Garry Tan
Official Role
President & CEO at Y Combinator.
Official Bio
Garry is President & CEO at Y Combinator, which he rejoined in Fall 2023, after founding Initialized Capital, a successful venture fund. Garry was one of YC’s first partners and funded and advised many iconic YC companies including Coinbase, Instacart, and many others. In YC’s early days, Garry also served as a designer and engineer, and he wrote software and created Bookface, the internal network that connects YC’s alumni founders to this day. Before advising and investing in companies, Garry co-founded the blog platform Posterous (acquired by Twitter in 2012) and was an early employee at Palantir and designed its logo. Garry holds a BS in Computer Systems Engineering from Stanford.
Scheduled Sessions
- 2026 07 01 garry tan closing keynote garry tan — Closing Keynote: Garry Tan (2026-07-01, 4:50pm-5:10pm)