Garry Tan
Garry Tan | |||||||||||
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| 陳嘉興 | |||||||||||
 Tan at Web Summit 2018 | |||||||||||
| Born | 1981 (age 44–45) Winnipeg, Canada | ||||||||||
| Education | Stanford University (BS) | ||||||||||
| Occupation | Venture capitalist | ||||||||||
| Known for | Y Combinator Posterous Posthaven Initialized Capital | ||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 陳嘉興 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 陈嘉兴 | ||||||||||
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Garry Tan (Chinese: 陳嘉興; pinyin: Chén Jiāxìng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Ka-heng; born 1981) is a Canadian-American venture capitalist who is the CEO of the startup accelerator Y Combinator and a founder of the venture capital fund Initialized Capital. He previously co-founded Posterous and Posthaven. He was an early employee at Palantir Technologies, and previously a partner at Y Combinator. Tan is also known for his engagement in San Francisco politics, both as a commenter on social media and as a political donor.