Garry Tan

Garry Tan (born March 21, 1981) is the cofounder of Posterous and Posthaven. He was also a Partner at Y Combinator from 2011 to 2015.[1]

Early life and education

He attended Stanford University from 1999 to 2003, and graduated with a degree in Computer Systems Engineering. While in high school and college, he served as a software engineer intern at Sapient, TheMan.com, and Sun Microsystems.[1]

Career

From 2003 to 2005, he was a Program Manager at Microsoft for Windows Mobile. From 2005 to 2007, he helped cofound the financial analysis platform at Palantir Technologies.[2]

In 2008, Tan co-founded Posterous, a blogging platform, which raised $5 million and was acquired by Twitter in 2012. He co-founded Posthaven after the shutdown of Posterous.[3] He joined Y Combinator in 2011 as a designer in residence but was quickly promoted to partner, where he stayed until November 2015.[4] While he was a partner at Y Combinator, he helped manage 54 investments, such as Patreon, SpoonRocket, and Secret.[2] He also helped compile a directory of "the best and the brightest interaction designers and visual designers".[5] On August 1, 2013, he, along with Harjeet Taggar and reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian have raised $39 million for a separate fund called Initialized Capital, which looks for high-quality founders first and then tries to see if they can help or understand the market of a company.[6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Garry Tan". LinkedIn. Retrieved February 24, 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Garry Tan - Partner @ Y Combinator". Crunchbase. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Posthaven Rises From Posterous' Ashes To Launch "E-Mail To Post" As It Reaches Financial Sustainability". Techcrunch.com. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Garry Tan Says Goodbye to Y Combinator". Techcrunch.com. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Y Combinator Launching Designer Directory". Mashable.com. Retrieved February 14, 2016.
  6. ↑ "YC Partners Taggar, Tan And Reddit Co-Founder Ohanian Raise $39M For Initialized Capital". Techcrunch.com. Retrieved February 18, 2016.

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