Name: Alan Schaaf

Born: October 21, 1987, in Granville, Ohio, USA

  • Founded image hosting site Imgur in 2009 while a student at Ohio University. Since then, Imgur has grown to be the 8th-most popular site in the world, with over 150 million MAU. In 2017, Schaaf’s net worth was valued at $10 million.

Significant publications

  • Reddit AMA (2015).
  • Reddit AMA (2012).
  • My Gift to Reddit (2009).

Quotes

“I created an image hosting service that doesn’t suck. What do you think?”

  • Alexis Ohanian

Websites

  • Alan Schaaf on Twitter