Alexis Ohanian means business as a new investor in Chelsea Women as he attended their 3-0 FA Cup final win over Manchester United.
The Reddit founder, who has a net worth $150million, put £20m into the club, representing an 8-10 per cent investment.
Blues manager Sonia Bompastor who has overseen an incredible domestic treble thanks to victory at the Wembley showpiece was thrilled by the news.
“This investment is a game-changing endorsement for women’s game but also for young girls,” she said.
“It just shows we are in a really great place but we still want to be an even better team, better club, and we want to be one of the best teams in the world.
“That means results on the pitch, but also we want to be a model outside the pitch, we want to make sure that when young girls look at our team they just dream of being one of our players of the future.”
Ohanian attended the FA Cup final in north west London along with his wife – tennis icon Serena Williams and their eldest daughter Olympia.
And speaking at half-time on the BBC he highlighted further the reasons behind his financial move.
He said: “Look, Chelsea is very unique, right? These are the queens of global soccer and they’ve got the trophy case to prove it. So I feel so humbled. I mean, this is a very special club.”
Queried if he could take a club who were already successful even higher, he replied: “Oh yes, the sky’s the limit.
“What I love about this club, you heard our president Aki [Mandhar] saying this club is unapologetically ambitious. I want to get that tattooed on me. That is what we’re trying to build here with Chelsea women, not just to be the best team, but truly the best team in the world and at the forefront of all of women’s sports.
“This will be a billion dollar franchise one day and beyond. And I hope my dollars, my pounds can go towards that in a big way and especially back home in America.
Ohanian was at Wembley to support Chelsea on the back of his investmentBBC Sport“This is going to be America’s team.”
Ohanian was then asked about the sporting prospects of his daughters, who have 23-time title winner Williams as their mother.
Queried whether they would follow her into tennis or him into football, he said: “Like every loving parents we just want them to do whatever they are most excited about.
“Little Adira isn’t old enough to be in the Royal Box so she’s not here, she’s back at the hotel.
“Both those girls [Olympia and Adira] they’re active. Olympia has definitely been playing a lot of tennis. She’s plays golf too and I’m trying to get her into football, so we’ll see.
“But whatever she wants, no matter what, she’ll be great.”
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