Armenian-American internet entrepreneur, activist, investor, and best-selling author Alexis Ohanian, who is best known for co-founding the social news website Reddit, announced that he hopes he will visit Armenia this spring.
He posted a picture of Armenian church on Instagram and congratulated Armenian Christmas: “Merry Armenian Christmas! ?? Revisited photos from my first trip to Hayastan back in 2010. Every time I go back, I find a million new things and one consistent thing — an undeniable sense of home, spiritual grounding. I hope to be back in the spring”.
Ohanian was born to Chris Ohanian, an Armenian-American who whose ancestors were Armenian Genocide survivors entered the U.S. as Syrian refugees, and a German-born mother, Anke. Ohanian first visited Armenia with the Kiva Microfunds non-profit organization. “I always wanted to connect with the homeland, but I finally got that chance in 2010 when I decided to leave Reddit to volunteer in Armenia with Kiva for four months,” he told 100 Lives, when the organization featured his profile in 2015. Ohanian teamed up with several like-minded people in Armenia and organized the first TEDx Yerevan where famous people share ideas on how to make the world a better place to live in.
