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San Francisco, California
Executive Chair
November 2014 to Present
Y Combinator
Partner
June 2014 to Present
Brooklyn, NY
Without Their Permission
Author
November 2011 to Present
Institute on Higher Awesome Studies
Co-founder, Treasurer
March 2011 to Present
Brooklyn, NY
Hipmunk
Advisor & Evangelist
August 2010 to Present
Breadpig, Inc.
Founder and Chief Swine Defender
November 2007 to Present
reddit.com
Co-Founder
June 2005 to Present
Initialized Capital
Managing Member
2011 to 2014
Initialized Capital
Managing Member
2011 to 2014
Initialized Capital
Managing Member
2011 to 2014
Initialized Capital
Managing Member
2011 to 2014
Initialized Capital
Managing Member
2011 to 2014
Y Combinator
Ambassador to the East
2010 to 2013
Hipmunk
Head Marketing Dude & Hipmunk Doodler
August 2010 to August 2011
Das Kapital Capital, LLC
The Dude
2010 to 2010
Conde Nast Publications
Product Manager
2006 to October 2009
UVA Parking & Transportation
Parking garage attendant
May 2003 to May 2005
Pizza Hut
Waiter
February 1999 to July 2001
What company does Alexis Sr. work for?
Alexis Sr. works for reddit
What is Alexis Sr.'s role at reddit?
Alexis Sr. is Executive Chair
What industry does Alexis Sr. work in?
Alexis Sr. works in the Internet industry.
Who are Alexis Sr.'s colleagues?
Alexis Sr.'s colleagues are Brett Gibson, Alina Libova, Eric CFA, Alda Dennis, and Marinda Luk
📖 Summary
Alexis Ohanian is a startup founder and investor in Brooklyn, NY. After graduating from UVA in 2005, Alexis and his co-founder Steve Huffman started reddit, now a top 50 website with over 110,000,000 unique visitors every month. Now a reddit board member, Alexis focuses on social enterprise Breadpig, publishing authors like xkcd and SMBC -- profits donated to worthy causes. Alexis helped launch hipmunk and ran marketing/pr/community before becoming an advisor and joining the fight against SOPA & PIPA. Alexis invests and advises over ninety tech startups. He's Y Combinator's Ambassador to the East, co-founder of the non-profit IHAS, and wrote a national bestseller, Without Their Permission: http://ohanian.co/WTPBOOK Along the way, Alexis spoke at TED, volunteered in Armenia as a Kiva Fellow, and was named on Forbes 30 Under 30 list two years in a row (and then turned 30). He proudly doodled the logos for all three of his startups and loves his cat, Karma.Executive Chair @ Back home where it all started. http://www.redditblog.com/2014/11/coming-home.html From November 2014 to Present (1 year) Partner @ Helping founders make something people love. From June 2014 to Present (1 year 5 months) Brooklyn, NYAuthor @ I'm writing a book for aspiring entrepreneurs eager to embrace the future of the World Wide Web for fun, profit, and for the good of humankind. From November 2011 to Present (4 years) Co-founder, Treasurer @ I help make it rain on our non-profit's bank account. From March 2011 to Present (4 years 8 months) Brooklyn, NYAdvisor & Evangelist @ Launched the company and ran marketing/pr/community for first year and change. From August 2010 to Present (5 years 3 months) Founder and Chief Swine Defender @ Breadpig, Inc. was founded with the purpose of being an uncorporation. Rather than following the typical corporate directive of maximizing shareholder wealth, breadpig aims to do interesting (good) things with its profits. Don't tell our shareholders. From November 2007 to Present (8 years) Co-Founder @ All things non-technical, including mascot doodling. From June 2005 to Present (10 years 5 months) Managing Member @ From 2011 to 2014 (3 years) Managing Member @ From 2011 to 2014 (3 years) Managing Member @ From 2011 to 2014 (3 years) Managing Member @ From 2011 to 2014 (3 years) Managing Member @ From 2011 to 2014 (3 years) Ambassador to the East @ From 2010 to 2013 (3 years) Head Marketing Dude & Hipmunk Doodler @ Built a brand people love. From August 2010 to August 2011 (1 year 1 month) The Dude @ Invest, advise, consult and sometimes play video games. From 2010 to 2010 (less than a year) Product Manager @ See reddit. From 2006 to October 2009 (3 years) Parking garage attendant @ Got paid to read, as well as provide impeccable customer service to all the patrons of the parking garage. Responsible for giving proper change and keeping the booth tidy. From May 2003 to May 2005 (2 years 1 month) Waiter @ (Hard to embellish with 'action verbs') Waiting tables was a great experience because of the emphasis it places on customer service since basically your entire income is riding on it (which is why its a good idea to tip well). Nowadays, helping a user with a bug in the code is much easier than helping a customer with one in their food. From February 1999 to July 2001 (2 years 6 months) B.A., History @ University of Virginia From August 2001 to 2005 Alexis Sr. is skilled in: Entrepreneurship, Social Media, CSS, Start-ups, Public Speaking, Marketing, Social Media Marketing, Blogging, Web 2.0, Nonprofits, Digital Marketing, Content Strategy, HTML, Social Networking, SEO, Advertising, Web Analytics, Publishing, User Experience, Google Adwords, New Media, Management, Google Analytics, Online Marketing, Strategy, Web Development, Non-profits, Mobile Marketing, Digital Media, Editing, E-commerce, Philanthropy, WordPress, Web Design, Strategic Partnerships, Market Research, Product Management, Public Relations, Marketing Communications, Fundraising, Venture Capital, Analytics, Mobile Applications, Angel Investing, Marketing Strategy, Awesomeness, Business Strategy, Business Development, Digital Strategy, Research
Extraversion (E), Intuition (N), Feeling (F), Judging (J)
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