Kan was raised in the Seattle area in a family of entrepreneurs. Kan is the younger brother of
Justin Kan, the founder of
Justin.tv (which later became
Twitch) and Socialcam. Kan graduated from Seattle's
Lakeside School in 2005
Claremont McKenna College in 2009 and planned to pursue a career in finance. Instead, Kan began working for the San Francisco startup
UserVoice. Following his time at UserVoice, Kan founded several companies, including Appetizely ==Cruise automation==