Alexis Ohanian, Angel City FC Owner, Internet Entrepreneur, Husband of Serena Williams

Fútbol with Grant Wahl

Grant Wahl

Sports, Soccer

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Grant has an enlightening conversation with Alexis Ohanian, an owner of Angel City FC, which starts play in the NWSL next year. Ohanian is also a co-founder and former executive chair of Reddit and a prolific Internet entrepreneur and investor, including in the site Gloria, which is building a global community for soccer fans. Ohanian explains why he thinks women's sports and the NWSL are set to explode, why he's big on women's sports collectibles, and the interest of his wife, Serena, and their daughter, Olympia, in the sport of soccer. Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqIhXWUw0H4 Get full access to Fútbol with Grant Wahl at grantwahl.substack.com/subscribe

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0:00.0	Hey there, welcome to Food Ball with Grant Wall.
0:09.6	Thanks so much for joining me.
0:11.2	Today's interview guest is Alexis Sohanion, a founding owner of the NWSL's Angel City
0:17.6	FC, a tech entrepreneur, co-founder of Reddit, and husband to Serena Williams.
0:23.8	We've had some great guests lately, including Vlad Kowanski, Melissa Ortiz, and Tom
0:29.2	Statham, so check those out.
0:32.0	Now here's my interview with Alexis Sohanion.
0:36.7	Our guest now, Alexis Sohanion, is joining us from Paris, where he's supporting his wife,
0:41.5	Serena Williams at the French Open.
0:43.8	Sohanion is an owner of Angel City FC, which starts play in the NWSL next year.
0:51.0	He's also a co-founder and former executive chair of Reddit and a prolific internet entrepreneur
0:57.8	and investor, including in the site Gloria, which is building a global community for soccer
1:02.9	fans.
1:03.9	Alexis, thanks so much for coming on the show.
1:06.3	Hey Grant, thank you for having me very happy to be here.
1:08.6	I've been looking forward to this for a while.
1:10.3	I want to start by asking about Angel City.
1:13.6	Sure.
1:14.6	It's an exciting project.
1:16.8	You have a lot of celebrity and soccer investors behind it.
1:21.6	But you know what's interesting?
1:22.6	There was a period for a while.
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