Alexis Ohanian
Reddit co-founder, Business Dad host and author who builds companies, backs founders and brings fans closer to women’s sports through ATHLOS and club ownership.
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Known for
ATHLOS
Business Plus
TEDOverview
- Roots
- Born in Brooklyn and raised near Baltimore.
- Education
- University of Virginia, class of 2005.
- Breakout
- Co-founded Reddit with Steve Huffman in 2005; sold it to Condé Nast in 2006.
- Also creates
- Business Dad conversations, books and women’s sports events.
Mini bio
How it started.
Born in Brooklyn and raised in the Baltimore suburbs, Alexis graduated from the University of Virginia in 2005. He and Steve Huffman started Reddit that year. Their community-driven site quickly found an audience, and Condé Nast acquired it in 2006.
Making things online.
His work grew beyond Reddit into investing, helping launch Hipmunk and hosting Small Empires, a series about startups and their communities. In 2013, he published Without Their Permission, sharing lessons about building things on the internet. Business Dad later gave him a place to ask other fathers how they balance family and a career.
Building around athletes.
In 2020, he founded Seven Seven Six and helped bring Angel City FC to Los Angeles as its lead founding investor. He also founded ATHLOS, which combines women’s track and field with live entertainment. His more recent sports work includes investing in Chelsea Women and supporting UVA women’s basketball.
Creditschronological, newest first
Companies and sport
- 2025Chelsea FC WomenMinority investor
- 2024ATHLOSFounder
- 2020Angel City FCLead founding investor
- 2020Seven Seven SixFounder
- 2005RedditCo-founder
Books and conversations
- 2020Business DadCreator and host
- 2013Without Their PermissionAuthor
- 2009How to make a splash in social mediaTED speaker
Awards
Quotes
I am proud to support the women’s program at my alma mater with this donation.Alexis Ohanian, UVA Today
On his December 2024 gift to UVA women’s basketball; see the UVA source below.
Trivia
- He says he designed the mascots for every company he had started when he wrote his personal blog biography.
- He volunteered in Armenia as a Kiva Fellow.
- Business Dad includes an interview with his own father, Chris Ohanian.
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