How Serena Williams Wants to Conquer Wall Street | The Deal
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- Опубликовано: 4 июн 2024
- Serena Williams revolutionized tennis-that much is unquestioned. With her sister and fellow superstar Venus beside her and father Richard behind them both, Williams went on to transform the way the world looks at tennis stars. Having now put her racket down, she has moved on to the world of finance and started her own venture capital firm, Serena Ventures. But this time, she’s doing it all on her own. On the latest episode of The Deal with Alex Rodriguez and Jason Kelly, Williams explains just how these early financial lessons formed the basis of success in her second act.
In tennis, Williams is widely regarded as the greatest of all time. In business, she exudes similar ambition for her growing business empire. Williams says she’s built a team that she trusts while staying intimately involved with every major decision. Diving into the details is something she’s known for-Williams was literally at the table for her first big shoe endorsement deal, with Puma.
Serena Ventures has invested in more than 20 companies in its first fund, and that’s in addition to the dozens of angel investments Williams has made. She’s also focused much of the firm’s energy on investing in companies run by traditionally underrepresented founders, especially women and people of color. (Only 2% of venture capital goes to companies led solely by women, while just 1% goes to firms with Black founders.)
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00:00 - 02:31 Intro
02:31 - 04:20 Reflecting on financial success in tennis
04:20 - 06:26 What motivates Serena today
06:26 - 08:04 Richard Williams
08:04 - 11:33 Puma deal
11:33 - 13:50 Serena's passion for fashion
13:50 - 17:19 The Puma catsuit
17:19 - 25:14 The business of Serena evolves
25:14 - 26:40 Nike
26:40 - 30:01 Serena's impact on tennis
30:01 - 32:54 Serena's business mindset
32:54 - 38:25 Diversity in Venture Capital
38:25 - 39:42 Alexis Ohanian
39:43 - 43:30 How Alexis and Serena met
43:30 - 46:00 Women's Soccer
46:00 - 48:02 Serena's advice
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ARod is such a brilliant interviewer.
There should be a Hall of Fame for Dad's like Mr Richard Williams.
Such a great father
fantastic interview! Serena is a phenom! 💯%!!
Love Serena! And she just gets better and better ❤
only 1 minute into the interview and I'm just so so proud and excited of working with her in the future
THIS is a dream. @Arod and @SerenaWilliams in 1 room, 1 interview talking Investments. Heaven ❤❣️🤗
Awesome serena.. Zero to hero...you're blessed having father like Richard Williams and sister like Venus Williams.. Good luck🤞🤞
what an incredible interview. shout out to whoever put those questions together, great flow.
👏 Pay It Forward 💪 #SerenaWilliams
watching from grenada in the caribbean. GOD BLESS SERI
I love Grenadines .its a bit like Jamaica but edgier
Serena is just awesome. Such an inspiration 😊
Excellent interview with a great champion!
Absolutely loved this!!!
#GOAT . To think 50% of the Population in the united states are women and less than 2% of VC funding goes to women.......then you have groups who are suing funds that look to invest in that specifically in that group or invest in underfunded communities.... Wild
great interview
Excellent interview!
Serena WILL Conquer One Smack At A Time!🎾
i am here for her new journey
What an awesome interview !Love love,love this!❤
Alex Rodriguez 💯
Great interview
Bring Venus Williams.. Waiting for her fans..
Thanks for everything totally Awesome.
Great insights!
Enjoyed the movie and now this episode wow god bless love serena
She's cool
Great interview 😃
Inspired interview with the GOAT 🤩
Serena legend
0:31 I thought Margaret Court was the GOAT ...
11 professional grand slams vs 23 grand slams. And how many Olympic medals does Court have again? 🤔
Nope. The common reason why Court is not considered the GOAT, even above Steffi, is because the competition simply wasn’t as deep at her time. She was incredibly important in establishing the foundation for players to come but, tennis wise, the competition wasn’t as fierce. Court has always bemoaned this fact openly but everyone can see that the sport was FAR smaller during her reign. I think as far as the greats ranked go, it is Serena then Steffi then Navratilova then Evert then Court. I think there is a better argument of Steffi being the GOAT over Serena than Court over Serena. Additionally, Serena currently holds the most slams in the Open era. Court has 11 Open slams to Serena’s 23. Hope this helps.
Hard to say. Steffi Graff retired early and could have been considered the best. Monica Seles could have been the best, until she was stabbed. Hard to argue with 23 grand slams, though.
@@Kai-ts9fw @Kai-ts9fw Court didn't compete in the Olympics.
Thanks Serena for sharing!