Who joined OpenAI in 2026

Brian McCarthy joins OpenAI from SpaceX as sales VP

Brian McCarthy → to OpenAI, Vice President of Worldwide Sales, from SpaceX

OpenAI's new revenue chief recruits his old AppDynamics colleague to chase enterprise deals against Anthropic.

hirereportedSep 17, 2026Fortune: Exclusive: OpenAI poaches Brian McCarthy from SpaceX to be its VP of worldwide sales

Dali Rajic → to OpenAI as Chief Revenue Officer

OpenAI recruits a security-minded revenue chief from Zscaler, hinting at a harder push into enterprise procurement.

hireconfirmedAug 13, 2026OpenAI: OpenAI Appoints Dali Rajic as Chief Revenue Officer

Noam Shazeer → to OpenAI as Researcher

A repeat departure that a nine-figure retention deal failed to prevent signals compensation alone cannot secure loyalty at the frontier-research tier.

hireconfirmedJun 18, 2026CNBC: Google Gemini Co-Lead Noam Shazeer Leaves for OpenAI

Fidji Simo → to OpenAI as CEO of Applications

OpenAI's clearest signal that commercializing ChatGPT required an operator's discipline, not another researcher.

hireconfirmedMay 7, 2025CNBC: OpenAI hires Instacart CEO Fidji Simo as head of applications, reporting to Altman

Kevin Weil → to OpenAI as Chief Product Officer

Completed a same-day double hire that gave OpenAI product and finance leadership ahead of its 2024 growth push.

hireconfirmedJun 10, 2024Axios: OpenAI hires Sarah Friar as CFO, Kevin Weil as Chief Product Officer

Sarah Friar → to OpenAI as Chief Financial Officer

Signaled OpenAI's finance function was scaling toward the discipline a future public offering would demand.

hireconfirmedJun 10, 2024OpenAI: OpenAI welcomes Sarah Friar (CFO) and Kevin Weil (CPO)