Entrepreneur Alexis Ohanian, Serena Williams' husband, on rise of women's sports and personal health battle

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Alexis Ohanian is a successful businessman and married to one of the greatest athletes of this generation.

In 2005, he co-founded the popular social news aggregation website Reddit. Twelve years later, he tied the knot with legendary tennis player Serena Williams, who ESPN recently ranked as the second-greatest professional athlete of the 21st century.

In 2020, Ohanian became the lead investor of a majority female group who were ultimately awarded a National Women's Soccer League expansion team — later named Angel City FC. The Los Angles-based franchise kicked off their inaugural season in 2022.

Ohanian has long been an advocate for women's athletics, and the venture capitalist recently spoke to Fox News Digital about how he had the foresight years ago to make the leap into the women's sports business.

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Alexis Ohanian, principal owner of Angel City Football Club and Los Angeles Golf Club, looks on during a conversation with Olympic sprinter Gabby Thomas during the Business of Women Sport Summit presented by Deep Blue Sports and Axios at Chelsea Factory on April 23, 2024 in New York City. (Elsa/Getty Images)

"In 2019, I tweeted I was going to buy an NSWL team, this was March of 2019… before the World Cup, and credit to Alex Morgan who reached out and said ‘I can help you with that.’ I got real smart real fast thanks to talking to her and other stars in the league. And obviously this expansion, which led to Angel City."

However, Ohanian admitted that his venture into professional women's soccer was met with some doubt. 

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