⚈ Fidji Simo is now the CEO of Applications in Openai, where it provides reports to Sam Altman.
⚈ Previously, I InstaCart and took the public company in 2023.
His clear wealth was estimated for 2025 72.7 million dollarsBased on InstaCart, property.
Fidji Simo has played the most viewed Tech. The former CEO of Instacart is leading the Openai requests section, and works directly under the leadership of Sam Altman. It is a big step in a pivotal moment: Openai is reshaping itself in Public benefit company Spring with Elon Musk Xai.
From southern France to Silicon Valley
Simo grew up in City, a small town in southern France, and was the first in her family who finished high school. After studying at HEC Paris and Ucla, her career began in EBY, before joining Facebook (now Meta) in 2011.
There, I went up quickly. As head of the Facebook application, he supervised some of the largest platform products: feeding news, stories, viewing, living, market, and even dating and ads.
In 2021, Simo joined the Instacart board, and within months, it was exploited to replace the founder Apoorva Mehta as CEO. The public company was taken in 2023, as it ended nearly three years of drought in the general subscriptions of the main technology (the first public offering). Outside Big Tech, she participated in the founding of the Metrodora Institute, a research center that focuses on complex chronic conditions. In addition, the seats of paintings are represented in Shopify and Openai.
Recently, in May 2025, she was appointed CEO of applications at Openai. In this new position, the teams responsible for converting the company’s research lead to practical tools and services. As Sam Al -Taman Put it:
“Applications combine a group of current trade and operational teams responsible for how our research has reached and benefits the world, and Fidji is uniquely qualified to lead this group.”
Value Videy Simo
Note that this number does not take into account any special investments or board fees or its salary from Openai or assets related to Metrodora, Openai or Shopify. It is also not treated in any personal obligations such as mortgages or loans, so its actual clear wealth can be higher or less.
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