Aaron Schwartz
Details
- Date of Birth:
- November 8, 1986
- Hometown:
- Chicago
Bio:
Aaron Schwartz (born in Chicago, Illinois, on November 8, 1986 and died January 11, 2013) was a computer programmer who created Reddit and the RSS feed. He was arrested in January 2011 for downloading academic journals from JSTOR, and this lead to a federal investigation. He was facing up to 50 years in prison and a big fine. His trial was supposed to being February 2012. But one month before he was found dead in his Brooklyn apartment on Jan. 11, 2013 after hanging himself.
Best Known For:
Aaron was best known for founding Reddit and creating the RSS feed.
Personal Life:
Aaron leaves behind his parents Robert and Susan. He had two siblings, Noah and Ben and a girlfriend, Taren Stinebricker-Kauffman.