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Who is Serena Williams’ husband Alexis Ohanian?-Elizabeth Atkin-Entertainment – Metro
The tennis legend is married to a famous tech investor.
Serena is married to Alexis Ohanian, and the pair share a daughter Olympia (Picture: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)
Tennis legend Serena Williams has been back in the headlines, following her return to Wimbledon 2022.
Unluckily, she crashed out of the famed tournament in the first round, following a tense match with French player Harmony Tan – and has yet to confirm if a 2023 return is on the cards.
But while the 40-year-old, known globally as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, may have lost out at Wimbledon, she certainly hasn’t lost out when it comes to love.
She’s been happily married for several years to Alexis Ohanian, with whom she shares daughter named Alexis Olympia Jr.
But just who is her husband, and why might you recognise his name?
Who is Serena Williams’ husband Alexis Ohanian?
Serena Williams is married to reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian (Picture: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Robin Hood)
Alexis Ohanian, 39, is a tech investor and entrepreneur from New York.
He’s best known to the public as the co-founder and former CEO of reddit, a hugely popular news and discussion website.
Alexis and college roommate Steve Huffman dreamed up an early version of the site, dubbed ‘the front page of the internet’, in 2005 while still studying at the University of Virginia.
After selling the website to Conde Nast in 2006 for a sum believed to be between $10 million (£8 million) and $20 million (£16 million), Alexis remained on the company’s board of directors.
He made headlines in 2020 when he stepped down, requesting that has position be filled by a black board member in light of Black Lives Matter protests in the US.
The couple have been together since late 2015 (Photo by Arturo Holmes/FilmMagic)
Serena supported his decision, joking in an Instagram video with her husband: ‘Ultimately, whatever you do, I’m going to support you… This is up to you. This is all Alexis, which is really cool.
‘A lot of people might think that I forced you to and I was in your ear… but he doesn’t listen to me ever.’
In 2016, he co-founded Initialized Capital, a venture capital fund, raising millions for various investments – including companies Coinbase, Cruise Automation and Instacart.
He has also founded companies such as Hipmunk, a travel deals site, and Breadpig, billed as a ‘marketplace for geeks’.
How did Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian meet?
Serena and Alexis’ love story began in 2015, when they were both staying at the Cavalieri Hotel in Rome, Italy.
The happy couple frequent red carpet events together, include the Met Gala in 2021 and the recent King Richard film premiere (Picture: John Shearer/WireImage)
The couple revealed in a 2017 Vanity Fair interview that they met by the pool, when Serena was playing in the Italian Open and Alexis was scheduled to speak at a conference.
Their first encounter involved a jokey tiff over a poolside table. They hit it off and later Serena invited him to meet her in Paris, France.
Alexis told Vanity Fair he thought at the time: ‘Even if she blows me off and we don’t even hang out, I’m still going to have an amazing time in Paris, and I’ll have an even better story for all my childhood friends.’
Of course, Serena didn’t blow him off – and the rest, as they say, is history.
In December 2016, Alexis popped the question at the same hotel where they met, by the pool.
Serena and Alexis’ daughter, Olympia, is now four – she was born in 2017 (Picture: Steve Granitz/WireImage )
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Serena said yes, and the couple tied the knot in a glamorous wedding ceremony in November 2017.
Two months earlier, in September, Serena gave birth to a daughter named Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr.
Little Olympia is now four years old, and is often pictured on her parent-run Instagram page, which has 637,000 followers.
What is Alexis Ohanian’s net worth?
Many often wonder how much Alexis is worth – especially given that wife Serena was worth a reported $210 million (£172 million) in 2021 thanks to her glittering tennis career.
The answer, according to Forbes in 2019, was around $70 million (£57 million), which is still an eye-watering sum.
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