Anthropic founders enter Forbes 400 with estimated $15.5 billion fortunes each

Sep 16, 2026 02:17 (39d ago)

Six former OpenAI employees who founded Anthropic joined the Forbes 400 ranking.
$15.5 billion is the estimated net worth of each individual.
2021 was the year the six employees left OpenAI to establish Anthropic.

Six employees who left OpenAI in 2021 to establish Anthropic have joined the Forbes 400 wealth ranking, with each estimated to hold a net worth of about $15.5 billion. The individuals named are Daniela Amodei, Dario Amodei, Tom Brown, Jack Clark, Jared Kaplan and Sam.