Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian has resigned from his company's board to make room for a more diverse voice.
Ohanian, who is married to tennis star Serena Williams, announced Friday that he'd stepped down and has "urged them to fill my seat with a black candidate."
The tech entrepreneur and investor also stated that he will use future gains on his Reddit stock "to serve the black community, chiefly to curb racial hate," starting with a $1 million donation to Colin Kaepernick's Know Your Rights Camp initiative.
"It is long overdue to do the right thing. I'm doing this for me, for my family, and for my country," he wrote. "I’m saying this as a father who needs to be able to answer his black daughter when she asks: 'What did you do?'"
I co-founded @reddit 15 years ago to help people find community and a sense of belonging.⁰
— Alexis Ohanian Sr. 🚀 (@alexisohanian) June 5, 2020
It is long overdue to do the right thing. I’m doing this for me, for my family, and for my country.
/>I've resigned as a member of the reddit board, I have urged them to fill my seat with a black candidate, + I will use future gains on my Reddit stock to serve the black community, chiefly to curb racial hate, and I’m starting with a pledge of $1M to @kaepernick7’s @yourrightscamp
— Alexis Ohanian Sr. 🚀 (@alexisohanian) June 5, 2020
I believe resignation can actually be an act of leadership from people in power right now. To everyone fighting to fix our broken nation: do not stop.https://t.co/LWI1OnCaVi
— Alexis Ohanian Sr. 🚀 (@alexisohanian) June 5, 2020— Alexis Ohanian Sr. 🚀 (@alexisohanian) June 5, 2020
Ohanian, 37, also urged everyone "fighting to fix our broken nation" to continue, and added, "I believe resignation can actually be an act of leadership from people in power."
The tech mogul married Williams, 38, in 2017. Their daughter, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr., is 2 years old.
