Meet Serena Williams, the tennis legend who built a $340 million business empire on and off the court
Serena Williams earned $94 million on the tennis court. She built most of her $340 million fortune off it, through Serena Ventures and beyond.
Black venture capital
7 companies Marlon Nichols backed that led to a $600 million venture capital empire
Marlon Nichols spotted Blavity, Gimlet Media and Truebill before the market caught on. Here are seven bets that built a $600 million empire.
Meet Charles Hudson, the Black VC who built a $175 million firm by backing founders first
Charles Hudson built Precursor Ventures on a simple but radical idea: back founders nobody else will, before they have anything to show.
Mike Smith built Walmart's $5 billion e-commerce division, took Stitch Fix public, then raised $400 million for his own venture fund
Mike Smith went from scaling Walmart's e-commerce division to taking Stitch Fix public before launching Footwork, a $400 million venture fund.
Meet Kesha Cash, the solo Black female VC behind a $65 million empire and a unicorn
Kesha Cash is the only solo Black female VC running a $65 million empire, a unicorn and multiple exits.
Meet Adeyemi Ajao, the Nigerian-Spanish entrepreneur who built the first Black-led billion-dollar venture capital firm in Silicon Valley
Adeyemi Ajao grew up in Spain, taught himself to code, sold two companies, and built the first Black-led billion-dollar venture capital firm in Silicon Valley.