--- description: Serena Williams announced on Reddit in the form of a poem that she is engaged to Reddit's co-founder Alexis Ohanian. title: Serena Williams and Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian Are Engaged image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt416a4725976da0ea/6988af65524fc04607dfa52a/serena-williams-dance.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Serena Williams and Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian Are Engaged by [Char Adams / People](/author/people/) ## Char Adams / People Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 29, 2016 8:04 PM CUT  Serena Williams is seen leaving the Versace show during Milan Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2017 on September 23, 2016 in Milan, Italy. Serena Williams is seen leaving the Versace show during Milan Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2017 on September 23, 2016 in Milan, Italy.Jacopo Raule/Getty Images by [Char Adams / People](/author/people/) ## Char Adams / People Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 29, 2016 8:04 PM CUT Wedding bells are ringing for [Serena Williams](http://people.com/tag/serena-williams/ "undefined")! The tennis great has announced that she is engaged to Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, 33\. Fittingly, she broke the news on Reddit in the form of a poem. “I came home. A little late. Someone had a bag packed for me. And a carriage waited. Destination: Rome,” Williams, 35, wrote on her verified Reddit account. “To escort me to my very own ‘charming.’ Back to where our stars first collided. And now it was full circle. At the same table we first met by chance.” She continued: “But by choice. Down on knee. He said 4 words. And I said yes.” Ohanian shared the Reddit post on Facebook, simply writing, “She said yes.” The engagement comes as a surprise to many – Williams and Ohanian have kept their love off of social media. _This_ [_article_](http://people.com/sports/serena-williams-engaged-reddit-co-founder "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://www.people.com "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4619720/serena-williams-alexis-ohanian-engagement/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4619720/serena-williams-alexis-ohanian-engagement/"},"headline":"Serena Williams and Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian Are Engaged","datePublished":"2016-12-29T20:04:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:50:50.395Z","description":"\"Down on knee. He said 4 words. 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