OpenAI names Wiz COO Dali Rajic as chief revenue officer, replacing Denise Dresser
OpenAI has hired Dali Rajic, president and COO of Alphabet-owned Wiz, as its new chief revenue officer, replacing Denise Dresser, who joined in December 2025 and will leave in the coming weeks to pursue other opportunities. This marks OpenAI's second CRO change in under a year and follows the departure of special projects lead Brad Lightcap earlier this week, part of a string of executive exits.
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Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg : OpenAI hires Dali Rajic, COO of Alphabet's Wiz, as chief revenue officer, replacing ex-Slack CEO Denise Dresser, who was hired in December 2025 and will leave — OpenAI is naming its second new chief revenue officer in less than a year, a sign of efforts to bolster sales growth ahead of a highly anticipated Wall Street debut.
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Another OpenAI executive is departing. Denise Dresser, who joined OpenAI as its chief revenue officer in December after serving as CEO of Slack, will be leaving in the "coming weeks" to "pursue other opportunities," she said in a team note posted to LinkedIn . Dali Rajic, president and COO of Wiz, will be taking over the CRO role, OpenAI says . Dresser's departure is just the latest in a string of major exits. Earlier this week, special projects lead and former COO Brad Lightcap announced he would be leaving . (Dresser had taken over some of Lightcap's work when he moved to the special projects role.) Former AGI chief Fidji Simo and former CMO … Read the full story at The Verge.
