Honestly I'm not sure it matters that much. CEOs who are not experts or researches in a domain can still build great companies and empower their employees to do

Honestly I'm not sure it matters that much. CEOs who are not experts or researches in a domain can still build great companies and empower their employees to do incredible work. Lots of tech people absolutely love to point out that Steve Jobs was not an engineer, but under his leadership the company invented three products that totally revolutionized different industries. Now, I'm not going to sit here and say Altman is Jobs, but running a company, knowing how to raise money, knowing how to productize technologies, etc are all very important skills that industry researchers aren't always good at.