Garry Tan

Garry Tan
陳嘉興
Tan at Web Summit 2018
Born1981 (age 4344)
Winnipeg, Canada
Alma materStanford University
OccupationVenture capitalist
Known forY Combinator
Posterous
Posthaven
Initialized Capital

Garry Tan (Chinese: 陳嘉興; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Ka-heng; born 1981) is a Canadian-American venture capitalist and executive who is the CEO of Y Combinator and a founder of 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.