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OpenAI has appointed a leader to the board of investment firm BlackRock.
Adebayo “Bayo” Ogunlesi, BlackRock’s managing director and CEO of Global Infrastructure Partners, an infrastructure investment platform, has joined the board of OpenAI, OpenAI. announced on tuesday. In a statement, OpenAI board chairman Bret Taylor said Ogunlesi “has an exceptional track record of succeeding in organizations with global reach, complex navigation and dynamic commercial landscapes.”
Ogunlesi spent 23 years at the financial services company Credit Suisse, where he held several positions, including executive vice chairman of Credit Suisse’s investment banking division. Previously, Ogunlesi was an attorney at the New York law firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore and served as a law clerk to Thurgood Marshall, the nation’s first Black U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
Ogunlesi also sits on the board of BlackRock, Topgolf Callaway Brands, Kosmos Energy Holdings and Terminal Investment Limited.
“The rapid growth and development of the EU offers a unique opportunity to build a better future. As part of this, thoughtful strategies and investments in infrastructure will be the key to unlocking the full potential of artificial intelligence and delivering its benefits responsibly,” Ogünlesi said in a press release. “I’m excited to contribute to this effort and look forward to being a part of the OpenAI board.”
OpenAI’s current board bears little resemblance to the board at the end of 2023, whose members fired CEO Sam Altman only to reinstate him days later. As a condition to return, Altman he demanded redesigned board – and he finally got his dream.
OpenAI’s board today includes Taylor, Altman, Quora CEO Adam D’Angelo, CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Sue Desmond-Hellmannformer NSA director Paul M. ZonalNicole Seligman, former president of Sony Corporation of America, Instacart CEO Fiji Simo, economist Larry Summersand Carnegie Mellon computer scientist Zico Colter. D’Angelo is the sole owner of the previous board.
