SF's OpenAI CEO Sam Altman reportedly weds, possibly on Hawaii estate

Sam Altman, left, and Oliver Mulherin attend A Year In TIME at The Plaza Hotel on Dec. 12, 2023, in New York City. Sam Altman, the chief executive of , has reportedly married his partner Oliver Mulherin at what appears to be Altman’s Hawaiian estate. Photos of the small ceremony circulated on social media Thursday, their authenticity confirmed by .

The background in the photos looks to be in Kailua Kona, on Hawaii Island. reported he bought a $43 million estate there in 2021. Altman confirmed the news of the wedding in a text to on Thursday, the outlet said. Altman and Mulherin typically split their time between a and a ranch in Napa, according to a March profile of the tech exec in the .

Altman, 38, is Jewish, and one of the wedding photos shows him and Mulherin stomping on what was likely glass, as is traditional in the religion. Advertisement Article continues below this ad A well connected tech investor in Silicon Valley and the CEO of OpenAI since 2019, Altman gained mainstream attention in 2023 as he opined about AI’s potential and spoke with politicians in Washington and abroad.

In November, he was ousted from the company by its board of directors and then returned to the chief executive role within a week, after threatened to quit. Mulherin, according to his , has worked in software engineering for several companies, most recently from 2020 to 2022 at Meta. | | | |.