Christopher Poole, the founder of internet imageboard 4chan, has sold the company to Hiroyuki Nishimura, the founder of Japanese site 2channel, itself a direct inspiration for 4chanās creation in the first place.
The NY Times reports that Poole ādeclined to disclose the terms of the acquisitionā, and also ādoes not expect to serve an active role in 4chanās future developmentā.
Speaking of the decision, Pooleāwho has long struggled to turn the siteās popularity into something profitableātold the paper āHiroyuki is literally the only person in the world with as much if not more experience than myself in running an anonymous, large destination community that serves tens of millions of people. Heās the great-grandfather of all of this.ā
You can read the rest of the Timesā interview with Poole here. Note that Nishimura, while 2chās founder, left that company in 2009; he was most recently made EIC of Variety Japan. Hereās a fun profile Wired ran on him in 2008
