Serena Williams Named to Time's 100

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Wednesday April 16, 2025

Serena Williams was influential when she was the World No.1 and powering her approach to Grand Slam glory a number of instances a yr. Now retired, she holds extra sway than ever earlier than.

The American icon and GOAT of ladies’s tennis was named to Time’s annual listing of the world’s most influential folks.

She joins a listing that features fellow “titans” Simone Biles, Lorne Michaels and Bonnie Chan.

Does Williams nonetheless miss her barnstorming days on the WTA Tour?

“I miss it lots, with all my coronary heart,” she instructed Time.

Serena Williams remains to be on the prime of her recreation.

For TIME100, she discusses becoming a member of the Toronto Tempo possession group, investing in over 120 corporations, becoming a member of Kendrick Lamar onstage on the Tremendous Bowl, and nonetheless discovering the time to be Olympia’s room mother https://t.co/zUKKqHHkmg pic.twitter.com/GcGVM2v9xz

— TIME (@TIME) April 16, 2025

As of late the mother of Olympia and Adira has extra on her plate than ever earlier than. And it’s paying off for the CEO of Serena Ventures. Per Time, “Williams has put her personal cash into greater than 120 corporations, 14 of them valued at $1 billion or extra. Her firm, Serena Ventures, has raised over $100 million of out of doors capital to put money into greater than 30 corporations since 2021.”

And when she’s not making financial institution she’s mingling on the prime of the movie star foodchain, like she did on the Tremendous Bowl, when she appeared on the sphere as a dancer for Kendrick Lamar’s halftime present.