Emmett Shear | |
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.jpg) Shear in 2018 | |
| Born | 1983 (age 40–41) |
| Alma mater | Yale University (BS) |
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Emmett Shear (born 1983) is an American Internet entrepreneur and investor.[1][a] He is the co-founder of live video platform Justin.tv. He was the chief executive officer of Twitch when it was spun off from Justin.tv until March 2023. In 2011, Shear was appointed as a part-time partner at venture capital firm Y Combinator.[2] In November 2023, he briefly was interim CEO of OpenAI.[3][4]
- ^ "Forty Under 40: Emmett Shear, Twitch". March 9, 2017. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
- ^ "Y Combinator's latest partners are also alums". VentureBeat. June 13, 2011.
- ^ Hagey, Berber Jin, Deepa Seetharaman, Tom Dotan and Keach. "Sam Altman Not Returning as CEO of OpenAI; Emmett Shear to Be Interim CEO". WSJ. Archived from the original on November 20, 2023. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Heath, Alex (November 22, 2023). "Breaking: Sam Altman to return as CEO of OpenAI". The Verge.
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