Reddit’s Huffman Leaves ‘Young Troll’ Image Behind in Run-Up to IPO
Huffman is by far the longest tenured boss at Reddit, the social media company its users love to hate.
Reddit Inc. Chief Executive Officer Steve Huffman has run the site for the better part of a decade. His tenure has been marked by scandal, triumph and, most recently, a $193 million payday.
When Reddit stages its long-awaited public market debut this week, Huffman, 40, will be the face of a company that’s grown up with the internet — and wrestled with many of the industry’s morally vexing questions. It’s a tale of maturation for both CEO and Reddit itself — which has evolved from an upstart company with little interest in making money, to one of the year’s most closely watched IPOs, with a valuation targeting $6.5 billion, according to company filings.