Venus Williams- Net Worth, Money and More
Net Worth: $60 million
Venus Williams was born on June 17, 1980 in Lynwood, California. Venus is Right-handed player. She has got 45 titles in her career and she has been on number 1 ranking in the world in tennis. Venus is highly accomplished professional tennis player. She is a very active female player and is known for her sensational fast serve, brilliant two-handed, strong volley, hard-hitting groundstroke and mind-blowing agility on the court. She is the first woman on the planet who received the prize money on par with her Wimbledon champion Roger Federer. She is the first black woman or the African-American woman won the World no 1 title. She has received a number of different tiles, achievements and the awards. Not only is this, she has received a number of gold medals at various games and competitions and holds an unbeatable record for the fastest serve by a female tennis player in the world.
Her name is Venus Ebony Starr Williams and is the sister of Serena Williams. Venus has played against her younger sister Serena in 24 professional match since 1998 out of which Serena won 14 matches out of 24. Not only is this, they played in the six grand slams out of which Serena won 4.
Early life
She is born to Richard Williams and Oracene Price. Her father was a sharecropper. When she was at the age of 10, she moved to Compton, California to West Palm Beach. There both the sisters attended the tennis academy of Rick Macci. They were very good in tennis since childhood but parents wanted them to focus on study work. But later on, when he realized the real talent he provide them coaching at the home only. She was in a 3 year relationship with professional golfer Hank Kuehne which lasts till 2010.
Awards and Achievements
She has a breakthrough record in winning the awards and medals. Overall she has won 22 grand slams out of which 7 in singles, 13 in women’s doubles and 2 in mixed doubles. Venus is one of the four women in the open era to won more than 5 Wimbledon single titles in the World. not only is this, the records says that between the 2000 Wimbledon Championships to the 2000 US Open she won 4 out of 6 Grand Slam single tournament. Venus won 4 Olympic Gold medals as 1 in single and 3 in women’s double. The two sisters have won a large number of titles than other female players in the World today. In the year 2000, at the Sydney Olympics she became the second player to win Olympic gold medals in both singles and doubles after Helen Wills Moody in the year 1924.
Her major tennis achievements include the fastest serve at 128.6 mph in the year 2011, according to the Forbes she was ranked #3, the highest paid female tennis player after Maria Sharapova and Caroline Wozniacki.
Richness
Venus Williams is one of the richest woman player in the World. Her net worth is $60 million. Though her most of the fortune is coming from the Tennis play but still she managed to look after many other ventures and is carrying her own fashion line “Eleven” and is currently the CEO of Florida based interior design company “V Starr Interiors”. Not only is this, she is the limited partner of Miami Dolphins (NFL) along with her sister. Venus is very famous for her bright outfits and the bold accessories. She is the ambassador of Gender Equality for the UNESCO-Sony Ericsson WTA.
Talking about her property, she owns a Palm Beach Garden. She bought this house in the year 2009 for $2 million. This exquisite property is located in Florida, USA. The mansion is built on a circular theme which includes a breakfast room, a circular foyer, a library and a well decorated kitchen and 4 master bedrooms. Her favorite holiday destination is Hawaii. Recently she was spotted at Hawaii with her latest boyfriend, rapper Common though she walk their frequently. She often raeh there in her best mood. She likes to donate in the money in good work and is involved in various different caises like Elton John AIDS Foundation which was established in the year 1992 and aims to support people infected with HIV. She is actively involved in the charity and hosted some charity nights. She is also involved in Great Ormond Street Hospital o London which is highly concerned in treating children suffering from rare and life threatning diseases. Another on eis Health Truth which works to enlighten women against the causes of heart attack. And the last one is Save the Music Foundation which is non profit organization which aims at the education provided in the USA.
Venus is recently spotted in a Stuart Weitzman Glittered Ballerina Flats which has a rubber sole. Not only is this she loves to wear other brands like the Louis Vuitton Miroir Speedy 30 Silver Handbag , which is avery famous bag from Louis Vetton and is made up of leather and silver finishing. She spotted in Rock and Republic, The Berlin Skinny Jeans which has embroidered finish and is made up of 87% cotton, 1.5% Lycra and 11.5% nylon and was spotted in Jimmy Choo Glitter Sling back Pump with a narrow back strap.
