Alan Schaaf (born October 21, 1987), also known as MrGrim, is an American entrepreneur.

He is best known as the founder and former CEO of the image sharing app and website Imgur.

He attended Ohio University and received a bachelor's degree in computer science.

[1] Schaaf founded Imgur when he was an undergraduate at Ohio University in 2009.

[2] Under Schaaf's leadership, Imgur was bootstrapped and profitable for five years, scaling organically to millions of users before receiving $40 million in investment from Andreessen Horowitz in 2014.