Brockman vs Kerimov

OpenAI and Polyus.

The differences

Forbes puts Suleiman Kerimov about $0.2B ahead of Greg Brockman.Forbes figures from 9 Oct 2026 and 9 Oct 2026.
Greg Brockman: co-founded it. Suleiman Kerimov: built it up.
Suleiman Kerimov is about 21 years older than Greg Brockman.
Greg Brockman is from United States; Suleiman Kerimov is from Russia.
Suleiman Kerimov has held a public or government advisory role; Greg Brockman has none on record.

Put someone else on either side

Brockman

Kerimov

Net worth, Forbes: $25.5BForbes, 9 Oct 2026; $25.7BForbes, 9 Oct 2026
Net worth, Bloomberg: $25.5BBloomberg, 17 Oct 2026; $10.2BBloomberg, 15 Oct 2026
Forbes rank: No. 95Real-Time list, 9 Oct 2026; No. 93Real-Time list, 9 Oct 2026
Billionaire since: 2026Forbes called him the richest newcomer to its 2026 Forbes 400; 2006Earliest Forbes list in the cited sources: No. 72 on the 2006 World's Richest People with $7.1 billion; an earlier listing isn't ruled out

How it started: Co-founded itLeft Stripe in 2015 to co-found OpenAI with Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Ilya Sutskever and others; Built it upBought control of the former state oil trader Nafta Moskva in 1998, then built stakes in Gazprom, Sberbank, Uralkali and Polyus
Main source: OpenAI stockBloomberg credits him with a $25 billion OpenAI stake and $471.3 million in Stripe shares; Proceeds of investments in Polyus and other Russian assetsForbes lists gold as his source of wealth
Companies: OpenAIOpenAI: Co-founder and president; Polyus, Nafta MoskvaPolyus: None; Nafta Moskva: Owner
Biggest stake: OpenAIStake not stated; PolyusStake not stated

Born: 1987Thompson, North Dakota, United States; 12 Mar 1966Derbent, Dagestan, Russia
Country: United StatesLives in San Francisco, California, United States; RussiaLives in Moscow, Russia
Education: Left university without a degreeLeft Harvard, then left MIT in his junior year to join Stripe in 2010; Graduate degreeMaster of economics, Dagestan State University
Parents: Son of two physicians; Not stated

Role now: Runs the companyPresident of OpenAI; OwnerMember of Russia's Federation Council for Dagestan; owner of the Nafta Moscow group
Successor: Not stated; Not stated
Public office: None found; Member of the State Duma; Member of the Federation Council, representing Dagestanfrom 1999; 2008-
Legal record: None found; 2018: US Treasury (OFAC); 2022: Council of the European Union; 2022: UK governmentDesignated on 6 April 2018 under Executive Order 13661 as an official of the Russian government; also listed under Executive Order 14024. Added to the EU sanctions list on 15 March 2022. Sanctioned by the UK in March 2022, per Forbes.