# Dario Amodei

Co-founder, Anthropic. TIME100 AI 2026, Leaders. In November 2023, OpenAI's board approached him about replacing Sam Altman as CEO. He said no. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dario_Amodei))

- Born: 1983, San Francisco, California, United States ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dario_Amodei))
- Education: PhD, Biophysics, Princeton University, 2011; BS, Physics, Stanford University, 2006; attended, no degree, Physics, Caltech, 2003 ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dario_Amodei), [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dario-amodei-3934934))
- Career: Anthropic (CEO and co-founder, 2021 to now); OpenAI (Vice President of Research, 2016–2020); Google (Senior Research Scientist, 2015–2016); Baidu (Research Scientist, 2014–2015); Skyline Targeted Proteomics Environment (Software Developer (part-time), 2013–2014); Stanford University (Postdoctoral Scholar, 2011–2014); Applied Minds (Consultant, 2008–2013); Schlumberger (Geophysicist, 2004) ([linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dario-amodei-3934934), [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dario_Amodei))
- TIME profile: https://time.com/collection/time100-ai/2026/dario-amodei-daniela-amodei/
- Profile: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/most-influential-people-in-ai/dario-amodei

- Made the USA Physics Olympiad team in 2000, while still at a San Francisco public high school. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dario_Amodei))
- Spent part of 2004 working as a geophysicist at oilfield services firm Schlumberger, between Caltech and Stanford. ([linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dario-amodei-3934934))
- Started as a neuroscientist: his Princeton PhD measured how networks of neurons behave together and won the Hertz Thesis Prize in 2011. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dario_Amodei))
- In November 2023, OpenAI's board approached him about replacing Sam Altman and merging the two companies. He declined both. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dario_Amodei))
- He and Anthropic's other co-founders have each pledged 80% of their personal equity in the company to charity. ([cnbc.com](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/29/anthropic-ceo-dario-amodei-charts-new-direction-for-tech-philanthropy.html))