Serena Williams' 2-Year-Old Daughter Part of Ownership Group of NWSL Expansion Team
Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. is part of a number of members of an ownership group for an NWSL expansion team, making her the youngest pro sports owner in the U.S.
A list of names making up the ownership group of the National Women's Soccer League's newest team is out and, as is apt for a team that will play in Los Angeles, a lot of the people on there are of the famous variety. In an effort not to bury the lede here, one of those names was that of Serena Williams' daughter, Alexis Olympia, who would probably qualify as famous for an adult, but would certainly qualify as famous for a two-year-old.
Though she's unlikely to be participating in meetings and union negotiations, her official designation as a part owner makes her the youngest such person in sports:
As for why a toddler is getting a stake in a team...that was actually explained by her father, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian.
“As someone who spends hours kicking around a football with my 2-year-old daughter, I want her to have a front-row seat to this revolution,” he wrote. “I'm personally investing on behalf of my family because creating more opportunities in women's sports is important to my wife and me, and we want to be a part of making a better future for our daughter.”
As we said up top there's a lot of other famous names on the list, including Natalie Portman, Jennifer Garner, Eva Longoria, and other people that deserve credit but these lines work best with three names. We'll just let The Guardian rattle them off since they already did that...not surprisingly there's lots of former players on here:
As for the non-headline info (see: routine stuff that might be necessary for context), on Tuesday it was confirmed the team will expand into Los Angeles in 2022. They'll be the 11th team in the league, and they currently go by the interim name Angel City.
