Colin Carrier

Founder & CEO at Oooh

Colin Carrier is the Founder and CEO of Oooh. Prior to Oooh, Colin was an Angel Investor. Before that, they were the GM of Justin.tv from January 2013 to December 2014, where they were responsible for Justin.tv's independent P&L, product and engineering, sales and marketing and all other aspects of this 'business within a business'. In January 2013, Colin also took on the role of Chief Strategy Officer at Twitch, which was acquired by Amazon in 2014 for over a billion dollars. At Twitch, Colin incubated a portfolio of new stealth projects, including Twitch's first in-house game 'Twitch Sings'. Colin also led Corporate Development, working in tandem with Amazon’s Corporate Development team. Colin oversaw Curse Media, a 70+ business that owns and operates the largest network of community sites, wikis, and digital tools for the gamer community. Part of Colin's role involved working with leaders of Amazon Games Studios, Amazon Music, Amazon Video and Alexa to create and evaluate opportunities to collaborate on cross-Twitch/Amazon initiatives. Colin Carrier is a pioneer in live video, gaming and Esports and has helped shape the growth of Twitch to over 100MM users.

Colin Carrier attended the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, where they earned a B.A. in Law, Letters, and Society. Colin also attended Benet Academy.

Some direct reports include Nicholas Shim - Senior Director, Product, Renata Duque - Head of Creator & Content Partnerships, and Paco Viciana - CTO & Co-Founder.

Timeline

  • Founder & CEO

    Current role

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