Emmett Shear

Emmett Shear
Shear in 2018
Born1983 (age 40–41)
Alma materYale University (BS)
Known for

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 served as 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 served as interim CEO of OpenAI.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Forty Under 40: Emmett Shear, Twitch". March 9, 2017. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
  2. ^ "Y Combinator's latest partners are also alums". VentureBeat. June 13, 2011.
  3. ^ 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)
  4. ^ Heath, Alex (November 22, 2023). "Breaking: Sam Altman to return as CEO of OpenAI". The Verge.


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