Alan Schaaf

Alan Schaaf (born October 21, 1987) is an American entrepreneur. He is best known as the founder and CEO of the image sharing app and website Imgur.

Schaaf was born and raised in Granville, Ohio. He attended Ohio University and received a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science.

Schaaf has previously been a speaker at TEDxWellington and TechCrunch Disrupt.

In 2015, Schaaf was listed as one of Forbes 30 under 30.[1] He has also been featured and quoted in notable newspapers and news sites including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, CNBC, The Atlantic and TechCrunch.

Career

Schaaf founded Imgur when he was still an undergraduate at Ohio University in 2009. Imgur started as a simple image sharing website and evolved into the largest democratized image sharing community in the world with more than 150 million monthly active users in 2015.[2] Under Schaaf's leadership, Imgur was bootstrapped and profitable for five years, scaling organically to millions of users before finally receiving $40 million in investment from Andreessen Horowitz in 2014.[3]

Imgur ranks among the top 50 sites in the world, and was called "the next big social network" by CNBC.[4] ComScore ranks Imgur as the website with the highest concentration of millennial men users on the internet, above Facebook and Twitter.[5]

In 2015, Imgur released official mobile apps for Android and iOS devices.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "In Photos: 2015 30 Under 30: Alan Schaaf, 27". Forbes. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
  2. ↑ "This Website Single-Handedly Keeps the Internet Fun, but Most People Don't Know It Exists". Mic. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
  3. ↑ "Imgur, the Image-Sharing Site, Raises $40 Million From Andreessen Horowitz". Bits Blog. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
  4. ↑ "Meet Imgur and what it sees as advertising's future". CNBC. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
  5. ↑ "Imgur Ramps Up Advertising With Promoted Posts As Brands Hope To Mine Internet For Millennials, Men And Memes". International Business Times. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
  6. ↑ "Imgur Brings Its Trove Of Memes And Cat GIFs To Android". Fast Company. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
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