Alexis Ohanian

Did you ever get a chance to- I was not invited to those meetings if they were happening. Admittedly, Reddit was this very solidly tier two company, right? Like we, you know, selling the company 16 months in was ludicrous, but it was life-changing money. It was just $10 million for-

Did you ever get a chance to- I was not invited to those meetings if they were happening. Admittedly, Reddit was this very solidly tier two company, right? Like we, you know, selling the company 16 months in was ludicrous, but it was life-changing money. It was just $10 million for-

16 months worth of work i thought i was getting away with something this is nuts and then part of khan and asked you know the trajectory just sort of changed from when you're an independent startup and so reddit was really solidly a second tier social media platform for over a decade and then it wasn't until you know so 2014 i come back and then probably by the late teens once it's like oh here it's a billion dollar company again the business is back let's

16 months worth of work i thought i was getting away with something this is nuts and then part of khan and asked you know the trajectory just sort of changed from when you're an independent startup and so reddit was really solidly a second tier social media platform for over a decade and then it wasn't until you know so 2014 i come back and then probably by the late teens once it's like oh here it's a billion dollar company again the business is back let's

You know, there's a path to an IPO one day. And so if those meetings were happening, Reddit was not invited. But rightly so. I wouldn't have been mad. I get it. We didn't have our shit together. But there's probably... I don't know. I've gotten to know... Jack a little bit. I don't really know Zuck.

You know, there's a path to an IPO one day. And so if those meetings were happening, Reddit was not invited. But rightly so. I wouldn't have been mad. I get it. We didn't have our shit together. But there's probably... I don't know. I've gotten to know... Jack a little bit. I don't really know Zuck.

A few of the other folks around these other platforms, but like there isn't, I don't know, there's not a group chat.

A few of the other folks around these other platforms, but like there isn't, I don't know, there's not a group chat.

There's not an active group chat.

There's not an active group chat.

Oh, yeah. It's my first, one of my first and earliest memories. So I was... probably like six, five or six years old. And so if you can't tell from the last name, I'm Armenian. And my great aunt Vera pulled me aside. So my birthday is April 24th, which is the, it's the Armenian genocide remembrance day. So it's a conflicted day for me. But this particular birthday is

Oh, yeah. It's my first, one of my first and earliest memories. So I was... probably like six, five or six years old. And so if you can't tell from the last name, I'm Armenian. And my great aunt Vera pulled me aside. So my birthday is April 24th, which is the, it's the Armenian genocide remembrance day. So it's a conflicted day for me. But this particular birthday is

I learned that it was the genocide remembrance day. How did I learn? I remember my aunt Vera pulling me aside and basically sitting me down and walking me through our family's story of survival in detail, talking about the costs, the toll it took, the things that her parents endured and what they saw and all of that, and basically how we got to America.

I learned that it was the genocide remembrance day. How did I learn? I remember my aunt Vera pulling me aside and basically sitting me down and walking me through our family's story of survival in detail, talking about the costs, the toll it took, the things that her parents endured and what they saw and all of that, and basically how we got to America.

And probably not a conversation you should be having with a six or seven-year-old, but our meetings, we keep it real. She basically finishes up this conversation saying, listen, it's not a coincidence your birthday is April 24th. You are the product of all of their sacrifice, of all of their hard work, of everything that they endured.

And probably not a conversation you should be having with a six or seven-year-old, but our meetings, we keep it real. She basically finishes up this conversation saying, listen, it's not a coincidence your birthday is April 24th. You are the product of all of their sacrifice, of all of their hard work, of everything that they endured.

You have a tremendous responsibility now to make the most out of this life that you have. When I was born in New York, here in the States, like couldn't have asked for a better outcome, right? Generations later. But what they endured is something that you will have to carry for the rest of your life. Happy birthday. And so, yeah, no, that has never left me. And she was an amazing woman.

You have a tremendous responsibility now to make the most out of this life that you have. When I was born in New York, here in the States, like couldn't have asked for a better outcome, right? Generations later. But what they endured is something that you will have to carry for the rest of your life. Happy birthday. And so, yeah, no, that has never left me. And she was an amazing woman.

She was a public school teacher in Brooklyn, didn't have any kids herself. She was my grandfather's sister. She's my great aunt, Vera. She didn't have any kids herself, but she saved up as much money as she could. She's the reason I could go to college. I went to University of Virginia without taking on any debt. Uh, she paid for that all.

She was a public school teacher in Brooklyn, didn't have any kids herself. She was my grandfather's sister. She's my great aunt, Vera. She didn't have any kids herself, but she saved up as much money as she could. She's the reason I could go to college. I went to University of Virginia without taking on any debt. Uh, she paid for that all.