Rank #3181
Jacob DeWitte
Net worth $1.0B
Nuclear power · United States
- Born
- Oct 01, 1985
- Age
- 40
- Source
- Nuclear power
- Residence
- Mountain View, California
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Children
- 0
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- DeWitte cofounded Oklo with his wife, Caroline Cochran, in 2013. He is CEO, while Cochran is chief operating officer.
- DeWitte and Cochran 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, DeWitte graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in nuclear and radiological engineering and from MIT with a master's and PhD in nuclear engineering.
- 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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