After a year off the grass, Serena Williams is back for the Wimbledon tournament. The opportunity to look into her private life and in particular her husband, Alexis Ohanian.
For more than a year, Serena Williams had disappeared from the tennis courts. Tuesday, June 14, 2022, she nevertheless caused the surprise by announcing his comeback, during the Wimbledon tournament which is held from June 20 to July 10. For this competition, the American tennis player can count on Alexis Ohanian, her husband, to support her.
The couple who welcomed little Alexis Olympia on September 1, 2017 before getting married on November 16 of the same year seems to live the perfect love. Indeed, the family appears regularly on Instagram, in simple moments of life. And while Alexis Ohanian is known to be Serena Williams’ husband, he also has build their own notoriety over the years.
Alexis Ohanian wants to promote internet freedom and fight racism
Graduated in 2005 from the University of Virginia, Alexis Ohanian is an entrepreneur Armenian-American. Very talented, he quickly launches into the web and founds the community website Reddit with Steve Huffman. Later, he decides to sell it while remaining at the head of the board of directors. After that, Alexis Ohanian will create Initialized Capitals, an investment fund intended to support start-ups.
Serena Williams’ husband is an ambitious man who wants promote internet freedom and support online piracy. He participated in demonstrations against laws aimed at strengthening the fight against piracy and published a book on the subject. He obtains such influence that he is named “internet mayorby Forbes in 2012. Alexis Ohanian also wants fight racism. In 2020, after the death of George Floyd, he decides to leave the board of directors of Reddit and asks to be replaced by a black person. A symbolic gesture to show support for the African-American community.
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Serena Williams, Alexis Ohanian and their daughter Alexis Olympia
Premiere of the movie “King Richard” in Los Angeles, November 14, 2021.
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Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian
10th “Annual Art+Film Gala” organized by Gucci at the “LACMA Art Gallery” in Los Angeles. November 6, 2021.
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Serena Williams and her daughter Alexis Olympia
Serena Williams Spring/Summer 2020 ready-to-wear show during New York City Fashion Week, September 10, 2019.
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Serena Williams and her daughter Alexis Olympia
Serena Williams and her daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. arrive at the Nike “Queens of Tennis” experience at William F. Passannante Ballfield Park in New York City on August 20, 2019.
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Arrival of people at the after party for the 71st edition of the MET Gala (Met Ball, Costume Institute Benefit) on the theme “Camp: Notes on Fashion” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, on May 6, 2019.
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Arrival of people at the after party for the 71st edition of the MET Gala (Met Ball, Costume Institute Benefit) on the theme “Camp: Notes on Fashion” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, on May 6, 2019.
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Alexis Ohanian, Serena Williams and Abigail Leigh
Guests in St. George’s Chapel for the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at Windsor Castle, UK, May 19, 2018.
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Guests arrive at St. George’s Chapel for the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at Windsor Castle, UK, May 19, 2018.
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Guests arrive at St. George’s Chapel for the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at Windsor Castle, UK, May 19, 2018.
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Alexis Ohanian and his wife Serena Williams at the premiere of the documentary ‘Being Serena’ in New York, April 25, 2018