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Twitch Interactive

Logo: Twitch Interactive, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Twitch Interactive is an Amazon subsidiary company that operates Twitch.tv based in San Francisco, founded in 2006.1 It was founded by Kyle Vogt, Michael Seibel, Emmett Shear and Justin Kan.1 Its chief executive is Dan Clancy (since 2023).1

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Sep 18, 2006Founded1
  • IndustryInternet industry, video game industry1
  • HeadquartersSan Francisco, United States1
  • Websitewww.twitch.tv/p
  • Legal formDelaware corporation1
  • LEI254900S5FQVEIQC7G3532
  • StatusActive2
  • LEI statusIssued and current2
  • Registered addressC/O CORPORATION SERVICE COMPANY, 19808 Wilmington, United States2
  • Registered withDivision of Corporations, Department of State, 42215112

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Corporate structure

Twitch Interactive is part of a group headed by Amazon. 221 entities, 49 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Twitch Interactive reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • Justin.tv

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

Founded by Emmett Shear, Justin Kan, Kyle Vogt and Michael Seibel on Sep 18, 2006.1

Leadership

Who has led Twitch Interactive, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

  1. Michael Seibel2006–2011
  2. Emmett Shear2011–2023
  3. Dan Clancy2023–now
2010201520202025

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Also owns

  • Justin.tv

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Aug 16, 2016Curse LLC became a subsidiary1

Former names

  • Justin.tv, Inc.2007 to Feb 20141

Timeline

  1. Mar 2023New chief executive Dan Clancy becomes CEO1
  2. Sep 2019Acquisition Acquired Internet Game Database1
  3. Aug 25, 2014Acquired Acquired by Amazon1
  4. Feb 2014Renamed Name changed to Twitch Interactive, Inc.1
  5. Aug 2011New chief executive Emmett Shear becomes CEO1
  6. Jun 15, 2007Parent Directly consolidated by Amazon2
  7. Sep 18, 2006Founded Founded1
  8. 2006New chief executive Michael Seibel becomes CEO1

Sources

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