Yishan Wong is an American engineer and entrepreneur who was CEO of Reddit from March 2012 until his resignation in November 2014.
11 Facts About Yishan Wong
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Yishan Wong is a member of PayPal's early group of employees known collectively as the PayPal Mafia.
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In 2014, Yishan Wong took the unusual step of deriding a previous employee who complained about the circumstances surrounding his termination in an AMA.
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One month later, Reddit board member and YC president Sam Altman announced that Yishan Wong was leaving the company, after being unable to garner support for a proposal to move the Reddit office from San Francisco to Daly City.
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Reportedly, Yishan Wong "stopped showing up at the office" when the board of directors ignored his proposal.
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Yishan Wong, who thought newer employees would prefer to work in a less expensive area, stated that before the disagreement he had considered leaving due to an abundance of stress.
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In 2017, Yishan Wong founded Terraformation to combat climate change through reforestation.
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Yishan Wong is a graduate of Mounds View High School in Arden Hills, Minnesota, and of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Yishan Wong is married to Kimberly Algeri-Wong who holds a Master of Fine Arts in screenwriting.
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Yishan Wong supported Barack Obama and spoke favorably about Obama's familiarity with the Internet.
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In 2015, Yishan Wong suggested that he might leave the technology industry.