Alexis Ohanian

What draws me to Ohanian is that he understood the web's social wiring early and bet on it twice. Co-founding Reddit in his University of Virginia days gave the internet one of its loudest, weirdest public squares, and his later work at Initialized Capital shows the same instinct turned toward backing other founders. I admire builders who, once they have made it, recycle their luck into the next generation rather than coasting. He strikes me as a connector by temperament, and connectors tend to leave a far longer shadow than their own headlines suggest.

Name (English)

Alexis Ohanian

Name (Japanese)

アレクシス・オハニアン

Reading

あれくしす・おはにあん

Born

April 24, 1983 (age 43)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Boar

Origin

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Occupation

entrepreneur / venture capitalist / investor

High school

Howard High School

University

University of Virginia

• Official sitehttps://alexisohanian.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/alexisohanian/
• Xhttps://x.com/alexisohanian
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis%20Ohanian
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4721504

Tags

• New York
• entrepreneur
• venture capitalist
• investor

Last updated

2026-06-11

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.