# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/emmett-shear
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:38:30.206Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/emmett-shear"
name: "Emmett Shear"
slug: "emmett-shear"
description: "Emmett Shear is an American Internet entrepreneur and investor. He co-founded the live video platform Justin.tv. Shear became the chief executive officer of Twitch when it was spun off from Justin.tv, a position he held until March 2023. In 2011, he was appointed as a part-time partner at venture capital firm Y Combinator. In November 2023, he was briefly the interim CEO of OpenAI."
tagline: "American businessperson"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Web_Summit_2018_-_Contentmakers_-_Day_2%2C_November_7_SM7_9280_(45715722382).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Investors"
  slug: "investors"
profileType:
  name: "Investor"
  slug: "investor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1983"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.4
  momentum:             15
  historical:           9.181265333333332
  currentAttention:     0.28
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 24
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/eshear"
    handle:    "eshear"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/emmettshear/"
    handle:    "emmettshear"
  - platform:  "TIKTOK"
    url:       "https://www.tiktok.com/@emmettshearofficial"
    handle:    "emmettshearofficial"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/emmett.shear"
    handle:    "emmett.shear"
sources:
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Shear"
    title: "Emmett Shear"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "إيميت شير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Shear"
    title: "Emmett Shear"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Shear"
    title: "Emmett Shear"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%AA_%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B1"
    title: "امت شیر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Shear"
    title: "Emmett Shear"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Shear"
    title: "Emmett Shear"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%98_%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%A8"
    title: "אמט שיר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Shear"
    title: "Emmett Shear"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%A1%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A2"
    title: "エメット・シア"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5373565"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-category-fill