While Altman’s salary is modest, other OpenAI employees are reaping the rewards of their company’s success. Ilya Sutskever, OpenAI’s former chief scientist who stepped away from the company earlier this year, received $322,201 in compensation last year, according to OpenAI’s tax filing.

From ChatGPT 's meteoric rise that put OpenAI on the world map to Altman's ouster over boardroom disputes, it was quite a year. The document also revealed pay for other prominent OpenAI executives. Co-founder and ex-chief scientist Ilya Sutskever was paid $322,