⚈ Fidji Simo is now the CEO of Openai Apps, notifying Sam Altman.
⚈ He previously led Instacart and took the company to the public in 2023.
⚈ its 2025 net value is estimated $ 72.7 millionBased on Instacart Stock Holdings.
Fidji Simo has taken a role in Tech's most viewed company. The former CEO of Instacart is now heading the Openai Application Department, working directly under Sam Altman. This is a big step at the pivotal moment: Openai becomes yourself a public benefit corporation And Elon Musk's Xai.
Silicon Valley from southern France
Simo grew up in Sètes, a small town in southern France, and was the first in his family to graduate from high school. After studying in HEC in Paris and UCLA, he began his career in eBay before he was on Facebook (now Meta) in 2011.
There he climbed quickly. As a Facebook app manager, he watched some of the biggest products of the platform: news flow, stories, watching, living, marketing ground, even dating and ads.
In 2021, Simo joined the Board of Instacart and for months he was knocked as CEO to replace the founder of the founder Apva Mehta. He took the company into public in 2023, ending with almost three-year-old Major Tech IPOs (initial public offer). Outside Big Tech, he founded the Metrodora Institute, a research center focused on chronic conditions. In addition, he organizes Shopify and Openai table sites.
The last time in May 2025, he was named CEO of Openai Apps. In this new position, he runs teams responsible for the company's research into practical tools and services. Like Sam Altman put it:
“The applications bring together a group of existing business and operative teams that are responsible for how our research reaches and benefits the world, and FIDJI is unique to lead this group.”
The net value of Fidji Simo
Note that this number is not taken into account by private investments, board fees, his or her salary from Opena, or assets related to Metrodora, Openai or Shopify. Nor does it take into account personal obligations, such as mortgage or loans, so its actual net value may be higher or lower.
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