Since Serena Williams established herself as the GOAT of tennis, she’s expanded into her entrepreneurial excellence with her makeup brand WYN, production company Nine Two Six, and venture capital company Serena Ventures. Before retiring from competitive tennis in 2022, Williams took home 23 Grand Slam titles, four Olympic gold medals, and remains the only player to accomplish a career Golden Slam (winning the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, US Open, and an Olympic Gold medal) in both singles and doubles.
Now, she’s focusing on running her businesses and lifting talented founders. Williams’ venture capital firm invests specifically in technology companies owned or led by unrepresented founders, including women, Black, and Latino founders. As an activist, Williams has also used her platform to stand up for Black women’s maternal health.
In 2022, Williams penned her own birth story into an Elle essay to highlight the fact that Black women are three times more likely to die after childbirth than white women. As an entrepreneur, activist, and sports great, Williams has used her platform to lift others.
