Garry Tan
President and CEO of Y Combinator; co-founder of Initialized Capital and Posterous.
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Y Combinator (President and CEO)
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- Garry Tan (born 1981) is a Canadian-American venture capitalist who has been president and CEO of Y Combinator from January 2023.
- Born in Winnipeg and raised in Fremont, California, he studied computer systems engineering at Stanford University, worked at Microsoft and was the tenth employee at Palantir Technologies.
- He co-founded the blogging platform Posterous in 2008, which Twitter bought in 2012, and later Posthaven; joined Y Combinator in 2011 as designer in residence and partner; and co-founded the venture fund Initialized Capital.
- He is also active in San Francisco politics as a donor and on X.
Key facts
- Born
- 1981, Winnipeg, Canada1
- Education
- Stanford University, 1999 to 2003; bachelor's degree in computer systems engineering1
- Y Combinator
- Designer in residence and partner from 2011; president and CEO from January 2023, succeeding Geoff Ralston1
- Posterous
- Co-founded in 2008; acquired by Twitter in 2012 for $20 million1
- Initialized Capital
- Co-founder; first fund of $7 million in 2012, a $700 million fund closed in December 20211
- Recognition
- Forbes Midas List, 2018 to 20221
Roles
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- Y CombinatorOrganization
President and CEO · since Jan 2023 source on Y Combinator
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