Venus Williams

 Venus Williams is an American professional tennis player who has an estimated net worth of $95 million. Williams was an ex- World No. 1. She is generally considered to be the person who initiated a new era of power on the women's tennis professional tour. She is ranked World No. 1 in singles three separate occasions and is touted as being the first American black woman to accomplish this feat during the Open Era.Venus Ebony Starr Williams was born on June 17, 1980 in Lynwood, California to Richard Williams and Oracene Price. At the age of 10, Venus was 10, the Williams family moved from Compton, California, to West Palm Beach, Florida, so that she as well as her sister Serena could be enrolled in Rick Macci's tennis school. When Venus was 11 years old, Richard Williams pulled Serena and Venus from the national junior tennis tournaments. 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 from Southern California. In 1995, Richard pulled his daughters from Macci's academy and later became the sole coach of his daughters.