37 Years Professional Tennis Player Venus Williams Earning Huge Salary and Has Tremendous Net Worth

Jon Snow
Fri May,2018
37 Years Professional Tennis Player Venus Williams Earning Huge Salary and Has Tremendous Net Worth Tennis

Venus Williams, currently ranked as the world No. 8 in the WTA singles rankings is an American professional tennis player. With her professional career since 1994, Venus, 37, along with her younger sister Serena Williams has shared the record of 4 Olympic gold medals.

 

Besides being famed for her relationship with Nicholas Hammond, Venus is also famed as the million worth player and currently is estimated to be enjoying the net worth of $95 million. Well her endorsement also plays a vital role in her earnings. Let's know more about her prize money, endorsements, and properties.

Net Worth and Prize Money of Venus Williams

Venus Williams, the prominent and favorite of all in the Grand Slams, carries the record of 49 WTA titles. Having played professionally for nearly 24 years, Venus reportedly has earned the prize money of $40,452,418 as of April 2, 2018.

As of 2018, Venus Williams is estimated to be enjoying the net worth of $95 million, leading to a drastic rise compared to her net worth of 2013, which was $75 million. 

 

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Well, back in 2017 after losing to her younger sister Serena in the 2017 Australian Open in the finals, she took home the prize money of $1.43 million while Serena got hands over $2.78 million. 

Let's take a look at Williams' career earnings.

Year Total Earnings
2003 $14.5 million
2004 $8 million
2005 $6.5 million
2006 $7 million
2008 $3,78 million
2009 $3.12 million
2010 $2.61 million
2011 $208,000
2012 $607,000
2013 $463,000

Though, Venus' off-court earnings cannot be left unnoticed, as her endorsement deals earn her millions. Let's know.

Venus Williams Endorsements and Deals

Venus Williams makes million dollars fortune with her endorsement deals with the brands like Wilson, Electronic Arts, Ralph Lauren. By far her estimated annual earnings is $10 million.

Back in 1995, Willimas signed a 5-year deal with Reebok valued at $12 million, which was followed by her another contract with Reebok over 5-years for $50 million in 2000. Then in 2013, she also signed a deal with Nike which was worth a minimum of $40 million. 


CAPTION: Venus Willams signed an endorsement deal with Reebok
SOURCE: UPI

Also, her sponsorship with Wrigley Chewing Gum, McDonald's, Wilson's leather clothing and Avon Cosmetics earned her $1.1 million, $1 million, $250,000 and $1 million respectively in 2012. Furthermore, her other off-court earnings were reported to be $12.9 million that year.

Besides this, Venus Williams also appeared on the cover of Entrepreneur Magazine in December 2017 too.

Probably, the other endorsement deal is in the queue for this successful tennis player. Let's wait till then.

Venus Williams Properties: House and Cars

Talking about her house, Venus Willams shares 10,700 square foot Palm Beach Florida mansion in Ballen Isles,  with sister Serena. The property featured with 50-foot swimming pool, Jacuzzi, Sauna, and Home Office was bought by the sisters in 1998 for over half million dollars.

Currently, the value of the mansion is reported to be $4.5 million, while in 2013, it was nearly the half the value i.e, $2.18 million.


CAPTION: Venus Williams and Serena Williams Palm Beach Gardens House
SOURCE: Pinterest

Back in November 2017, the issue of the burglary in the property got the highlights while Williams was out for the US Open. It is reported that around $400,000 of the property is stolen from her Palm Beach House.

Also, Venus Williams formerly owned a single-story, 1,528 square-foot house in Hollywood Hills built in 1995. However, the property with 3 bedrooms and 2-bedrooms was sold to Oscar-nominated actress Ellen Page for $1.7 million in 2014, taking a loss of thousands of dollars.

Cars of Venus Williams

Well, Venus has not talked much about her cars, though she reportedly owns a Mercedes Benz-GL Class ($85,000) and a Mercedes Benz G-Wagon.


CAPTION: Venus Williams' Mercedes Benz G-Wagon
SOURCE: The Blast

Besides this, she also owned an SUV, however, after getting involved in a car crash, she keeps herself away from it.

Actually, back on June 9, 2017, Williams got collided with another car in her SUV resulting in the death of a 78-year-old man and injury of the driver in the car. But after the investigation, Williams was proved not be guilty.

Bad memories, seldom are forgettable.

Venus Williams Business Venture

Venus established her own fashion brand ‘EleVen’, specializing in stylish clothes and footwear good for women with an active lifestyle in 2007. But that was not the end as in 2009 Venus became a part-owner of the Miami Dolphins along with sister Serena Williams.

Well, the detail of her business earnings is not out yet, probably she earns bundles of dollars.

Stay tuned for more!

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