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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 03: Alexis Ohanian, attends the Women’s Singles quarterfinal match between Serena Williams of the United States and Qiang Wang of China on day nine of the 2019 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 03, 2019 in the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – SEPTEMBER 03: Alexis Ohanian, attends the Women’s Singles quarterfinal match between Serena Williams of the United States and Qiang Wang of China on day nine of the 2019 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 03, 2019 in the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
Alexis Ohanian, the co-founder of Reddit, is a successful investor. However, the 23 times Grand Slam champion Serena Williams’ husband isn’t a purely financial investor interested only in ROI. Just like Williams, he is understanding and softhearted.
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Ohanian is wise and values time when it comes to the ever-changing investment market. Though at the same time, he is compassionate and deals with his partners on a human level.
Alexis Ohanian shares his story to comfort a fellow entrepreneur
In a world that demands quick growth and fast results, Ohanian believes in maintaining the bond with his firms by forging trust. Recently, the NFT company Doddles artist and founder got dragged for doing patchy work. In fact, an investor called him out for delaying projects and taking months’ long vacation. As a response to which, he shared a picture of his bed ridden family member. And wrote, “Here’s a nice photo from the “month long vacation” everyone seems to think I took this summer.”
Here's a nice photo from the "month long vacation" everyone seems to think I took this summer pic.twitter.com/2u8QK0Pgye
— burnt toast (@burnttoast) September 4, 2022
Thereafter a caring and understanding, Ohanian came to his support and wrote, “You’re doing it right. My girlfriend fell into a coma and my mom got diagnosed with terminal brain cancer within the first six months of founding Reddit.”
“I had little to no support from my investors: you have it from us.” He ensured. The 39-year-old’s venture capital arm Seven Seven Six led the first funding round of the company and is still standing strong in its support.
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Ohanian and his wife
The American legend and Ohanian tied the knot and welcomed their daughter Olympia in the year 2017. Thereafter, the couple that shares similar business interest aided each other in building an empire of 250 millions dollars and 40 million dollars’ worth, respectively.

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 06: Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian attend the 2019 Met Gala Celebrating ‘Camp: Notes on Fashion’ at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 06, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/GC Images)
Apart from that, they are also on the same level when it comes to being a comic book fan. Ohanian and Williams both are big Marvel heads have witnessed the organization grow from comics to movies.
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Watch this story: Serena Williams graces the red carpet premiere of Thor Love and Thunder alongside husband Alexis Ohanian
Speaking of which, they recently attended the premier of the new Thor movie. They walked the red carpet of Thor: Love and Thunder in London after the seven times champion’s Wimbledon run.
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