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With 7 Grand Slam singles titles and 4 Olympic gold medals, tennis champion and entrepreneur, Venus Williams is arguably one of the most accomplished and inspiring women in the history of sports.

Off the court, Venus has parlayed her fine-tuned business acumen with her healthy competitive spirit into several successful business endeavors across the fashion, design, wellness, and entertainment industries. She is the founder of Happy Viking, a plant-based protein company, fashion-forward lifestyle brand EleVen by Venus Williams, through which she launched the Privilege Tax Initiative, dedicated to closing the gender wage gap across industries, and the full-service commercial and residential design firm V Starr. 

Beyond her entrepreneurial work, Venus served as Executive Producer on the Academy Award-winning Warner Brothers biopic “King Richard”, is an avid art collector, received the biennial “Portrait of A Nation Award,” and has curated art exhibitions and auctions with Sotheby’s, PACE, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund. Williams holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Indiana University East and an Associate of Science in Fashion Design from The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale.