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Rank #3181

Caroline Cochran

Net worth $1.0B

Nuclear power · United States

Born
Dec 01, 1982
Age
43
Source
Nuclear power
Residence
Mountain View, California
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Married
Children
0
Education

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Biography

  • Cochran cofounded Oklo with her husband, Jacob DeWitte, in 2013. She is chief operating officer, while DeWitte is CEO.
  • Cochran and DeWitte own 16% of the company combined.
  • Oklo went public in 2024 at a valuation of $1 billion, after merging with a Sam Altman-backed special purpose acquisition company.
  • Before starting Oklo, Cochran graduated from MIT with a masters degree in nuclear engineering and worked as a marketing and engineering consultant.
  • Oklo's name comes from the uranium-rich mineral deposits at Oklo, Gabon, known for undergoing self-sustained fission two billion years ago.

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