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:
In the news
- Forbes: Y Combinator Names Venture Capitalist Garry Tan As Its Next President
- Axios: Y Combinator's Garry Tan on Zoom fundraising and not having a boss
- Bloomberg: Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan Talks Startups
- Fortune: Garry Tan breaks down the key metric in Y Combinator's new list of top startups
- CNBC: Y Combinator's Garry Tan estimates hundreds of startups will be unable to make payroll after SVB closure
- Inc: What Garry Tan Has Learned About Startups After Founding 2 Companies--and Advising More Than 700
- Forbes: 2023 Midas List
- John Coogan: Interviewing the CEO of Y Combinator
On Twitter
@garrytan
June 14, 2023
An est. 4.5% of the startups that have gone through Y Combinator since 2010 have become billion-dollar companies. Between 2010 and 2015 [the rate] was even higher, at approximately 5.4% of all startups. 2/3 of total value has come from its unicorns.
@garrytan
April 7, 2023
Founders comparing early stage round valuations is like comparing the color of shoes at the beginning of a marathon
@garrytan
June 14, 2023
Y Combinator changed my life. It's the best community I've ever lucked into being a part of. The outcomes are head and shoulders better than any other program of its type. My pledge to you is that we will do even more to help founders than ever.
Videos
15:33
Garry's Channel: Stop chasing money -- Chase wealth
763K views
Over 1 year ago
8:24
Garry's Channel: How I turned $300k into $2 billion
382K views
Over 1 year ago
13:57
Garry's Channel: LEARN, EARN or QUIT | My job/career advice
354K views
Over 1 year ago
5:34
Garry's Channel: My $200 million startup mistake
315K views
Over 1 year ago
8:58
Garry's Channel: Billion dollar startup ideas
300K views
Over 1 year ago
13:26
Garry's Channel: YOU can beat Google the way Amazon does. Here’s how.
243K views
Over 1 year ago
44:17
Garry's Channel: Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong on cryptocurrency and the future of decentralization
220K views
Over 1 year ago
66:45
Design for startups (part 1)
161K views
Over 1 year ago
13:46
Garry's Channel: 6 Skills for Successful Startup Founders
159K views
Over 1 year ago
14:39
Garry's Channel: How REAL movements start, then change the world
131K views
Over 1 year ago
24:01
Critiquing AI startup websites with YC President Garry Tan
126K views
10 months ago
44:29
Garry's Channel: Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen on scaling a startup from zero to $8B
114K views
Over 1 year ago