Head of revenue Denise Holland Dresser is leaving OpenAI before its IPO

Dusseldorf. The leadership at OpenAI is changing again. Sales chief Denise Holland Dresser is leaving the company “in the next few weeks,” she said in a LinkedIn post on Friday. Dresser wrote that the decision was difficult for her and that she is very proud of what the company has achieved. But she now wants to pursue other career options.

While OpenAI is in the midst of preparing for its IPO, internal turmoil is increasing. Dresser's departure comes at a time of major personnel changes within the company. In the past few months, several managers have already withdrawn from the company. Top manager Fidji Simo, who was supposed to relieve boss Sam Altman as CEO for the use of AI products, resigned in July after only about a year. She had previously been out for three months due to illness. As the Financial Times (FT) reported, she will continue to be active in the background and act in an advisory capacity for the company. Former finance and operations manager Brad Lightcap and ethics officer Chloé Bakalar also recently left the company. As the FT claims to have learned, the current developments are causing unrest among the approximately 6,000 employees.