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Scouting report · OKLO

Jacob DeWitte

  • Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, OKLO since 2013-07src

Co-founded Oklo in 2013 and has run it since; chairman from April 2025

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Scouting sheet

as of 24 Sep 2026
Delivers guidance—no promises on the record yet
Answers the question—no call reviewed yet
Capital allocation—company not reviewed yet
Pay design10strategic, individual, time only · company lost money
Skin in the game—no holding or price on file
Age
40src
In the role
13 yr
Promises scored
0
Hit rate
—
Dodges / 100 answers
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Airtime on calls
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Every promise, oldest firstno scored promises yet

What to weigh

Watch 5

  • Oklo's 2020 combined license application was denied without prejudice by the NRC in 2022; the updated application had still not been filed at the March 2026 10-Ksrc
  • Heavy scheduled selling: about $141m of his own shares (direct and his GRAT) sold in the 12 months to 2026-09-24 under a 10b5-1 plan, plus about $141m by his wifesrc
  • No performance-conditioned pay: bonus is discretionary and all equity is time-vested RSUs; as an emerging growth company Oklo holds no say-on-pay votesrc
  • Husband-and-wife founders hold the CEO/Chair and COO seats and 12.16% of the stock between themsrc
  • Proxy reports two late Forms 4 and one late Form 5 for him in 2025src

In their favour 1

  • The household still held 21.2m shares (12.16%) in April 2026, far above his paysrc

Career

  1. 2025-04 – now
    Oklo Inc.src
    Chairman of the Board
    Took the chair after Sam Altman resigned from the board on 2025-04-22 (DEF14A-2025)
  2. 2024-05 – now
    Oklo Inc. (formerly AltC Acquisition Corp.)src
    Chief Executive Officer and director
  3. 2013-07 – 2024-05
    Oklo Inc. (Legacy Oklo, private)src
    Co-founder, Chief Executive Officer and director
  4. 2011-01 – 2014-06
    Massachusetts Institute of Technologysrc
    Ph.D. candidate, nuclear engineering
  5. 2011-05 – 2011-08
    U.S. Naval Nuclear Laboratorysrc
    Visiting Fellow (also June-August 2009)
  6. 2008-05 – 2008-09
    General Electricsrc
    Research intern
  7. 2002 – 2007
    Sandia National Laboratories; Urenco Limitedsrc
    Summer intern (Sandia 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007; Urenco May-August 2005)

Achievements

  • Co-founded Oklo in July 2013 and took it public through the May 2024 merger with the AltC Acquisition Corp. SPACsrc
  • Under him Oklo became the first advanced fission company to file a custom combined license application with the NRC (March 2020)src
  • Received a one-time $250,000 bonus for securing the February 2024 power-purchase letter of intent with Equinixsrc
  • Forbes reported in September 2025 that he and his co-founder wife had become billionaires on their Oklo stakesrc

Education

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, PhD Nuclear Engineeringsrc
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, SM Nuclear Engineeringsrc
  • University of Florida, BS Nuclear and Radiological Engineeringsrc

Background

  • Family Married to Caroline DeWitte (formerly Cochran), Oklo co-founder, Chief Operating Officer and director; the proxy discloses the marriage as the board's family relationshipsrc
  • Family The co-founders met as teaching assistants at MIT, per the company's leadership page as summarised by searchsrc
  • Boards Director of the American Nuclear Society, June 2009 to June 2011src
  • Other Studied nuclear engineering 2004-2014 with internships and fellowships at national and nuclear laboratories from 2002; no career outside Oklo since 2013src

The promise ledger

No promise on the record yet: the research routine has not scored this company's guidance.

Sources

13
  1. Filing Oklo Inc. DEF 14A (2026 annual meeting) · 2026-04-21
  2. Filing Oklo Inc. DEF 14A (2025 annual meeting) · 2025-04-22
  3. Filing Oklo Inc. Form 10-K for fiscal 2025 · 2026-03-17
  4. Filing Oklo Inc. 8-K Item 5.02 (five executive officers appointed; no CEO or CFO change) · 2026-07-28
  5. Filing Oklo Inc. 8-K Item 5.07, 2026 annual meeting results (no say-on-pay item) · 2026-06-08
  6. Filing SEC XBRL companyconcept NetIncomeLoss, Oklo Inc. (FY2025 from 10-K accession 0001628280-26-018698) · 2026-09-24
  7. Filing Form 4, Jacob DeWitte, sales 2025-09-30 under a 10b5-1 plan adopted 2025-03-31 · 2025-10-02
  8. Filing Form 4, Jacob DeWitte, 2025-12-24 gift of 7,851,901 shares to the Jacob DeWitte Family Trust · 2025-12-29
  9. Filing Form 4, Jacob DeWitte, RSU release 2026-03-12 and sell-to-cover sale 2026-03-13 · 2026-03-16
  10. Filing Form 4, Jacob DeWitte, sales 2026-09-01 under the 2025-03-31 10b5-1 plan (latest in window) · 2026-09-02
  11. Filing EDGAR Form 4 list for reporting owner Jacob DeWitte (CIK 0002021433); the 12-month sum covers the 14 Oklo Forms 4 with sales filed 2025-10-02 to 2026-09-02, including those filed by agent CIK 0001193125 · 2026-09-24
  12. Web search result WebSearch: Forbes, 'MIT Couple Behind Nuclear Fission Company Are Now Billionaires Thanks To AI Hype' (2025-09-23) · 2026-09-24
  13. Web search result WebSearch: Oklo leadership page (co-founders met as teaching assistants at MIT, per the search summary) · 2026-09-24