Alexis Ohanian Is Returning to Help Run Reddit

CEO Yishan Wong abruptly exits, reportedly over office space squabble

Reddit is going through a shake-up, but co-founder Alexis Ohanian wants to assure its members that they're in good hands—his own. Ohanian, who left Reddit in 2010 to become a volunteer for kiva.org, will become an executive chairman for the "front page of the Internet." Currently, he serves on the advisory board, and also is a co-partner of seed accelerator Y Combinator.

In a blog post titled "Coming Home," Ohanian explained that CEO Yishan Wong left the company.

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