Alexis Kerry Ohanian is an American internet entrepreneur and investor.
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29 Facts About Alexis Ohanian
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Alexis Ohanian is best known as the co-founder and executive chairman of the social media site Reddit along with Steve Huffman and Aaron Swartz.
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Alexis Ohanian co-founded the early-stage venture capital firm Initialized Capital, helped launch the travel search website Hipmunk, and started the social enterprise Breadpig.
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Alexis Ohanian went to Howard High School in Ellicott City, Maryland, where he gave the student address for his graduating class in 2001.
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Alexis Ohanian says his obsession with technology started in middle school when he got a 33.
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Alexis Ohanian spent time on message boards learning how to code and build websites.
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Alexis Ohanian passed on the idea but encouraged the duo to come up with another idea it could potentially fund.
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Alexis Ohanian continued to work closely with Reddit as a member of its board of directors.
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Alexis Ohanian returned to Reddit full-time with co-founder Huffman in July 2015 to lead the now-independent company.
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Alexis Ohanian stepped back from the company in February 2018 to return to focusing on investing.
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In 2007, Alexis Ohanian launched Breadpig, an "uncorporation" that produces geeky merchandise and gives the proceeds to charity.
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In 2009, Alexis Ohanian spoke at TED about a whale named Mister Splashy Pants.
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Alexis Ohanian helped launch travel search website Hipmunk in 2010 and now acts as an adviser.
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In June 2010, Alexis Ohanian announced the launch of his company Das Kapital Capital, which focuses on start-up investing, advising, and consulting.
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Alexis Ohanian was given the title "Ambassador to the East" by the early-stage venture firm Y Combinator.
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Alexis Ohanian held the role of part-time partner and full-time partner at Y Combinator before leaving in 2016 to help launch the third Initialized Capital fund with Garry Tan.
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In June 2021, Alexis Ohanian announced a new venture capital firm he is leading, named "776".
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Alexis Ohanian co-founded Initialized Capital in 2010 and made seed investments in start-ups including Instacart, Zenefits, Opendoor, and Cruise.
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In late 2010 and early 2011, Alexis Ohanian spoke out against Congress's Stop Online Piracy Act and the Senate's PROTECT IP Act.
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Alexis Ohanian helped lead the Internet-enabled campaign that eventually overturned the two bills.
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In 2017, Pao criticized Alexis Ohanian for avoiding the fallout by attending Wimbledon in the days immediately following Taylor's firing.
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Alexis Ohanian has created all the mascots for the companies he started: Reddit alien "Snoo", Breadpig pig with bread wings, Hipmunk chipmunk "Chip", and Initialized Capital honey badger.
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In June 2019, Alexis Ohanian announced his plans to bring the pledge to lawmakers on Capitol Hill in late 2019 in a push to pass federal paid family leave legislation.
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In 2011 and 2012, Alexis Ohanian was named to the Forbes "30 Under 30" list as an important figure in the technology industry.
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In 2015, Alexis Ohanian was named to the Crain's "40 Under 40" list for business.
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In 2016, Alexis Ohanian was named one of Fast Company's "Most Creative People in Business".
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In connection with the book, Alexis Ohanian embarked on a five-month, 150-stop and 75-university tour to promote the book.
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Alexis Ohanian has a chapter giving advice in Tim Ferriss' book Tools of Titans.
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