Serena Williams’s daughter, Olympia, may very well be the world’s subsequent athlete celebrity when she’s sufficiently old, however solely underneath one situation.
The tennis legend is open to her seven-year-old daughter taking place any profession path she’s eager about, and if it occurs to be sports activities, she desires to verify her daughter is paid “what she’s value,” her husband Alexis Ohanian shared this week.
“We have been watching the ultimate of the World Cup in 2019 from our rented home in Wimbledon,” Ohanian mentioned whereas talking at ADWEEK’s Brandweek convention. “Olympia was working round in her Alex Morgan jersey, and I mentioned, ‘Would not or not it’s nice if she performed on a nationwide group sooner or later?’ And Serena was like, ‘Not till they pay her what she’s value.’ And I used to be like, ‘Contacté, okay, problem accepted.’ And that is what motivated me to purchase a group and assist be part of the change.”
That is fairly the highly effective assertion.
The group Ohanian is referencing is the Angel Metropolis Soccer Membership that he co-founded in 2020. Williams and Olympia are additionally co-owners, which made the seven-year-old the youngest co-owner in skilled sports activities historical past.
Williams and Ohanian married in 2017. They share two daughters, Olympia and one-year-old Adira.