Young Entrepreneur and Founder of Reddit Takes Own Life
By: Sabrina Santucci
Updated: January 13, 2013
Aaron Swartz was 26 years old. He was well known for helping develop and popularize the social media website Reddit. He also co-founded demand progress a political action group that campaigns against internet censorship. Swartz made headlines in recent years for his legal troubles too. In 2011, he was indicted on charges he stole millions of online documents from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
