Daniela Amodei
American technology executive; co-founder, president and board chair of Anthropic
| Daniela Amodei
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|---|---|
| Born | 1987 (Forbes) |
| Nationality | American |
| Residence | San Francisco, California (Forbes) |
| Occupation | Technology executive |
| Known for | Co-founder and president of Anthropic |
| Children | 2 (Forbes) |
| Sibling(s) | Dario Amodei |
| Education | University of California, Santa Cruz (BA, English literature) |
Daniela Amodei (born 1987) is an American technology executive. She is co-founder and president of Anthropic and chairs its board. She co-founded the company in January 2021 with her brother Dario Amodei and five other former OpenAI staff.[1][2] On 10 November 2026 the Forbes Real-Time Billionaires list ranked Amodei 219th in the world, with an estimated net worth of US$13.7 billion; Forbes lists the source of wealth as artificial intelligence.[1][3] In the annual World's Billionaires list published in 2026, Forbes had ranked Amodei 567th, at US$7.0 billion.[4] Anthropic's amended registration statement of 10 November 2026 showed her as the beneficial owner of 241,408,940 Class A shares, about 3.6% of that class.[2] Fortune noted that the figure includes about 264,500 options and RSUs held by her spouse.[5]
Education and early career
Amodei received a BA in English literature from the University of California, Santa Cruz.[2] She worked at the payments company Stripe from May 2013 to July 2018. Anthropic gives her roles there as risk manager among others, while Forbes says she joined as a founding recruiter.[2][1] From October 2018 to December 2020 she worked at OpenAI as an engineering manager, vice-president of people and vice-president of safety and policy.[2]
Anthropic
Amodei has been president and a director of Anthropic since its founding in January 2021, and she chairs the board.[2] Fortune reported that she received US$16.4 million in compensation in 2025.[5] Forbes's estimates of Anthropic's private valuation rose from about US$18 billion in 2024 to US$61.5 billion in March 2025 and US$965 billion in May 2026.[1]
Listing and ownership
Anthropic filed to list on the Nasdaq under the symbol "ANT", with an indicated price range of US$70–78 a share in its 10 November 2026 amended filing. It said that the seven co-founders had each pledged to give 80% of their personal Anthropic equity to philanthropy, describing the pledges as voluntary and revocable rather than legally binding.[2] A single Class F share held by a founders' LLC will carry 50.1% of the votes.[2] TechCrunch reported that each co-founder would sell 3,378,378 shares in the offering, worth just under US$250 million each at the midpoint of the range.[6] Fortune estimated that each co-founder owned about 1.4% of the company on a fully diluted basis.[5]
Dispute with the Department of War
Anthropic's filing says that in February 2026, after the company stated that its technology should not be used for mass domestic surveillance or fully autonomous weapons, the President directed federal agencies to stop using it and the Secretary of War ordered it designated a "supply-chain risk to national security". A federal district court in California largely granted Anthropic summary judgment on 27 August 2026, but on 25 September 2026 a divided D.C. Circuit panel upheld one of the designations. Anthropic has asked for a rehearing by the full court.[2]
Political activity
In the 2022–2026 cycles, Amodei's itemised federal contributions went to the Harris Victory Fund and Harris for President in 2024 and, in 2022, to Carrick Flynn for Oregon.[7]
Across the 2 non-memo records retrieved for the 2022–2026 cycles, the filtered total is US$6,200 (a lower bound). The largest recipient committees, as named in the filings, were HARRIS VICTORY FUND (US$3,300), CARRICK FLYNN FOR OREGON (US$2,900).[7]
| Cycle | Total (US$, lower bound) | Records | Largest recipient committees (as filed with the FEC) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $2,900 | 1 | CARRICK FLYNN FOR OREGON ($2,900) |
| 2024 | $3,300 | 1 | HARRIS VICTORY FUND ($3,300) |
Philanthropy
Like the other co-founders, she has pledged to give 80% of her personal Anthropic equity to philanthropy, a commitment Anthropic describes as voluntary and revocable.[2]
Wealth
Forbes classes Amodei as self-made, with wealth from artificial intelligence.[1]
Wealth history
Forbes has included this entry in its annual World's Billionaires list in 2 of the editions from 2001 to 2026 checked for this profile, starting with 2025. The table gives the rank and estimated net worth in each annual list, and, where applicable, the rank and estimate in the Forbes 400 list of the richest Americans.[4][1]
| Year | World's Billionaires rank | Net worth (US$ bn) | Forbes 400 rank | Forbes 400 net worth (US$ bn) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2623 | 1.2 | – | – |
| 2026 | 567 | 7.0 | 75 | 15.5 |
International and political links
This section uses the same ten headings for every profile in this series. Only specific, sourced actions are included; company-level and foundation-level actions are labelled as such. Where nothing was found, the entry reads "No documented involvement found in sources checked."
Israel (investments, operations, donations, contracts, statements)
No documented involvement found in sources checked.
Zionist or pro-Israel organisations and lobbying groups
No documented involvement found in sources checked.
Jewish communal charities
No documented involvement found in sources checked.
Gulf states
No documented involvement found in sources checked.
China
No documented involvement found in sources checked.
Russia
No documented involvement found in sources checked.
India
No documented involvement found in sources checked.
Palestinian or Arab causes
No documented involvement found in sources checked.
Home government
Anthropic's filing says that in February 2026, after the company stated that its technology should not be used for mass domestic surveillance or fully autonomous weapons, the President directed federal agencies to stop using it and the Secretary of War ordered it designated a "supply-chain risk to national security". A federal district court in California largely granted Anthropic summary judgment on 27 August 2026, but on 25 September 2026 a divided D.C. Circuit panel upheld one of the designations. Anthropic has asked for a rehearing by the full court.[2]
Other international links
No documented involvement found in sources checked.
See also
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Forbes, Forbes profile record for Daniela Amodei (Forbes data feed behind forbes.com/profile/daniela-amodei/) Forbes, live record, read 10 November 2026, accessed 10 November 2026.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 Anthropic, PBC, Form S-1/A (Amendment No. 2) registration statement U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 10 November 2026, accessed 10 November 2026.
- ↑ Forbes, Forbes Real-Time Billionaires data feed Forbes, live; downloaded 10 November 2026 23:28 UTC, accessed 10 November 2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Forbes, Forbes World's Billionaires list data feed, annual editions 2001–2026 (one file per year at this path with the year substituted; all 26 files downloaded and read) Forbes, annual lists; downloaded 20 October 2026, accessed 10 November 2026.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Nick Lichtenberg, Anthropic’s 7 cofounders are each worth $14 billion already—and that could double in an IPO. They’ve promised to give most of it away Fortune, 26 October 2026, accessed 10 November 2026.
- ↑ Julie Bort, All 7 Anthropic founders will each cash out about $250M in IPO TechCrunch, 10 November 2026, accessed 10 November 2026.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 U.S. Federal Election Commission, OpenFEC Schedule A (itemised individual contributions) query, contributor name "AMODEI, DANIELA"; 2026 cycle shown in link, the 2022, 2024 and 2026 cycles were queried together with the same parameters; top 100 records by amount; records filtered by employer/occupation and name, memo entries excluded U.S. Federal Election Commission, data as filed; queried 10 November 2026, accessed 10 November 2026.