One major factor in the growth of Altman's net worth is his investments in various startups and companies through his venture funds.

That control aspect is what led to the temporary firing of OpenAI founder and CEO Sam Altman last year ... a difference in Microsoft's current $3.37 trillion market cap. In the original setup ...

OpenAI’s Sam Altman. Elon Musk listens as President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a House Republicans Conference ... [+] meeting at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill on November 13 ...