Hello, my name is Michael Seibel. I am 41 years old and have lived and worked in the Bay Area since 2006. Currently, I work at Y Combinator as a partner and I lead the accelerator at YC from 2016 - 2024. I also serve on the board of two YC companies, Reddit and Dropbox.

Previously, I was a co-founder and CEO of two Y Combinator startups Justin.tv /Twitch (2007 - 2011) and Socialcam (2011 - 2012). In 2012 Socialcam sold to Autodesk Inc. for $60m (link) and in 2014, under the leadership of Emmett Shear (CEO) and Kevin Lin (COO) Twitch sold to Amazon for $970m (link).

Before getting into tech, I spent 2006 as the finance director for a US Senate campaign in Maryland. In 2005, I graduated from Yale University with a bachelor's degree in political science. Today I spend the large majority of my free time cooking, reading, traveling, and going for long drives. I live in San Francisco, CA with my amazing wife Sarah, our son Jonathan, and our daughter Jessica.

For fun, I try to maintain two additional sites: CooksLarder.com which features my favorite ingredients and recipes, and JonathansApps.com which features my favorite iOS apps for kids.

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