SERENA WILLIAMS is in a new career venture as she builds her $340million post-retirement fortune.
The tennis legend is reportedly set to lend her hand to producing a tennis-themed drama series.
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Williams, 43, hung up her racket for the last time in August 2022 after winning 23 Grand Slam titles during her career.
Deadline has now claimed that she is set to work with streaming platform Netflix on a new show.
The series will be based on the novel Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid.
The show will be titled the same as the book and will also be produced by Reid and Caroline Currier.
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Reid has previously admitted that the novel was partly inspired by Williams and her sister Venus.
In 2022, she said: “My incredible respect for the Williams sisters is part of what makes me interested in tennis.
“I wouldn’t write a book about tennis without the influence of just the absolute glory that has been their journey.
“Also specifically Serena’s quest to get as many Grand Slam titles as she has managed to do.”
Williams has amassed a staggering fortune to enjoy in retirement.
During her playing career, she won $93million in prize money.
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She now has multiple incomes from a variety of industries, from sports teams to cosmetics.
She has also earned hundreds of millions thanks to endorsement deals.
Most of her success has come with Serena Ventures, which has invested in 85 companies – 14 of which have been ‘unicorn’ companies.
They are companies worth more than $1billion, and it is rare for one to be part of someone’s business portfolio, let alone 14.
Williams has previously said of her investing: “A lot of people don’t know that I’ve been investing for 15 years. It was natural.
“I started thinking about what’s going to shape our world, whether it’s through transportation, technology, consumer goods. Whatever that is, I wanted to be a part of shaping it.
“I want to invest in B-to-B [business-to-business] companies and know how I could invest in early stage companies early on and have a big reward.
“I didn’t know all the lingo at the time. I didn’t know that it was called early stage investing and that it was even a thing. I didn’t know that V.C. was a thing. But it is something I was drawn to because I am a curious person.
“I love winning and being successful, but in early stage, 70 or 80 percent of the businesses fail that you invest in. I don’t like that. Having to accept that is difficult for me.
“If one of our companies ends up not doing well, it’s heartbreaking. A lot of times they don’t do well simply because they can’t raise funding.
“Unfortunately, you see that happening a lot with companies led by women or people of color. They have a great product, but trouble getting past the early stage.
“It’s all about marketing and how people are going to get to know your product.”
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