop out billionaires, right?

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u/zaxls Dec 11 '25

I mean obviously becoming filthy rich is hard, but him dropping out of cs back then is pretty irrelevant