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When ADWEEK recognized the brightest minds in branding and marketing in 2024 with the Brand Genius Award, they described Alexis Ohanian as someone who’s “elevating women’s sports.”

From paying an Olympic athlete’s rent and starting a women-only track and field event with the largest prize money in the sport, he’s done it all.

And who can forget when he took the blame for something out of his control when it came to protecting gymnast Jordan Chiles? During the Paris Olympics, Jordan Chiles was stripped of the bronze medal she won in the floor exercise final.

That entire controversy led to significant backlash and abuse online, a lot of which was directed at the gymnast.

Discussing this on CBS Mornings, Alexis Ohanian said, “I’ve unfortunately had a front-row seat to this… I realize I created Reddit, so I take responsibility for some of this with social media.”