Serena Williams isn’t going to let her daughter become a professional athlete if she isn’t going to get paid what she’s worth.
Alexis Ohanian and Williams have made it clear what their one requirement is, if their seven-year-old daughter, Olympia, wants to follow in her mother’s footsteps and dominate her respective fiel
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Serena Williams isn’t going to let her daughter become a professional athlete if she isn’t going to get paid what she’s worth
Alexis Ohanian and Williams have made it clear what their one requirement is, if their seven-year-old daughter, Olympia, wants to follow in her mother’s footsteps and dominate her respective fi
Alexis Ohanian and Serena Williams only want their daughter to be a professional athlete if she’s paid her worth
Alexis Ohanian and Serena Williams only want their daughter to be a professional athlete if she’s paid her worthCredit: Getty
“We were watching the final of the [women’s] World Cup in 2019 from our rented house in Wimbledon,” Ohanian said while a speaker at ADWEEK’s Brandweek conference.
“Olympia was running around in her Alex Morgan jersey, and I said, ‘Wouldn’t it be great if she played on a national team one day?’
“And Serena was like, ‘Not until they pay her what she’s worth.’ And I was like, ‘touché, okay, challenge accepted.’ And that’s what motivated me to buy a team and help be a part of the change.”