Fidji Simo, OpenAI’s No. 2 CEO, to step down to focus on chronic disease recovery0

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• July 10, 2026

Fidji Simo, CEO of OpenAI’s AGI Deployment and the company’s second executive, will leave her full-time role following a three-month medical leave, she said in a note in X on Thursday. “Three months ago, I had to take medical leave after a serious exacerbation of a chronic illness I’ve lived with for seven years,” he