The Women of OpenAI’s C-Suite Are Sending a Message: Beth Kowitt

When Denise Dresser took on the role of chief revenue officer at OpenAI last week, she became the third woman to step down from a CEO job to join the executive team of the AI powerhouse.

In Dresser’s case, she was leaving the top job at Slack, owned by Salesforce Inc., to grow OpenAI’s enterprise business — a crucial position as the company looks to eventually turn a profit.

Dresser joined Sarah Friar, who quit her perch as chief executive officer of neighborhood social network Nextdoor Holdings Inc. last year to become OpenAI’s chief financial officer, and former Instacart CEO Fidji Simo, who now ...