Emmett Shear

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entrepreneur human startup founder

Emmett Shear is an American entrepreneur and technologist best known as the co-founder and former CEO of the live-streaming platform Twitch.

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Emmett Shear canonical 3

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startup founder ⓘ
associatedWith Amazon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Y Combinator NERFINISHED ⓘ
citizenship United States of America ⓘ
coFounded Justin.tv NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kiko NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kiko Calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Twitch NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt Yale University ⓘ
employer Twitch NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName Shear NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork live streaming ⓘ
technology industry ⓘ
video games industry ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Emmett NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasExpertise live video streaming technology ⓘ
product development ⓘ
startup creation ⓘ
industry gaming ⓘ
internet ⓘ
online video ⓘ
knownFor co-founding Twitch ⓘ
serving as CEO of Twitch ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
name Emmett Shear NERFINISHED ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableAchievement built Twitch into a leading live-streaming platform for gamers ⓘ
notableEvent led Twitch during its acquisition by Amazon ⓘ
oversaw growth of Twitch as a major game streaming platform ⓘ
notableRole helping spin off Twitch from Justin.tv ⓘ
notableWork Twitch NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation business executive ⓘ
entrepreneur ⓘ
software engineer ⓘ
participatedIn Y Combinator startup program NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld CEO of Twitch ⓘ
co-founder of Justin.tv ⓘ
co-founder of Kiko ⓘ
co-founder of Twitch ⓘ
residence San Francisco Bay Area NERFINISHED ⓘ
roleInCompany Justin.tv co-founder ⓘ
Kiko co-founder ⓘ
Twitch CEO NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Justin.tv (as co-founder) → foundedBy → Emmett Shear ⓘ
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Justin.tv (as co-founder) → coFounder → Emmett Shear ⓘ
subject surface form: Justin.tv
Justin.tv (as co-founder) → notableAlumni → Emmett Shear ⓘ
subject surface form: Justin.tv