“A lot of people sacrificed for that opportunity,” she told him. Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian unwinds at his farm in Jupiter, Florida, in front of sculptural elements designed by his wife, Serena Williams. GUERIN BLASK FOR FORBESĪmong Alexis Ohanian’s earliest memories is his great aunt Vera, sitting him down on his sixth birthday to tell him in graphic detail about how his great-great-aunt and uncle were killed while being marched through the Syrian desert during the Armenian genocide more than a century ago how as a child his great-grandfather, Avedis, saw his parents decapitated by Turkish soldiers, who upon turning their attention to the youngster were barely stopped by another soldier on horseback how that little boy was then shipped off to an orphanage in Istanbul before making his way to Ellis Island. That generational trauma is a big reason why he’s betting heavily on NFTs and future social networks, despite crypto’s chilly winter storm. Alexis Ohanian’s ancestors perished during the Armenian genocide and had their assets seized.

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