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Dan Clancy, currently Twitch’s president, will succeed Shear as CEO, effective immediately. In a blog post Thursday announcing the decision, Shear said he will continue to work at Twitch in an ...
Clancy became president of Twitch Interactive Inc., the operator of Twitch in 2019. [4] In March 2023, he became chief executive officer of Twitch, after previous CEO and co-founder Emmett Shear announced he would step down. [5] [6] As CEO, Clancy reports directly to Amazon VP of Audio, Twitch, and Games Steve Boom. [7]
Twitch Chief Executive Dan Clancy criticized employees for leaking news to the media about the layoffs of more than 500 employees this week.
[111] [112] Twitch CEO Dan Clancy reports directly to Boom. [113] In March 2023, Clancy became CEO of Twitch, after previous CEO and Justin.tv co-founder Emmett Shear announced he would step down after 16 years at the company. [114] [115] Both Shear and Clancy have been described as "more product-focused than creator-focused". [116]
Amazon on Wednesday cut hundreds of jobs across its different business units, including streaming platform Twitch and its film and television studios division.
Emmett Shear (born 1983) is an American Internet entrepreneur and investor. [1] [a] 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.
Twitch, the video game streaming platform acquired by Amazon a decade ago for close to $1 billion, is laying off more than 500 employees as the company tries to turn the tremendously expensive ...
He is the co-founder of live video platforms Justin.tv and Twitch, as well as the mobile social video application Socialcam. [2] He was also the co-founder and former CEO of law-tech company Atrium before it was shut down in March 2020. [3] [4] In 2021, he launched NFT marketplace Fractal, which was renamed to Stash in 2024. [5]