Twitch Co-Founder Kevin Lin Departs Company After 12 Years: “I Will Build Again”

The entrepreneur Kevin Lin -- who co-founded Twitch in 2017 alongside Emmett Shear, Justin Kan, Kyle Vogt, and Michael Seibel -- is departing the company after twelve and a half years.
“After many months of contemplation, I’ve decided it’s time to journey into my next adventure,” Lin wrote in a Medium post announcing his exit. “Twitch is a wonderfully poggers thing through which I have met so many great friends, experienced so many cultures, and shared in the heights of human connection. Twitch has forever widened my worldview and given me purpose.”
Next up, he says, he plans on taking a brief breather, but vows, “I will build again” -- specifically in the realm of technology that can serve as a “positive amplifier in our lives,” he writes.
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“After many months of contemplation, I’ve decided it’s time to journey into my next adventure,” Lin wrote in a Medium post announcing his exit. “Twitch is a wonderfully poggers thing through which I have met so many great friends, experienced so many cultures, and shared in the heights of human connection. Twitch has forever widened my worldview and given me purpose.”
Next up, he says, he plans on taking a brief breather, but vows, “I will build again” -- specifically in the realm of technology that can serve as a “positive amplifier in our lives,” he writes.
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- 11/20/2020
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
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