Thursday, June 8, 2017

 Only Woman on List of 100 Highest-Paid Athletes

You could probably guess who she is.

Out of all the world’s greatest athletes, Serena Williams is the only woman who ranks among the world’s highest paid.

The new list of Forbes’s list of the world’s 100 highest paid athletes in 2017, released Thursday, includes 99 male athletes, some of whom, like Williams, are at the top of their sport. Williams ranked 51st on the list, making a $27 million last year.

Outside of her tournament wins (including setting the Open-era record for 23 grand slam titles), most of Williams’s earnings came from more than a dozen endorsement partnerships with a variety of brands including Beats By Dre, Gatorade, JP Morgan Chase, Nike and Wilson, among others, according to Forbes. She also joined the board of SurveyMonkey in May, Forbes reports.

Forbes notes that her career earnings — $84 million — is close to $50 million more than those of any other female tennis player…

More: Serena Williams: Only Woman on List of 100 Highest-Paid Athletes | Fortune.com


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