Steve Huffman — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Serves as CEO at Reddit since 2015; Reddit ranks 7th among top websites globally as of July 2025.
Co-founded Reddit, launched in June 2005, and the travel website Hipmunk, launched in August 2010.
Programmed the entire original Reddit site in Lisp.
Graduated from the University of Virginia in 2005 with a BS in Computer Science.

Biography

Steve Huffman is an American web developer and entrepreneur, widely recognized as the co-founder and CEO of Reddit. Born in 1983 or 1984, Huffman grew up in Warrenton, Virginia, and began programming at age 8. He pursued computer science at the University of Virginia, graduating in 2005.

During his senior year at UVA, Huffman and Alexis Ohanian were invited to apply to Paul Graham's startup incubator, Y Combinator.