Venus Williams

 Venus Williams, an American professional tennis player, has a net worth of $95 million. Williams was the former World No. Williams was a World No. 1 player and is widely acknowledged as having brought an era of change in tennis for women. She has been ranked World No. 1 in singles on three occasions, and is considered to be the first American black woman to achieve this feat in the Open Era.Venus Ebony Starr Williams was born on 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 attend Rick Macci's tennis academy. When Venus was 11, Richard Williams pulled Serena and Venus out of 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. Williams was ranked as No. 1 among Southern California's junior players. In 1995, Richard pulled his daughters out of the Macci's Academy, and from then on took over all coaching of his daughters.