About this episode

The episode revisits a conversation with Serena Williams about her transition from tennis to finance and her venture capital firm, Serena Ventures.

As the U.S. Open gets underway in New York City, the tennis world is abuzz to see the Williams sisters back on the court. Serena Williams’ return to the Open’s doubles tournament got us thinking back to an earlier episode of The Deal, recorded shortly after her retirement from the sport when she had moved on to the world of finance and started her own venture capital firm, Serena Ventures. We revisit that conversation, with Williams telling the hosts how she thinks about the “business of Serena” both on and off the court.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Alex Rodriguez, Jason Kelly

Guest: Serena Williams

Topics covered

• tennis
• finance
• venture capital
• Serena Williams
• U.S. Open
• business
• sports

Keywords

• Serena Williams
• U.S. Open
• venture capital
• Serena Ventures
• tennis
• business
• finance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Serena Ventures

Places: New York City

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