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French CEO Simo takes on tough job at OpenAI

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June 13, 2025

At just 39 years old, Fidji Simo is poised to become OpenAI's second-in-command after leaving her mark at two other major tech firms, including Meta.

- THOMAS URBAIN

French CEO Simo takes on tough job at OpenAI

Reporting directly to CEO Sam Altman, the move to the ChatGPT-maker represents the latest chapter in a career that has taken Simo from a fishing family in France's Mediterranean port of Sete to the heights of Silicon Valley.

As the current CEO of grocery delivery platform Instacart, she cuts a unique profile: a French woman in the male-dominated American tech landscape who resists advice to blend in.

"I can put all my energy trying to be someone else or I can be myself and pour all of that energy into what I can create," she told CNBC in February.

This philosophy was expected be on full display when she appeared yesterday at the VivaTech conference in Paris.

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