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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Yishan_WongYishan Wong - Wikipedia

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   Yishan Wong (Chinese: 黃易山; pinyin: Huáng Yìshān) is an American engineer and entrepreneur who was CEO of Reddit from March 2012 until his resignation in November 2014. With Niniane Wang he is also co-founder of the Mountain View coworking space Sunfire Offices, and was an advisor at Quora.

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3. www.reddit.com › r › IAmAI am Yishan Wong, founder and CEO of Terraformation ... - Reddit

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   I was a CEO for the first time, and staff at Reddit are very public and visible. It was a little like a public company, except without the size and staff to help manage and buffer the enormous amounts of incoming flak.

4. www.forbes.com › sites › sofialottopersioFormer Reddit CEO’s New Startup Terraformation ... - Forbes

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   Jun 9, 2021 · Yishan Wong applies Silicon Valley know-how to restore actual valleys, forests, and other green areas.

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5. fortune.com › 2024/04/04 › reddit-ex-ceo-yishan-wongReddit ex-CEO: Why I left Big Tech for climate change | Fortune

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   Apr 4, 2024 · Former Reddit CEO Yishan Wong is applying Big Tech lessons to climate change. Terraformation. Ten years ago, I left Big Tech. I’d spent over a decade in Silicon Valley: first at PayPal, then...

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6. www.cnet.com › tech › services-and-softwareReddit CEO resigns after clashing with board over new offices

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   Nov 14, 2014 · Yishan Wong has resigned as CEO of Reddit, the community-curated message board, following a disagreement with the board of directors over new offices, the company announced Thursday.

7. www.forbes.com › sites › taitranFormer Reddit CEO Is Solving The Climate Crisis One ... - Forbes

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   Apr 14, 2021 · Yishan Wong, the former CEO of Reddit, is taking on a big problem: the climate crisis. Wong is the head of Terraformation, an organization that plans to fight the climate crisis through...

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   Who is Yishan Wong?

   • Yishan Wong ( Chinese: 黃易山; pinyin: Huáng Yìshān) is an American engineer and entrepreneur who was CEO of Reddit from March 2012 until his resignation in November 2014. With Niniane Wang he is also co-founder of the Mountain View coworking space Sunfire Offices, and was an advisor at Quora.

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   Why did Yishan Wong leave Silicon Valley?

   • Former Reddit CEO Yishan Wong left Silicon Valley and moved to Hawaii in 2019 to focus on reforesting projects. In 2017, fresh into the first year of the presidency of Donald Trump, who openly stated he didn’t believe in climate change, Silicon Valley veteran Yishan Wong looked at the future with concern.

   Former Reddit CEO’s New Startup Terraformation Raises $30 ... - Forbes

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   How much money did Wong raise?

   • He initially aimed to raise $20 million but eventually closed a $30 million round that was led by Sam and Max Altman at Apollo Projects. "The simplest solutions are often the best ones, particularly when they have sufficient scale,” says Sam Altman, the former Y Combinator chief who served as Reddit CEO for eight days after Wong resigned in 2014.

   Former Reddit CEO’s New Startup Terraformation Raises $30 ... - Forbes

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   Did Reddit's CEO really know how many trees would be needed?

   • The engineer-turned-entrepreneur calculated how many trees would be needed to offset the world’s emissions. And then, the early employee of PayPal and Facebook who built Reddit into an internet powerhouse during his two and a half year reign as CEO, did nothing. “Because I was not an environmental scientist, I didn't trust my math.

   Former Reddit CEO’s New Startup Terraformation Raises $30 ... - Forbes

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9. fortune.com › 2023/04/25 › reddits-former-ceo-onReddit's former CEO Yishan Wong on the Silicon Valley dotcom ...

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   Apr 25, 2023 · Reddit’s former CEO on surviving Silicon Valley’s dotcom crash—and his advice to those facing tech layoffs today. As Yishan Wong entered the tech workforce, some 200,000 jobs were cut in...