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someone threw a molotov cocktail at his house https://abcnews.com/US/man-allegedly-throws-molotov-cocktail-home-openai-ceo/story?id=131926703 Sam posted a response https://blog.samaltman.com/2279512
Excuses behavior with ague teenage gay bashing incident 'Altman grew up in Clayton, Missouri, an affluent suburb of St. Louis, as the eldest of four siblings. His mother, Connie Gibstine, is a dermatologist; his father, Jerry Altman, was a real-estate broker and a housing activist. Altman attended a Reform synagogue and a private preparatory school that he has described as “not the kind of place where you would really stand up and talk about being gay.” In general, though, the family’s wealthy suburban circles were relatively liberal. When Altman was sixteen or seventeen, he said, he was out late in a predominantly gay neighborhood in St. Louis and was subjected to a brutal physical attack and homophobic slurs. Altman did not report the incident, and he was reluctant to give us more details on the record, saying that a fuller telling would “make me look like I’m manipulative or playing for sympathy.” He dismissed the idea that this event, and his sexuality broadly, was significant to his identity. But, he said, “probably that has, like, some deep-seated psychological thing—that I think I’m over but I’m not—about not wanting more conflict.”'
gay shit 'Another source of Altman’s power is his vast list of investments, which at times extends to his personal life. He has financial entanglements with numerous former romantic partners: as a fund co-manager, a lead investor, or a frequent co-investor. This is hardly unusual. Many of Silicon Valley’s straight executives do the same thing with their romantic and sexual partners. (“You have to,” one prominent C.E.O. told us.) “I’ve obviously invested with some exes after the fact. And I think that’s, like, totally fine,” Altman said. But the dynamic affords an extraordinary level of control. “It creates a very, very high dependence, essentially,” a person close to Altman said. “Oftentimes, it’s a lifetime dependence.”' Peter Thiel's hot tub 'In 2023, Altman married Mulherin in a small ceremony at a home they own in Hawaii. (They’d met nine years prior, late at night in Peter Thiel’s hot tub.) They have hosted a range of guests at the property, and those we spoke with reported witnessing nothing more remarkable than the standard diversions of the very wealthy: meals prepared by a private chef, boat rides at golden hour. One New Year’s party was “Survivor”-themed; a photograph shows a number of shirtless, smiling men, and also Jeff Probst, the real host of “Survivor.” Altman has also hosted smaller groups of friends at his properties, gatherings that have included, in at least one instance, a spirited game of strip poker. (A photograph of the event, which did not include Altman, leaves unclear who won, but at least three men clearly lost.) We spoke to many of Altman’s former guests who suggested only that he is a generous host.'