Who is Serena William’s husband? How many kids does Serena Williams have? We explore the family life of Tennis superstar, Serena Williams.
The world received awesome and wonderful news about Serena Williams welcoming her second child a few moments ago.
The tennis player took to her Tik tok account to share the exciting news with her fans and the whole world.
Following the exciting news, many fans, family and loved ones of the tennis player have congratulated her for a successful delivery and welcoming a newborn child. However, many want to know who Serena Williams is married to. Who is Serena Williams‘ husband and how many kids does she have?
Who is Serena Williams’ husband?
The name of Serena William’s husband is Alexis Kerry Ohanian. The two met by chance during breakfast at the Cavalieri Hotel in Rome. While Serena was dining with friends, Alexis sat down at the table right next to the group.
Serena Williams narrated “This big guy comes and he just plops down at the table next to us, and I’m like, ‘Huh! All these tables and he’s sitting here?'” Serena told the publication.
In an effort to get Alexis to move, the group told him there was a rat at his table. When Alexis didn’t leave, Serena invited him to join her and the rest is, well, history.
Serena Williams and Alexis kept in touch and went on a couple of dates. On December 29, 2016, Alexis proposed to Serena Williams. Interestingly, Serena was pregnant with her first child at the time.
On September 1 2017, they had their first child Olympian Ohanian and got married in November of that year in New Orleans. Wedding guests were filled with top and popular celebrities such as Kim Kardashian, Beyonce, Kelly Rowland etc.
Who is Alexis Kerry Ohanian?
Alexis Kerry Ohanian is an American internet entrepreneur, investor and husband of tennis player Serena Williams.
He is the co-founder and former executive chairman of Reddit. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. His paternal grandparents came to the United States as refugees of the Armenian Genocide. His mother was an immigrant from Germany.
Alexis had his education at Howard High School where he gave the student address his graduating class in 2001. He graduated from the University of Virginia in 2005 with degrees in Commerce and History.
His career began when he and his friend, Steve Huffman pitched the idea “MyMobileMenu” to Y Combinator. The company did not like the idea and encouraged them to come up with another idea which gave birth to Reddit.com.
Reddit was accepted into Y Combinator as part of the first batches of start-ups in 2005. It was later acquired by Conte Nast in 2006 for an amount between $10m and $20m. He continued working with Reddit as a member of its board of directors.
In 2015, he returned to work full-time as co-founder with his friend Steve Huffman to lead the now-independent company.
On June 5, 2020, Ohanian resigned from Reddit’s board, asking to be replaced by a black candidate in response to the murder of George Floyd. On June 10, 2020, it was announced that Michael Seibel, an African-American entrepreneur, was named a Reddit board member.
Alexis Ohanian has a number of honours and awards to his name. In both 2011 and 2012, he was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list as an important figure in the tech industry. Following the year 2013, Alexis and Erik Martin were featured as “champions of innovation” in the 20th Anniversary issue of Wired.
In 2015, Ohanian was named to the Crain’s “40 Under 40” list for business. In 2016, Ohanian was named one of Fast Company’s “Most Creative People in Business”.
On May 21, 2020, Ohanian delivered the Commencement address for The Johns Hopkins University Class of 2020.
In December 2022, Ohanian was named a 2023 Money Changemaker by Money magazine.
As of 2023, the husband of Serena Williams is having an estimated net worth of $150 million according to CaKnowledge.com. He makes the majority of that money from one of the world’s famous social media sites, Reddit.
Aside from that, he has invested in several start-ups that pay him dividends. He is one of the earliest investors in Uber. Alexis invested 1 million dollars into Uber and got a return of $30 million in 7 years.
Who is Alexis Olympian Ohanian?
Olympian Ohanian is the first child of Alexis Ohanian and Serena Williams. The couple gave birth to their first child on September 1 2017. Two months afterwards, the couple tied the knot.
Serena Willams revealed in an interview she had some troubles after giving birth which made her return to tennis very difficult. According to her, she suffered from pulmonary embolism.
She also disclosed that she sees a younger version of herself in her first child, Olympian Ohanian.
She said “Now that I’m 36 and I look at my baby, I remember that this was also one of my goals when I was little before tennis took over when I was still kind of a normal girl who played with dolls. Oh, my God, I loved my dolls.”
As of today, Olympian Ohanian is 5 years and will be celebrating her sixth birthday on 1st September 2023. Serena Williams shares photos of her little girl on social media. They tend to wear matching dresses giving mother-and-daughter vibes.
Who is Adira River Ohanian?
Adira River Ohanian is the latest addition to the family of Serena Williams and Alexis Kerry Ohanian.
During last year’s Met Gala, Serena Williams showed off her baby bump announcing to everyone that she was pregnant and expecting baby number 2.
The tennis player could not hide her excitement about the beautiful angel they have added to their family. She took to her Tik Tok account to share the news which had her husband Alexis and daughter, Olympian Ohanian present.
She shared the video with the caption “Welcome my beautiful angel.”
@serena Welcome my beautiful angel
♬ original sound – Serenawilliams
She revealed the name of her second child after sharing a photo on her Instagram and captioned it “Adira River Ohanian”.
Serena’s husband, Alexis Ohanian, also shared on his official Instagram account announcing the latest addition to his family.
He showed praises to his wife, Serena William and appreciated her for giving him another incomparable gift. He thanked all the medical staff who took care of his wife and daughter.
“I’m grateful to report our house is teaming with love: a happy & healthy newborn girl and happy & healthy mama. Feeling grateful. @serenawilliams you’ve now given me another incomparable gift — you’re the GMOAT. Thanks to all the amazing medical staff who took care of my wife & our daughter ? I’ll never forget the moment I introduced @olympiaohanian to her baby sister.
“Your peace would have been like a river, your well-being like the waves of the sea.” Alexis Ohanian wrote.