Here is all you need to know about Twitch new CEO Dan Clancy and why is he in the news, have a look at his net worth and salary
Dan Clancy, the CEO of Twitch, allegedly lost his cool during the Streamy Awards 2023, according to Cameron “Cam” during the most recent episode of the H3 Podcast.
Who is Dan Clancy Twitch CEO, net worth in 2023, salary, bio, age, wife and education
On August 28, 2023, after YouTube phenom Darren “IShowSpeed” got the Variety Streamer of the Year award, internet people on X (previously Twitter) became aware of Clancy’s body language.
Over 12.7 million people have viewed the social media post by user @FearedBuck with the caption:
“Twitch CEO was pissed off, Speed won the award.”
Cam’s claim that Dan Clancy’s face turned “red” with wrath following a joke about the Amazon-owned livestreaming site seemed to support these assertions. He stated:
We’ve got to talk about the only other guy in the audience that was more pissed than us. And that was the Twitch CEO. They made a Twitch joke about how much they’ve been f**king up this past year. And, he got up and took, like, an angry laugh. He was red in the face. He was pissed! I don’t know what happened.”
Fans respond to reports made by H3 Podcast that the Twitch CEO became angry at the Streamy Awards 2023, ” You should be able to take a joke about people talking about your product.”
Twitch CEO was pissed off🤣
Dan Clancy's reaction to IShowSpeed winning at Streamy Awards goes viral#streamys #StreamyAwards #Streamys2023 #IShowSpeed #twitch #twitch #twitchstreamer #twitchceo #veefly pic.twitter.com/wAnZ1tPoZp
— veefly__ (@veefly_) August 29, 2023
Who is Dan Clancy?
As a result of Emmett Shear, the last remaining co-founder, resigning from his position, Daniel J. Clancy, or Dan Clancy, has been appointed as Twitch’s new CEO in March of this year. Born on January 11, 1964, he is currently 59 years old.
The latter had been a part of the purple platform from the beginning, and in his final blog post as CEO, he declared that former Twitch president Clancy would take over as CEO immediately.
Dan Clancy has quite the resume, including a Ph.D. in artificial intelligence and a BA in computer science. He entered NASA in the late 1990s and served in a variety of capacities before joining Google and rising to the position of technical director for Google Books. Before taking over as president of Twitch in 2019, Clancy served as a spokerperson of Google during their lawsuit with the Authors Guild.
The blog article from September 2022, one of his most significant contributions to the platform, has recently drawn a lot of attention. In it, he declared and defended Twitch’s 50/50 income split from subscriptions for platform streamers. Both inventors and industry experts were highly critical of the decision.
He has a net worth of $5-10 million but his salary isn’t known, however, the average Twitch executive compensation is $210,781 a year. Details about his marital status and wife aren’t known.