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The best part of being an angel investor is seeing these kids coming up with companies that get way more traffic than Reddit had when we sold it. I think, 'Are you kidding me? They're just kids, and they've done so much.

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Alexis Ohanian
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: April 24
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