The first thing that strikes you about Alexis Ohanian is the sheer scale of the man. “I’m a big boy,” he confirms, putting his height at 6ft 5ins, his shoe size at UK 14, and his weight — not that I’d asked — at “probably 280 pounds”, or 20 stone.
I’m craning my neck up at Ohanian in a corporate bar inside the west stand of Stamford Bridge, the home of Chelsea Football Club. Ohanian, first known as the co-founder of online forum Reddit and latterly as the husband of tennis star Serena Williams, is pleased to hear that I’ve been a regular at this ground for nearly 30 years. “Up the Chels, man.” But he’s put out when I tell him this is my first time watching the women’s team.
