Venus Williams

  Venus Williams, an American professional tennis player, has a net worth of $95 million. Williams was a former World No. Williams was a former World No. 1 player and is widely acknowledged as having brought the tennis world into a new age of women's tennis. She has been ranked World No. one in singles on three separate occasions and is considered to be the first American black woman to achieve this feat during the Open Era.Venus Ebony Starr Williams was born June 17, 1980, in Lynwood, California to Richard Williams and Oracene Price. Venus, then 10, was moved by her family from Compton, California to West Palm Beach, Florida so she could be a part of Rick Macci's tennis academy. Richard Williams pulled Venus and Serena from the national junior tennis championships when Venus was eleven. At that time, Williams held a 63-0 record on the United States Tennis Association junior tour and was ranked No. 1 among the under-12 players in Southern California. In 1995, Richard pulled his daughters from Macci's academy and later took over all coaching of his daughters.