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it was reported overnight that the american artificial intelligence company openai is formulating a restructuring plan to transfer its core business to a for-profit company to enhance the company's appeal to investors.

according to people familiar with the matter, openai ceo sam altman (sam altman) will receive 7% of the company's shares under the restructuring plan.with openai expected to be valued at $150 billion, altman's wealth is expected to grow to more than $10 billion.

according to data on the forbes website, altman's real-time net worth is $1 billion. this means that if openai can be reorganized as planned, altman's wealth will rise from "billion levels" to "tens of billions."

it should be noted that the restructuring plan reported by the media is still under negotiation, and many details are still unclear, including the size and structure of altman’s possible shareholdings, which may not even be realized.

but no matter what, whether openai changes or remains unchanged, it will be very influential for the industry and artificial intelligence (ai) technology, because it is related to how humans will build the future of ai.

although altman has only recently become the focus of the technology world, in fact, he has also done a successful job in investment. he served as a partner at y combinator and served as president of this famous silicon valley venture capital firm from 2014 to 2019.

as the president of y combinator, altman has come into contact with many small businesses and invested in dozens of startups, including asana, which listed on the new york stock exchange in 2020, and instacart, which was listed on nasdaq in september last year. served as reddit's ceo for 8 days.

some analysts pointed out that altman still has many undisclosed assets, such as his stake in elon musk’s neuralink.

altman himself has repeatedly stated that he does not hold shares in openai because he already has enough money. but he occasionally mentioned that if he could take a stake, people would stop asking him about it.

last year, altman told a u.s. senate hearing: "my salary is enough to pay for health insurance, and i have no equity in openai. i do this (operating openai) because i love it."

although openai's valuation continues to rise, core executives continue to lose. yesterday, chief technology officer (cto) mira murati announced that she will leave the company. later the same day, chief research officer bob mcgrew also announced his departure.

within days, altman told the media, "i saw some news that this was related to the company's restructuring, which is completely untrue. this is just them preparing for a new chapter in their lives."

altman added that he would use the reshuffle to "flatten" openai's structure, appoint several employees who report directly to him, and promote a "new generation of leaders."