Founder Profile
Jack Conte
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Jack Conte?
Jack Conte is a founder of Patreon, Inc., which was founded in 2013 with Sam Yam.
- Company founded
- Patreon, Inc.
- Founded
- 2013
- Co-founders
- Sam Yam
Background
Stanford University graduate and musician; one half of the YouTube duo Pomplamoose and a member of Scary Pockets.
Founding Story
Jack Conte co-founded Patreon in 2013 after years of building an audience on YouTube with Pomplamoose and earning little from ads. He has been CEO since launch, steering the company through funding rounds up to a $4 billion valuation in 2021, the 2025 move to a single 10% fee for new creators, and a 20% workforce cut in July 2026. He continues to release music and publicly advocates for creator ownership of fan relationships.
Jack Conte was born in 1984 in San Francisco.