Exactly four years ago, in exactly that Eternal City, she met her husband, Alexis Ohanian, cofounder of online community Reddit. The Saturday I’m with her in Rome (she was in New York earlier in the week and will be in Paris the following one) carries extra significance. On Serena Williams’ calendar-which is to calendars what Jackson Pollock paintings are to art-Saturdays are designated family time. Here is Forbes’ June 3, 2019, cover story on Serena Williams, republished in full. Williams appeared on Forbes’ 2022 list of America’s Richest Self-Made Women in June worth an estimated $260 million. That same month Serena Ventures invested in mental health startup Wondermind, cofounded by singer and actress Selena Gomez, Mandy Teefey and newsletter entrepreneur Daniella Pierson. Five months later, in a cover article in Vogue, Williams, 40, announced she would retire from tennis after playing at the U.S. In March this year, her venture capital firm, Serena Ventures, said it had raised $111 million from investors, with a portfolio of 60 companies, according to The New York Times, including MasterClass and healthy frozen meal service DailyHarvest. She’d already bet on 34 startups, focusing on companies started by women and minorities. In 2019, the year that Williams became the first athlete to appear on Forbes’ annual list of America’s Richest Self-Made Women, Forbes interviewed Williams about her plans as an investor and featured her in a cover story for the magazine.
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