Alexis Ohanian Thanks Wife Serena Williams for Inequality’s Reality Check and Daughter Olympia for Inspiration

Tennis legend Billie Jean King advocated the fight against gender inequality in sports. She fought hard to ensure women’s sports were brought to par with that of the men’s, particularly tennis. She achieved much success in her fight, which also paved the way for the foundation of the Women’s Tennis Association in 1973. Later, she passed the baton to other players like Navratilova, Evert, and now, Venus and Serena Williams, who led the fight during their careers.

Not just in sports, Serena has also led this fight in the Venture Capital ecosystem. Earlier this year, she revealed how gender and racial inequality was prevalent in the Venture Capital ecosystem and vowed to address this issue through her firm Serena Ventures. Recently, her husband, Alexis Ohanian, thanked her for helping him realize the gender pay gap.

Alexis Ohanian proud of the mother-daughter duo of Serena Williams and Olympia

Yesterday, the Reddit co-founder took to Twitter to share about what led him to invest in women’s sports. He said, “This was the day in 2019 I decided it was time to either buy or start a women’s pro football club. All thanks to @OlympiaOhanian inspiring me to daydream and my wife reminding me they’re not getting paid what they’re worth.”

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Further, he shared a video of Olympia rejoicing after the United States Women’s National Soccer Team lifted the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup. At that point, Ohanian realized how the gender pay gap was prevalent in the sporting ecosystem. Additionally, USWNT stars like Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe were also making the headlines for their legal battle against the gender pay gap.

Serena aiming to get back to winning ways

After her disappointing comeback in the grass-court season, the 23-time Grand Slam champion is hopeful of finding her winning touch in the upcoming hard-court tournaments. She has also practiced in full swing recently, hitting some rallies with sister Venus at the Citi Open.

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Serena will kick-start her hard-court campaign in Toronto at the National Bank Open next week.