Alexis Kerry Ohanian was born in Brooklyn, New York. He is an American-Armenian internet entrepreneur and investor. He is best known as the co-founder and executive chairman of the social media site Reddit, along with Steve Huffman and Aaron Swartz. He also co-founded the early-stage venture capital firm Initialized Capital, assisted in the launch of the travel search website Hipmunk, and founded the social enterprise Breadpig.
Alexis Kerry Ohanian resides in Florida with his wife, tennis player Serena Williams, and their daughter, Alexis Olympia Ohanian. His paternal grandparents fled to the United States as refugees following the Armenian genocide. Ohanian’s mother was born in Germany. He attended Howard High School in Ellicott City, Maryland, and delivered the student address to his graduating class in 2001.
On December 29, 2016, Ohanian announced her engagement to tennis player Serena Williams. Alexis Olympia Ohanian, their daughter, was born on September 1, 2017, in West Palm Beach, Florida. He and Williams married in New Orleans on November 16, 2017. Ohanian has stated that “watching Williams compete has changed how he measures his business success.”
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