Reddit CEO Yishan Wong resigns over new office location dispute

Ohanian confirmed in a post that the new office of Reddit will be in San Francisco

ANI Washington
Last Updated : Nov 14 2014 | 2:36 PM IST

Reddit CEO Yishan Wong has resigned following a disagreement over the price and location of a new office.

According to Tech Crunch, after his resignation, COO Ellen Pao has become interim CEO and co-founder Alexis Ohanian has returned to the company he founded in 2005 to fill the full-time executive chairman role.

Ohanian confirmed in a post that the new office of Reddit will be in San Francisco, and that the RedditGifts team will be shifted there.

Dan McComas, the head of the RedditGifts team, will become SVP of product, the report said.

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First Published: Nov 14 2014 | 1:58 PM IST

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