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Benjamin Wachenje

Title: Partner, Y Combinator; co-founder and board member, reddit; founder, Das Kapital Capital

Born: April 24, 1983

Education: BA in history and business, University of Virginia

Early Marker: Founded social news website Reddit with college roommate, Steve Huffman; sold to Condé Nast in 2006.

Big Idea: Early-stage start-up investing and open-Internet activism.

Wave of the Future: Social media

Latest Special Reports

  • CNBC Changemakers

    CNBC Changemakers: Women Transforming Business is an annual list spotlighting women whose accomplishments have left an indelible mark on the business world.

  • Geoff Cutmore, Steve Sedgwick and Karen Tso lead you into the open of the European markets.

  • The Just 100 is an annual ranking of America’s largest publicly traded companies on issues that define 'just' business behavior and reflect the priorities of the American public, produced in partnership with research nonprofit Just Capital.

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