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Garry Tan

Garry Tan
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Garry Tan is president and CEO of Y Combinator and a group partner. He was a partner at Y Combinator from 2011 to 2015, where he built key parts of the YC experience for founders including Bookface and the Demo Day website. Garry is the co-founder of Initialized Capital and Posterous (YC S08), a blog platform acquired by Twitter, and prior to that, he was an early designer and engineering manager at Palantir (NYSE:PLTR), where he designed the company logo. Garry holds a BS in Computer Systems Engineering from Stanford.

YC stats

  • The companies Garry has worked with are worth a combined $226 billion.
  • Garry has read more than 6,000 YC applications.
  • He's advised more than 35 unicorns including:
Bellabeat logoCoinbase logoAlgolia logoCheckr logoSegment logoBenchling logoCruise logoFront logoDoorDash logoEasyPost logoGoCardless logoGOAT Group logoFivetran logoFlexport logoHelion Energy logoApollo logoInstacart logoMixpanel logoTwitch logoPagerDuty logoShipBob logoSmartAsset logoSnapdocs logoAmplitude logoGusto logoSift logoWebflow logoGrubMarket logoEquipmentShare logoZapier logoRazorpay logoTeleport logoXendit logoOutschool logoAstranis logo

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Videos

Garry's Channel: Stop chasing money -- Chase wealth
15:33
Garry's Channel: Stop chasing money -- Chase wealth
778K views
Over 1 year ago
Garry's Channel: How I turned $300k into $2 billion
8:24
Garry's Channel: How I turned $300k into $2 billion
384K views
Over 1 year ago
Garry's Channel: LEARN, EARN or QUIT | My job/career advice
13:57
Garry's Channel: LEARN, EARN or QUIT | My job/career advice
361K views
Over 1 year ago
Garry's Channel: My $200 million startup mistake
5:34
Garry's Channel: My $200 million startup mistake
318K views
Over 1 year ago
Garry's Channel: Billion dollar startup ideas
8:58
Garry's Channel: Billion dollar startup ideas
313K views
Over 1 year ago
Garry's Channel: YOU can beat Google the way Amazon does. Here’s how.
13:26
Garry's Channel: YOU can beat Google the way Amazon does. Here’s how.
244K views
Over 1 year ago
Garry's Channel: Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong on cryptocurrency and the future of decentralization
44:17
Garry's Channel: Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong on cryptocurrency and the future of decentralization
222K views
Over 1 year ago
Garry's Channel: 6 Skills for Successful Startup Founders
13:46
Garry's Channel: 6 Skills for Successful Startup Founders
166K views
Over 1 year ago
Design for startups (part 1)
66:45
Design for startups (part 1)
165K views
Over 1 year ago
Critiquing AI startup websites with YC President Garry Tan
24:01
Critiquing AI startup websites with YC President Garry Tan
138K views
1 year ago
Garry's Channel: How REAL movements start, then change the world
14:39
Garry's Channel: How REAL movements start, then change the world
135K views
Over 1 year ago
YC’s Group Partners share productivity tips and advice on actually getting things done
16:22
YC’s Group Partners share productivity tips and advice on actually getting things done
126K views
1 year ago