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Steve Huffman
Co-founder and current CEO of Reddit, who was brought back to lead the company several years ago ahead of its IPO.
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Summary
Steve Huffman, known online as "spez," is an American entrepreneur and web developer who co-founded Reddit in 2005 and currently serves as its CEO. After selling Reddit to Condé Nast in 2006 and departing in 2009, he co-founded the travel search engine Hipmunk before returning to lead Reddit in 2015. Under his leadership, Reddit has grown into the 7th most popular website globally as of July 2025 and successfully launched its IPO in 2024. Huffman's tenure has been marked by platform controversies and significant business milestones, including a $60 million annual AI data licensing agreement with Google. As of early 2026, his estimated net worth is $1.3 billion.
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Extracted Attributes
Username
spez
Education
University of Virginia (B.S. Computer Science, 2005)
Net Worth
$1.3 billion (as of 2026-01-01)
Occupation
Web Developer, Entrepreneur, CEO
Date of Birth
1983-11-12
Place of Birth
Lansing, Michigan, United States
Timeline
- Steve Huffman is born in Lansing, Michigan. (Source: Wikidata)
1983-11-12
- Huffman graduates from the University of Virginia and co-founds Reddit with Alexis Ohanian. (Source: EBSCO)
2005-06-01
- Reddit is sold to Condé Nast for $10 million. (Source: Forbes)
2006-10-31
- Huffman leaves Reddit and later co-founds Hipmunk. (Source: Forbes)
2009-01-01
- Huffman returns to Reddit as CEO. (Source: Forbes)
2015-07-10
- Hipmunk, the travel search engine co-founded by Huffman, ceases operations. (Source: Wikipedia)
2020-01-01
- Reddit enters a $60 million per year licensing agreement with Google for AI training data. (Source: dc653a59-1711-437d-95cf-b5b07878217e)
2024-02-22
- Reddit goes public with an IPO, featuring a direct share program for moderators. (Source: dc653a59-1711-437d-95cf-b5b07878217e)
2024-03-21
- Reddit is ranked as the 7th most popular website in the world. (Source: Wikipedia)
2025-07-01
- Huffman's net worth is estimated at $1.3 billion. (Source: Forbes)
2026-01-01
Wikipedia
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Steve Huffman (born 1983 or 1984), also known by his Reddit username spez ( ), is an American web developer and entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and CEO of Reddit, which ranks 7th in the top 20 websites in the world as of July 2025. He also co-founded the airfare search engine website Hipmunk, which was shut down in 2020. His tenure as Reddit CEO has been met with many controversies regarding his changes to the platform. As of November 2025, Huffman's estimated net worth is approximately $1.2 billion.
Web Search Results
- Steve Huffman - Wikipedia
Steve Huffman (born 1983 or 1984), also known by his Reddit username spez (/spɛz/ ⓘ), is an American web developer and entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and CEO of Reddit, which ranks 7th in the top 20 websites in the world as of July 2025. He also co-founded the airfare search engine website Hipmunk, which was shut down in 2020. His tenure as Reddit CEO has been met with many controversies regarding his changes to the platform. As of November 2025, Huffman's estimated net worth is [...] Huffman is a ballroom dancer. At UVA, Huffman competed in intercollegiate competitions. Huffman married in 2009, but is now divorced. He has a daughter with his fiancée. ## References [edit] [...] 1. ^ "Steve Huffman on His Plans to Take Reddit Public and Why He Thinks TikTok Should Be Banned". GQ. April 19, 2023. Archived from the original on May 4, 2023. Retrieved May 4, 2023. 2. ^ Huffman, Steve (April 26, 2021). "who was going to tell me this". /r/lansing on Reddit. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
- Steve Huffman | Research Starters - EBSCO
Steve Huffman is an American entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of Reddit, a prominent social news aggregation site. Founded in 2005 alongside his college roommate Alexis Ohanian, Reddit quickly gained traction and became a notable competitor in the online news space. After leaving the company in 2009, Huffman founded an online travel company called Hipmunk, which gained popularity for its innovative flight search capabilities but ceased operations in 2020. He returned to Reddit as CEO [...] Steve Huffman was born on November 12, 1983. His parents divorced when he was young, and each parent remarried while he was still a child. His stepfather was a successful businessman. His father sparked his interest in programming by introducing him to the BASIC programming language when he was about eight years old. Huffman graduated from the University of Virginia with a bachelor's degree in computer science in 2005. [...] ventures and maintains a high profile in the tech industry. Huffman’s personal life includes a marriage to physician Katie Babiarz, although they later divorced.
- Steve Huffman Biography | Booking Info for Speaking Engagements
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- Steve Huffman - Forbes
Steve Huffman is cofounder and CEO of Reddit, the forum-based social media site designed to be the "front page of the internet." Huffman launched Reddit in 2005 with his then-college roommate, Alexis Ohanian. The pair sold the site to Condé Nast for $10 million in 2006. Huffman left Reddit in 2009, returned in 2015, and has served as CEO ever since. The company went public in 2024, and Huffman became a billionaire a year later thanks to his stock compensation package. [...] Steve Huffman, the CEO of Reddit, admitted on Wednesday that he altered a number of insulting user comment directed at him. Jul 15, 2015 ### Reddit CEO Steve Huffman To Reveal All In Reddit AMA Tomorrow Well, now's your chance: Reddit's new CEO, Steve Huffman, is to host an AMA tomorrow in which he promises to discuss the future content policy of the site and take feedback from users. Following a decision last month to shut down a series of offensive subreddits, all hell broke loose [...] [...] Get in Touch With Steve Huffman PROFILE # Steve Huffman $1.3B ### Real Time Net Worth as of 1/1/26 Reflects change since 5 pm ET of prior trading day. #2760 in the world today ## From the Editor
- Steve Huffman - San Francisco, California, United States - LinkedIn
# Steve Huffman CEO at Reddit San Francisco, California, United States, US 500 connections, 6946 followers ## About None ## Experience ### Hipmunk Hipmunk N/A - Present N/A ### N/A - Present N/A ### N/A - Present N/A ## Education N/A ## Publications N/A ## Honors & Awards N/A ## Certifications N/A ## Volunteering N/A ## Languages N/A ## Organizations N/A
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