Emmett Shear
| Emmett Shear | |
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| Shear in 2018 | |
| Born | 1983 (age 41–42) | 
| Alma mater | Yale University (BS) | 
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Emmett Shear (born 1983) is an American Internet entrepreneur and investor. He co-founded the live video platform Justin.tv. Shear became the chief executive officer of Twitch when it was spun off from Justin.tv, a position he held until March 2023. In 2011, he was appointed as a part-time partner at venture capital firm Y Combinator. In November 2023, he was briefly the interim CEO of OpenAI.