Steve Huffman
| Steve Huffman | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 12, 1983 |
| Education | University of Virginia Computer science |
Steve Huffman (born November 12, 1983) is an American web developer and co-founder of the website, reddit.[1] More recently, he co-founded the airfare search site, Hipmunk.[2][3]
In 2005, Steve graduated from the University of Virginia with a computer science degree.[4] After graduating, he teamed up with classmate, Alexis Ohanian, to start reddit which was initially funded by Y Combinator.[4] Reddit was later acquired by Conde Nast in 2006.[5]
Post-reddit
In 2010, Huffman teamed up with Adam Goldstein to create the travel site, Hipmunk, with funding also from Y Combinator.[2][3] In 2011, Steve was named to Inc. magazine's 30 under 30 list.[6] Steve is also the instructor for "CS253: Web Application Engineering", an e-learning course begun in April 2012 by online education provider, Udacity.[7]
References
- ^ "Three Years After Their Acquisition, Reddit Founders Move On". Techcrunch. 2009-10-27.
- ^ a b "About Hipmunk". Hipmunk. 2010-08-01.
- ^ a b Leena Rao (2010-08-01). "Reddit Co-Founder Dips Back Into Y Combinator With Travel Startup Hipmunk".
- ^ a b Zak Richards. "Unleashing High-Profile, High-Profit Websites".
- ^ "Condé Nast/Wired Acquires Reddit". 2006-10-31.
- ^ "Adam Goldstein and Steve Huffman, Founders of Hipmunk". Inc.com. 2011-06-27.
- ^ "Udacity CS253 Web Application Engineering". 2012-04-01.
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