Justin Kan

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Justin Kan 簡彥豪
Born	(1983-07-16) July 16, 1983 (age 40) Seattle, Washington
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Yale University
Occupation	Investor
Known for	Co-founding Twitch
YouTube information
Channel	Justin Kan
Subscribers	159,000[1]
Creator Awards 100,000 subscribers 2021
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	簡彥豪
Simplified Chinese	简彦豪
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jiǎn Yànháo Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Gaan2 Jin6hou4
Last updated: June 18, 2021
Website	justinkan.com

Justin Kan (born July 16, 1983) is an American internet entrepreneur and investor. He is the co-founder of live video platforms Justin.tv and Twitch, as well as the mobile social video application Socialcam.^[2] He is also the cofounder and former CEO of law-tech company Atrium.^[3][4] In 2024, he announced the launch of Stash, an e-commerce and payment platform tailored for video game developers.^[5]

He was formerly a partner at Silicon Valley incubator Y Combinator.^[6] He gained widespread attention for his "lifecasting" experiment on Justin.tv, where he attempted to broadcast his entire life. Kan also started a Reddit-style electronic music discovery platform, The Drop.^{[citation needed]}

In March 2019, along with YouTube co-founder Steve Chen he became advisor to Theta, a peer-to-peer video streaming platform that uses blockchain technology.^[7]