# Garry Tan

> Garry Tan is a Canadian-American venture capitalist who is the CEO of the startup accelerator Y Combinator and a founder of the venture capital fund Initialized Capital. He previously co-founded Posterous and Posthaven. He was an early employee at Palantir Technologies, and previously a partner at Y Combinator. Tan is also known for his engagement in San Francisco politics, both as a commenter on social media and as a political donor.

*Venture capitalist*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/garry-tan

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Investor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524))
- **Category:** Investors
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1981-03-21
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Garry Tan is a Canadian-American venture capitalist who is the CEO of the startup accelerator Y Combinator and a founder of the venture capital fund Initialized Capital. He previously co-founded Posterous and Posthaven. He was an early employee at Palantir Technologies, and previously a partner at Y Combinator. Tan is also known for his engagement in San Francisco politics, both as a commenter on social media and as a political donor.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 66.5 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 2.7 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 45.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 86.0 / 100
- **Total followers across platforms:** 300,164

## Platforms
- **X**: https://x.com/garrytan (@garrytan)
- **INSTAGRAM**: https://www.instagram.com/garrytan/ (@garrytan)
- **FACEBOOK**: https://www.facebook.com/garry (@garry)
- **LINKEDIN**: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garrytan/ (@garrytan)
- **YOUTUBE**: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIBgYfDjtWlbJhg--Z4sOgQ (@@garrytan, 285,000 followers)
- **GITHUB**: https://github.com/garrytan (@garrytan, 15,164 followers)

## Sources
- [Garry Tan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garry_Tan)
- [غاري تان](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23417057)

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