Serena Williams’ husband Alexis Ohanian recognizes a game-changer when he sees one. Remember his reaction when MrBeast orchestrated a high-stakes showdown in a recent NBA All-Star Game? It was a contest between college student Jaren Barajas and NBA player Damian Lillard that handed Barajas $100,000. A teenager in the stands with his father went from a mere spectator to a star of the show. And Ohanian? He was amused as usual! But it wasn’t his admiration for the YouTuber that stole the spotlight- instead, a moment of retrospection connecting two builders who started from scratch.
Ohanian, an ardent MrBeast fan has always admired the latter’s journey from an ordinary man to a YouTuber with 363 million followers. In 2023, he shared a video uploaded by riverside.fm on his IG story, revealing his thoughts about the YouTuber’s hard work to find the right audience for his content. He also urged people to follow MrBeast’s dynamics and said, “Well said about @mrbeast! Don’t try to be him – find your own lane but bring the same dedication.”
While Ohanian has always expressed his love for MrBeast, this time around, he found a striking resemblance. “He was here, and he reminded me that he was recently doing an interview about how he used to promote his YouTube channel in Call of Duty. And it turns out, in the early days of Reddit, and I’m talking 2005. First-year, I made a custom spray that I used in Half-Life 2 to spray on the walls a Snoo while playing and tell people in the chat, “Check out reddit.com,” said Ohanian.
He also dropped a message for his followers, saying, “When we’re starting out, you got to be hungry. No one gives a damn about what you’re building. You’ve got to hustle. So love that story,” he said.
For years, the Reddit co-founder complimented MrBeast’s endeavors. Whether it is the YouTuber’s cookies or his unbelievable act of gifting his private island to one of his subscribers, Ohanian’s words carried respect for Jimmy. Ohanian praised MrBeast Gaming in a tweet in 2023 and wrote, “No surprise there. You deserve it. The first two episodes of this show are INTENSE.”
From an ardent admirer, Ohanian became a prominent investor in MrBeasts’s endeavors. His venture capital firm 776 is backing MrBeast’s entrepreneurial objectives – from MrBeast Industries to their snack brand Feastables and MrBeast Burger. Given the YouTuber’s 344 million subscribers, Ohanian found potential in these investments.
And it’s not just Ohanian who admires MrBeast, his elder daughter Olympia expressed similar love for MrBeast.
Serena Williams’ daughter Olympia Ohanian loves MrBeast too!
Only yesterday, Alexis Ohanian shared a reel on his IG story featuring Olympia’s expression after receiving packages from the star YouTuber. Ohanian entered the room with a box full of Feastables peanut butter eggs and called his elder daughter: “Olympia, we got a surprise package from Mr. Beast!” The seven-year-old enthusiastically said “Yay,” expressing her immense delight. Delighted by his daughter’s reaction, Ohanian also dropped a message of gratitude for MrBeast: “Thanks @MrBeast @Feastables.”
However, the admiration is mutual. Even MrBeast always enjoys casual interactions with Ohanian, which is evident from his comments on Ohanian’s tweets. In June 2023, Ohanian shared data, highlighting the vast difference in viewership of Succession and The Big Bang Theory’s season finale. He shared a tweet that pointed out how Successor received 2.9 million views compared to The Big Bang Theory’s 18 million viewership. MrBeast who noticed Ohanian’s tweet couldn’t help but drop his sarcastic remark. “They make numbers that low?”
As their interaction keeps delighting their followers, one can’t help but think if the Reddit co-founder will appear on a show with MrBeast anytime soon, directly talking about their equation with each other. Don’t you think that will be fun?
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