Biography
Jaime Rogozinski founded the r/wallstreetbets subreddit on January 31, 2012, as a forum for discussing high-risk trading strategies. In April 2020, Reddit's administrators removed him as moderator, citing his attempt to trademark the community's name as a violation of policies against monetizing or claiming ownership of a community. In February 2023 he sued Reddit, alleging breach of contract and trademark infringement, but the suit was dismissed; the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal in June 2025, holding he could not establish trademark ownership because Reddit, not Rogozinski, first used the mark in commerce. The subreddit he created grew into one of the most influential trading communities and was central to the 2021 GameStop event.