Alan Schaaf
Alan Schaaf | |
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 Alan at The 7th Annual Crunchies Awards 2014 in San Francisco | |
| Born | October 21, 1987 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Ohio University |
| Occupation | Founder of Imgur |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Known for | Imgur |
Alan Schaaf (born October 21, 1987) is an American entrepreneur. He is best known as the founder and CEO of the image-sharing app and website Imgur.
Early life
Schaaf was born in Granville, Ohio. He attended Ohio University and received a bachelor's degree in computer science.[1]
Career
Schaaf founded Imgur when he was an undergraduate at Ohio University in 2009. Imgur started as a simple image-sharing website and evolved into the largest image-sharing community in the world with more than 150 million monthly active users in 2015.[2] Under Schaaf's leadership, Imgur was bootstrapped and profitable for five years, scaling organically to millions of users before finally receiving $40 million in investment from Andreessen Horowitz in 2014.[3]
Imgur ranks among the top 50 sites in the world, and was called "the next big social network" by CNBC.[4] ComScore ranks Imgur as the website with the highest concentration of male millennial users on the internet, above Facebook and Twitter.[5]
In 2015 Schaaf was listed as one of Forbes' 30 Under 30.[6]
References
- ^ "All in fun - Alan Schaaf, Imgur's hacker CEO". SFGATE. Retrieved 2018-10-19.
- ^ "This Website Single-Handedly Keeps the Internet Fun, but Most People Don't Know It Exists". Mic. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
- ^ "Imgur, the Image-Sharing Site, Raises $40 Million From Andreessen Horowitz". Bits Blog. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
- ^ "Meet Imgur and what it sees as advertising's future". CNBC. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
- ^ "Imgur Ramps Up Advertising With Promoted Posts As Brands Hope To Mine Internet For Millennials, Men And Memes". International Business Times. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
- ^ "In Photos: 2015 30 Under 30: Alan Schaaf, 27". Forbes. Retrieved 2016-01-15.