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Sarah Friar

Chief Financial Officer at OpenAI

San Francisco, California, United States

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Chief Financial Officer at OpenAI

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OpenAI's investors · 61

A.Capital VenturesSan FranciscoA'Z AngelsLos GatosAdvent InternationalBoston · $1.1B checksAlpha Wave GlobalMiamiAltimeter CapitalMenlo Park · $1M – $25M checks · since 2026Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checksAntiSan Juan · $250K – $30M checksBedrockLos Angeles · $5M – $30M checksboldstart venturesMiami · $1M – $3M checksCoatue ManagementNew York · $1M – $20M checksCosmic Venture PartnersAustin · $100K – $5M checksDragoneer Investment GroupSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checks · since 2025Eastlink Capital PartnersMenlo Park · $100K – $5M checksEmerson Collective InvestingPalo Alto · $100K – $1M checksEverybody Ventures$100K checksFelicis VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $15M checksFirestreak VenturesFounders FundSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checksFrontier VenturesCupertino · $100K – $5M checksGaldana VenturesBarcelonaGestio CapitalLondonGlynn Capital ManagementMenlo ParkGreylock PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $200M checksHOF CapitalNew York · $25K – $15M checksICONIQSan FranciscoIneffable VenturesStamfordKaleida CapitalSan DiegoKhosla VenturesMenlo Park · $5K – $50M checksLakeside CapitalTampa · $100K – $250K checksMadrona Venture GroupSeattle · $2M – $10M checksMastrySan FranciscoMaverick VenturesSan Francisco · $3M – $10M checksMech VenturesLas VegasMGXAbu Dhabi · since 2025Next Legacy PartnersPortola ValleyNVIDIASanta ClaraOssian CapitalPeter ThielRiverbend CapitalWashingtonRosecliff VenturesNew York City · $500K checksSanctor CapitalNew YorkSequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checksSGH CapitalParisSoftBank GroupTokyoSoftBank Vision FundLondonSoma CapitalSacramento · $100K – $300K checksSound VenturesSanta MonicaSparkLabs KoreaPalo AltoSquareOne CapitalMiamiStack CapitalTorontoStandard CapitalSan FranciscoSV AngelSan FranciscoT. Rowe PriceBaltimore · since 2025Thrive CapitalNew York · $500K – $25M checks · since 2025Touring CapitalSan FranciscoType One VenturesLos Angeles · $100K – $5M checksValkyrie Ventures Management, LlcPark CityVU Venture PartnersSan Francisco · $200K – $1M checksWAGMI VenturesWealthUnion$10K checksXYZ Venture CapitalSan Francisco · $10K – $5M checks

Co-founders at OpenAI

SASam Altman
Sam AltmanCo-founder & CEO
EMElon Musk
Elon MuskCo-founder & former Co-chair / board member
GBGreg Brockman
Greg BrockmanCo-founder & President
ISIlya Sutskever
Ilya SutskeverCo-founder & Chief Scientist
WZWojciech Zaremba
Wojciech ZarembaCo-founder
JS
John SchulmanCo-founder (departed 2024)
AK
Andrej KarpathyCo-founder
TB
Trevor BlackwellCo-founder

Experience

  1. OpenAIChief Financial Officercurrent2024 — presentUnited States
  2. WalmartMember Board Of Directorscurrent2018 — present
  3. ConsenSysMember Board Of Directorscurrent2022 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  4. Stanford UniversityMember Board of Trusteescurrent2026 — present
  5. Operation HOPEMember of the Board of Advisorscurrent2021 — presentAtlanta, Georgia, United States
  6. Ladies Who LaunchCo-launchercurrent2013 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  7. Blavatnik School of Government, University of OxfordMember of the Board of Advisors2022 — 2025Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
  8. Stanford Digital Economy LabMember of the Board of Advisors2021 — 2025Stanford, California, United States
  9. NextdoorChief Executive Officer2018 — 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  10. SlackMember Board Of Directors2017 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
  11. SquareCFO2012 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  12. New Relic, Inc.Member Board Of Directors2014 — 2018San Francisco Bay Area
  13. Salesforce.comSenior Vice President, Finance & Strategy2011 — 2012
  14. Goldman SachsManaging Director - Business Unit Leader for Technology2000 — 2011
  15. McKinsey & CompanyBusiness Analyst1996 — 1998
  16. Arthur AndersenScholar1991 — 1992

Frequently asked questions

Who is Sarah Friar?
Chief Financial Officer at OpenAI
Where does Sarah Friar work?
Sarah Friar is Chief Financial Officer at OpenAI.
Where did Sarah Friar go to school?
Sarah Friar studied at Stanford University Graduate School of Business (MBA); University of Oxford (MEng, Metallurgy, Economics and Management).

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Also attended University of Oxford1,763

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockMichael MoritzFormer Partner at Sequoia Capital; Senior Adviser at Sequoia HeritageGabriel PereyraCo-founder & President of HarveyDominic JacquessonInvestor at Index VenturesErin Price-WrightInvestor at Index VenturesJan HammerInvestor at Index Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at OpenAI191

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockPat GradyPartner at Sequoia CapitalGreg BrockmanCo-founder & President of OpenAIIlya SutskeverCo-founder of OpenAI; co-founder & CEO of Safe SuperintelligenceAravind SrinivasCo-founder & CEO of Perplexity AIDario AmodeiCo-founder & CEO of Anthropic

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Also worked at Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford6

Mila LukicPartner and Head of Outcomes Partnerships at Bridges Fund Management Ltd.Bo WilkesPresident at Ballad VenturesSarah FriarAngelAmer BaroudiFounder at NsaveDavid HallFounder at TohaMatt PierriFounder at Sociability

Also worked at Nextdoor35

Bill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at BenchmarkChris VarelasInvestor at Riverwood CapitalSarah LearyVenture Partner at Unusual VenturesAditya NaganathPartner at KPCBBryan PowerVenture Partner at SHAKTILauren NemethInvestor at Premji Invest

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Also worked at Slack69

Mamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner PerkinsHans TungManaging Partner at Notable CapitalStewart ButterfieldCo-founder of Slack and FlickrCal HendersonCo-founder & CTO of SlackDana ChamorroVice President, Technology at Redpoint VenturesNeha JewalikarDirector of Communications at Scale Venture Partners

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