Alan Schaaf Explained

Alan Schaaf
Birth Date:	21 October 1987
Birth Place:	Granville, Ohio
Nationality:	American
Known For:	Founder of Imgur
Years Active:	2009–2022
Alma Mater:	Ohio University

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

Early life

Schaaf was born in Granville, Ohio. He attended Ohio University and received a bachelor's degree in computer science.^[1]

Career

Schaaf founded Imgur when he was an undergraduate at Ohio University in 2009. Imgur started as a simple image-sharing website and evolved into the largest 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 receiving $40 million in investment from Andreessen Horowitz in 2014.^[3]

In 2015 Schaaf was listed as one of Forbes 30 Under 30.^[4]

External links

• • Alan Schaaf on Reddit

Notes and References

1. Web site: All in fun - Alan Schaaf, Imgur's hacker CEO. SFGATE. 22 December 2013 . 2018-10-19.
2. Web site: This Website Single-Handedly Keeps the Internet Fun, but Most People Don't Know It Exists. Mic. 19 August 2015 . 2016-01-15.
3. Web site: Imgur, the Image-Sharing Site, Raises $40 Million From Andreessen Horowitz. Bits Blog. 3 April 2014 . 2016-01-15.
4. Web site: In Photos: 2015 30 Under 30: Alan Schaaf, 27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150108162502/http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mfg45jhhh/alan-schaaf-27/. dead. January 8, 2015. Forbes. 2016-01-15.