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Employees OpenAI Inc David Lansky

David Lansky

Officer

General Counsel at OpenAI Inc

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2021. Published on January 25, 2026.

$273,895
2021

Total compensation

David Lansky has been listed as an employee of OpenAI Inc in Form 990 filings since fiscal year 2017. Total compensation for David Lansky has increased by 12.9% from 2017 to 2021.

Annual compensation details

$273,895
-10.5%
General Counsel
2021
$262k related
30 hrs/wk
$13k other
--
$305,955
-12.9%
General Counsel
2020
$306k related
30 hrs/wk
$351,177

Total compensation by year

Compare the compensation of David Lansky to:

2021

Other employees at OpenAI Inc

Chris Clark
Secretary and Treasurer
$372,692
$50,000 from org$310,600 from related$12,092 other
Ilya Sutskever
Research Director
$294,947
$0 from org$278,609 from related$16,338 other
Reiichiro Nakano
Technical Staff
$230,395
$196,272 from org$18,375 from related$15,748 other
Elena Chatziathanasiadou
Technical Staff
$144,966
$47,292 from org$90,248 from related$7,426 other
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January 25, 2026:
2021 OpenAI Inc 990 published
January 24, 2026:
2020 OpenAI Inc 990 published
January 24, 2026:
2019 OpenAI Inc 990 published

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