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Garry Tan

President and CEO, Y Combinator

President and CEO, Y Combinator · Co-founder, Initialized Capital

Background

Garry Tan is president and CEO of Y Combinator, a startup accelerator.

He was a Y Combinator partner before he became its president, and he co-founded Initialized Capital.

About Y Combinator

Y Combinator: Y Combinator is a technology startup accelerator and venture capital firm based in San Francisco. It was launched in March 2005 and has been used to launch more than 5,000 companies.

Key facts

Current title: President and CEO, Y Combinatorsource
President from: January 2023source
Education: BS in Computer Systems Engineering, Stanfordsource
Co-founded: Initialized Capital and Posterous (YC S08)source

WYDE coverage of Garry Tan

WYDE Newsroom has published one article about Garry Tan, on May 1, 2026. Garry Tan is the subject of 1 story. The most recent is Y Combinator Calls for AI Against the Pesticide Loop as Fertilizer Prices Spike 49%.

Y Combinator Calls for AI Against the Pesticide Loop as Fertilizer Prices Spike 49%

Y Combinator's Garry Tan called for AI investment in low-pesticide agriculture as fertilizer prices spike 49 percent and a House amendment moves to ban foreign adversaries from owning U.S. farmland.

May 1, 2026 · 3 min read · Subject of the story

Reported alongside Garry Tan

Y Combinator · in 1 story with Garry Tan

Sources

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