{"id":651954,"date":"2013-04-11T15:47:41","date_gmt":"2013-04-11T19:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/?p=630256"},"modified":"2013-04-11T15:47:41","modified_gmt":"2013-04-11T19:47:41","slug":"former-kleiner-perkins-partner-ellen-pao-to-join-reddit-and-lead-strategic-partnerships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/651954","title":{"rendered":"Former Kleiner Perkins partner Ellen Pao to join Reddit and lead strategic partnerships"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Kleiner Perkins partner Ellen Pao<\/a>, who sued the firm for sexual harassment last year<\/a> and departed the group in October<\/a>, has announced that she will join Reddit and lead strategic partnerships for the company.<\/p>\n

Reddit wrote in a blog post<\/a>\u00a0that Pao has already been both a formal and informal advisor to the company for over a year, and has now decided to join full-time. In a statement in the post, Pao explained why she will be joining the social news community<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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“I grew up in Maplewood, New Jersey, raised by enginerds on Star Wars, computers and books. I live in San Francisco, via New York City, Boston and Hong Kong. I’ve worked with dozens of tech companies, traveling to eleven countries on five continents, to help build a variety of consumer and business platform companies.\u00a0My favorite subreddits are\u00a0\/r\/IAmA<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0\/r\/pareidolia<\/a>\u00a0(I like people even when they’re not real). Being part of a community of people who care is inspiring and energizing. reddit has so much to offer so many people, and\u00a0I’m excited to find partners to help make reddit even more awesome.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Pao\u00a0left Kleiner Perkins<\/a> in October after filing a complaint against the firm for gender discrimination. As the Wall Street Journal reported in March<\/a>, the case is not yet closed, and Kleiner Perkins has hired a prominent lawyer to defend the firm.<\/p>\n

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