‘Challenge Accepted’ – Alexis Ohanian Comes Clean on How Wife Serena Williams Provoked Him to Hit It Big With $100 Million Soccer Club

Did you know that Serena Williams and her entire family—including her husband Alexis Ohanian and her five-year-old daughter—are investors in a women’s football team based in Los Angeles? However, both the legendary American tennis player and the co-founder of Reddit are big into investing in professional sports. But the question is what prompted the 39-year-old American entrepreneur to make an investment into the sporting world?

The Reddit co-founder is the primary investor in the Los Angeles-based soccer team Angel City FC. Not only that, but the primary investor is also an enthusiastic supporter of the team. Fans can catch a glimpse of him during various soccer games.

What made Alexis Ohanian make an investment in soccer?

In an interview with Harper’s Bazaar, the 39-year-old American entrepreneur shared an instance that literally was the beginning point for the formation of the Angel City FC soccer team. Moreover, he also revealed how his wife, the tennis legend, played a huge part. That eventually prompted him to invest in the 100 million dollar soccer team.

He thought back to the time when he and his family had been enjoying the 2019 Women’s World Cup final. Furthermore, he highlighted on how he saw his daughter running around in the Alex Morgan shirt. And disclosed a discussion with his wife Serena Williams about it would be amazing to see her daughter play in the soccer World Cup one day when she grows up. And that is how everything started.

He said, “I mused, “Wouldn’t it be nice if she played on the Women’s National Team one day?” My wife [Serena Williams] didn’t miss a beat and said, “Not until they pay her what she’s worth.” I was like, “Challenge accepted.” 

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Not only that, he treats the Los Angeles-based soccer team as his own child. Moreover, he is quite open with his goals as a primary investor in the soccer team. The Reddit founder also outlined his ambitions for the soccer team for the future.

Ohanian’s long-term goals for his soccer team 

The 39-year-old American businessman discussed his ambitions to become a major investor and to become the greatest with the soccer team in an interview with the Los Angeles Times from the previous year. The American tennis star’s husband stated that he wants Angel City FC to be the top sports franchise in the world. Not only the finest professional sports franchise worldwide, neither the top team in the NWSL nor the top women’s club.

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He also stressed that, as an investor, he is confident about his long-term objectives. Furthermore, he added that he will back the squad wholeheartedly as they pursue their aim of being the best sports team in the world. What do you make of Ohanian’s story about how he made the decision to invest in the soccer team? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.