Serena Williams and Alexis Oganyan: the love story of tennis player and co-founder of Reddit
'31.07.2017'
Source: Meduza
Former first racket of the world Serena Williams is preparing for the first time to become a mother. Despite the interesting situation, the famous American tennis player starred nude for the magazine Vanity Fair.
In addition to a candid photo shoot, Serena shared her story with an acquaintance with her future husband, co-founder Reddit, By Alexis Ohanian, writes Meduza.
It is noted that she photographed the athlete Annie Leibovitz - one of the most famous photographers in the world.
The couple met in Rome in 2015 year: Oganyan went for breakfast with a hangover to the hotel pool and accidentally sat down next to the table where the athlete and her friends were sitting. At first they wanted to chase away Oganyan - and said that there was a rat near his desk. When he replied that he was not afraid of rodents, and Williams invited him at her table. Only then was he “on 98%” sure that he was a famous athlete.
Tennis player and creator Reddit They talked, although he could not stand tennis, but she had not heard anything about one of the most popular sites in the world. In the end, Williams called him to the match in Rome. She played poorly (although she won), so she decided to invite Ohanian for another match - at Roland Garros. Ohanyan assumed that this invitation was made out of politeness, but still went there, because as a last resort "you can then tell your grandchildren how Serena Williams ousted him."
In Paris, Williams and Oganyan traveled to the Eiffel Tower, went to the zoo and walked around the pastry shop. The sportswoman noticed that Oganyan was one of those who travel with one backpack and does not make plans, and Oganyan felt that for a celebrity like Williams, this is a novelty - assistants always revolved around her.
In the spring of 2016, Oganyan realized that he wanted to marry Serena: “I saw in her a man because of whom I wanted to become better.” He decided to make an offer in Rome, where they met. For this, he had to persuade her friends to make her fly to Rome.
Williams says that she understood in the plane - the time has come: "Serena, 35 is for you, you are ready, this is what you want."
In Rome, Ohanyan led her to the very same table at which they met for the first time, knelt down and made an offer.
After that, Serena Williams wrote on Reddit in the section on the engagement, a poem in which he told about a casual acquaintance with Oganian in Rome - and how he brought her to the place of the first meeting to make an offer (“The circle closed”).
When Serena realized that she was pregnant, she called Oganyan to Melbourne, where she was preparing for the next tournament. Tennis player did not say what was the matter; he thought she was in trouble with her health. When Ohanian arrived, Williams handed him an envelope with six positive pregnancy tests.
That tournament in Australia, Williams won.
What is known about co-founder Reddit Alexis Oganyane?
He has Armenian roots, although 24 was born on April 1983 in New York. Great-grandfather and great-grandmother of a young man come from Kharberd (now Elazig) and Bitlis, Turkey. In the 1910 year, fleeing the genocide, they fled to the United States, where they settled. During the years of living together they had four children: Vera, John (Alexis’s grandfather), Elsa and Mary.
“For me, being Armenian is a victory. Each of us who achieved success is a victory over the Genocide: they could not destroy us, could not silence us, we thrive around the world. I am very proud of all of this, ”said Alexis in one interview.
Alexis is intimately familiar with the founder. Facebook Mark Zuckerberg. If in America Alexis is called the Armenian Zuckerberg, then Mark in Armenia is called the American Ohanian.
Magazine Forbes named Ohanyan “Mayor of the Internet”. In addition, for two years in a row, he was included in the “30 under 30” list, becoming a prominent representative of the technology industry.
Three years ago the book of Alexis went on sale Without their permission (“Without their permission”), which became a bestseller. On the pages of the publication, Ohanyan spoke about his experience in creating Internet startups.
