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> For Altman, it’s not about money, either. One of the most surprising things in all of this is that he does not own even a tiny piece of OpenAI, which highlights the unusual nature of this company and the entire AI industry.

It's not in the cropped bit, but the original Semafor article this clips from closes with that

Or just an agreement from, say, Microsoft that once they've made a certain amount of money, Altman gets a sizeable one-time payout.

Shareholders and the company will also inevitably have an Employee Share Scheme.

At that point as CEO he will have equity and benefit.