Who is Serena Williams’ husband Alexis Ohanian and why did he resign from Reddit?
REDDIT co-founder Alexis Ohanian – who is married to tennis star Serena Williams – has stepped down from the company’s board.
Ohanian said he is making the move for his family and for his country.
Here is more on the 37-year-old internet entrepreneur.
Who is Alexis Ohanian and what does he do?
Ohanian is a businessman best known for being the co-founder of Reddit, which was launched in 2005.
Reddit, based in San Francisco, calls itself “the front page of the internet” and has millions of users.
Ohanian was born in New York City and currently lives in Florida with the tennis superstar and their young child.
He was once dubbed by Forbes as the Mayor of the internet.
“Reddit can’t have lunch with a politician or do an interview on CNN,” he told Forbes in a 2012 interview.
“So I do my best to represent them.
“But I’m not the leader of this movement. It’s led by anyone, by everyone.”
How long has he been married to Serena Williams?
Ohanian wed Williams in 2017, and the couple have a 2-year-old daughter, also named Alexis.
They met two years earlier in Rome when they both stayed in the same hotel.
While in coronavirus lockdown Serena played some top-level tennis – against herself.
Why did he resign from Reddit?
Ohanian gave up his seat with the hope that it will be filled by a black candidate.
“i co-founded Reddit 15 years ago to help people find community and a sense of belonging,” he wrote on Instagram.
“It is long overdue to do the right thing. I’m doing this for me, for my family, and for my country.
“I’m saying this as a father who needs to be able to answer his black daughter when she asks: ‘What did you do?'”
He added: “I have resigned as a member of the reddit board, I have urged them to fill my seat with a black candidate, and I will use future gains on my Reddit stock to serve the black community, chiefly to curb racial hate.
“I believe resignation can actually be an act of leadership from people in power right now.
“To everyone fighting to fix our broken nation: do not stop.”
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His decision comes after the death of George Floyd, who lost his life while being arrested by police officers in Minneapolis.
Officer Derek Chauvin had pressed his knee against Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes, according to prosecutors.
Ohanian has also donated $1million to Colin Kaepernick’s Know Your Rights Camp.