Alexis Ohanian

Alexis Ohanian: Biography in Details

Who is Alexis Ohanian?

Alexis Ohanian is an American internet entrepreneur and investor. He is best known as the co-founder of the social news website Reddit.

Alexis is currently serving as executive chairman of Reddit. He also co-founded the early-stage venture capital firm Initialized Capital. He was previously a partner at Y Combinator.

What are the birth facts of Alexis Ohanian?

Alexis Ohanian was born on April 24, 1983, in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States. His nationality is American and he is of Armenian and German ethnicity.

His birth name is Alexis Kerry Ohanian. He is the son of an Armenian-American father Chris Ohanian and a German-born mother, Anke Ohanian. His father came to the US as a refugee.

Alexis Ohanian: Education History

Alexis Ohanian went to Howard High School in Ellicott City, Maryland, and graduated in 2001. After that, he attended the University of Virginia and graduated with degrees in commerce and history in 2005.

Alexis Ohanian: Professional Life and Career

After university graduation, Alexis started reddit.com, with co-founder Steve Huffman. He initially received funding from Y Combinator after Ohanian and Huffman were rejected for their initial idea, My Mobile Menu.

They joined the first batch in the Summer of 2005 and were later acquired by Condé Nast in 2006. Ohanian continued to work closely with Reddit as a member of its Board of Directors.

Alexis Ohanian returned to Reddit full-time with co-founder Huffman on July 10, 2015, to lead the now-independent company.

Alexis co-founded Initialized Capital in 2010 and made seed investments in startups including Instacart, Zenefits, Open door, and Cruise.

In 2011 and 2012, Ohanian was named to the Forbes “30 Under 30” list as an important figure in the technology industry.

In 2016, he was named one of Fast Company’s “Most Creative People in Business“.

Alexis announced his new venture capital firm he is leading, named ‘776’ in June 2021. Also, he was featured on a live stream broadcast on January 28, 2021 on Twitch.

Alexis Ohanian: Salary and Net Worth

Alexis Ohanian has been a successful person in his life and he has accumulated a net worth of 70 million dollars.

Alexis Ohanian: Rumors and Controversy

Currently, there are no desperate rumors regarding his personal and professional life.

Alexis Ohanian has been a part of several controversies in his life due to his anger and bad behaviors.

How tall is Alexis Ohanian?

Alexis Ohanian has a height of 6 feet 5 inches. His body weighs 96kg.

He has dark brown hair and dark brown eyes.

Social Media: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Alexis Ohanian is active on Twitter and Instagram.

He has 335.2k followers on Twitter and 666k followers on Instagram. He has more than 37.9k followers on his Facebook account.

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