Founder Profile
Steve Huffman
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Steve Huffman?
Steve Huffman is a founder of Reddit, Inc., which was founded in 2005 with Alexis Ohanian and Aaron Swartz.
- Company founded
- Reddit, Inc.
- Founded
- 2005
- Co-founders
- Alexis Ohanian and Aaron Swartz
Background
Steve Huffman studied computer science at the University of Virginia, graduating in 2005, and wrote much of Reddit's original code.
Founding Story
Steve Huffman co-founded Reddit in 2005 with Alexis Ohanian after Y Combinator's Paul Graham redirected their food-ordering pitch. He wrote the first version of the site in Lisp before it was rewritten in Python, left in 2009 after the Conde Nast sale and co-founded travel search site Hipmunk, then returned as Reddit CEO in July 2015. He led the company through its 2024 NYSE listing and its first profitable year in 2025.
Steve Huffman was born in 1983 in The Plains. Education: Wakefield School.