Venus Williams

 Venus Williams, an American professional tennis player, has a net worth of $95 million. Williams was a former World No. 1 player and is widely credited with ushering in the new era of power on the women's professional tennis tour. She is placed at World No. 1 in singles three occasions, and is touted as being the first American female of color to achieve this feat during the Open Era.Venus Ebony Starr Williams was born the 17th of June in 1980 in Lynwood, California to Richard Williams and Oracene Price. Venus, then 10, was shifted by her family from Compton, California to West Palm Beach, Florida so she could attend Rick Macci's tennis academy. Richard Williams pulled Venus and Serena from national junior tennis tournaments when Venus was 11. In the year 2000, 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 out of Macci's academy, and then assumed all coaching duties for his daughters.