The story of Alexandr Wang
Co-founder of Scale AI and its CEO until June 2025; Chief AI Officer at Meta since June 2025.
Jan 1997 –
Alexandr Wang. Co-founder of Scale AI and its CEO until June 2025; Chief AI Officer at Meta since June 2025. Citizen of the United States. Born in Los Alamos, New Mexico.
2014
Alexandr Wang, member of U.S. Physics Team. Team member.
2014–2015: Alexandr Wang worked at Quora. Technical lead.
Years are approximate: Forbes (2019) puts his move to the Bay Area to work in 2014, and Forbes (2025) has Lucy Guo meeting him at Quora in 2015. The 2015 end is inferred from his move to MIT. His AngelList profile calls the role “Performance Lead”.
until 2014: Alexandr Wang, educated at Los Alamos High School.
A senior there in 2014; Entrepreneur reports he graduated a year early.
May 2014: Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund funded Alexandr Wang. Gold Scholar scholarship, $20,000.
To be received over four years.
2015–2016
Alexandr Wang, educated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Attended.
He left after a year, in 2016, to build Scale AI.
31 May 2023 –
Alexandr Wang, board member of Expedia Group. Independent director.
Elected to fill the vacancy created by Sam Altman’s resignation. The April 2026 proxy lists him as an independent director, and Expedia’s 8-K on its 17 June 2026 annual meeting lists him among the nominees voted on and says stockholders elected 11 directors.
2025
Since Jun 2025: Alexandr Wang worked at Meta Platforms. Chief AI Officer.
Meta confirmed on 2025-06-12 that he would join; Mark Zuckerberg’s staff memo of 2025-06-30 says he has joined as Chief AI Officer. The exact start date is not stated.
until 12 Jun 2025: Alexandr Wang, CEO of Scale AI.
An SEC filing by Expedia dates his tenure from 2016; Fortune reports that Lucy Guo, who recruited him, was the original CEO.
Since 30 Jun 2025: Alexandr Wang, head of Meta Superintelligence Labs. Chief AI Officer.
At the 2025-06-30 announcement, TechCrunch (citing Bloomberg) reported that he would partner with Nat Friedman, who would oversee Meta’s AI products and applied research.
30 Jul 2026 –
Alexandr Wang, chair of Scale AI. Chairman of the Board.
The date is that of Scale’s announcement that calls him Chairman of the Board; when he took the post is not stated.
Alexandr Wang worked at Addepar and Hudson River Trading.
Alexandr Wang owns a stake in Scale AI.
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