Charles Oppenheimer is the founder of the Oppenheimer Project - a non-profit dedicated to promoting J. Robert Oppenheimer’s vision of international cooperation toward a safe future, promoting a message of existential hope and unity to address the world's most important problems.

Charles has been a speaker at global events and conferences on science and diplomacy, on nuclear non-proliferation, nuclear energy, and AI. He has appeared in interviews by the major media networks and in documentaries on the subject of his grandfather Robert Oppenheimer. Charles has also been published in The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, TIME, and New York Times.

Charles is the founder and CEO of the startup Oppenheimer Energy, focused on fission energy projects. Before founding the Oppenheimer entities, he spent 20+ years in Silicon Valley in the software industry. He is an angel investor in startups and social enterprises from Silicon Valley to Sub-Saharan Africa. Charles holds a BA in International Relations from the University of Oregon.