--- title: OpenAI adds two banking CEOs to its board as an IPO looms description: OpenAI has appointed Nubank CEO David Vélez and BNY CEO Robin Vince to both its nonprofit and for-profit boards. The move is widely read as IPO preparation,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/openai-adds-two-banking-ceos-to-its-board-as-an-ipo-looms-lsw6gcha7 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: OpenAI adds two banking CEOs to its board as an IPO looms | daily.dev og:description: OpenAI has appointed Nubank CEO David Vélez and BNY CEO Robin Vince to both its nonprofit and for-profit boards. The move is widely read as IPO preparation,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/openai-adds-two-banking-ceos-to-its-board-as-an-ipo-looms-lsw6gcha7 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/LSw6gcha7.png og:image:alt: OpenAI adds two banking CEOs to its board as an IPO looms og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # OpenAI adds two banking CEOs to its board as an IPO looms **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary OpenAI has appointed Nubank CEO David Vélez and BNY CEO Robin Vince to both its nonprofit and for-profit boards. The move is widely read as IPO preparation, with a potential stock market debut as early as 2027. Both executives bring deep financial and banking credentials — Vince spent 26 years at Goldman Sachs, while Vélez built Nubank into a 135-million-customer digital bank. The dual board placement also addresses governance concerns stemming from the 2023 Sam Altman firing episode, and signals OpenAI's intent to attract large financial institutions as enterprise customers. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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