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Preston Fore

Reddit cofounder once walked away with $10 million—He returned and helped lead the company to a $40 billion market cap today

Alexis Ohanian speaks holding a microphone (Credit: Emilee Chinn/Athlos/Getty Images)

With over 110 million daily active users and a market cap of nearly $40 billion, Reddit is a giant in the social media world.

Just months after University of Virginia roommates Alexis Ohanian and Steve Huffman launched the company in 2005, they sold it to Condé Nast for just $10 million. 

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