The tennis legend is pushing for pay equity beyond her sport, using past lessons learned to help more workplaces break down systemic inequalities. ‘We have to look at ourselves.’
The tennis caravan is parked in Indian Wells, Calif., this week for the BNP Paribas Open, an event that, not unreasonably, calls itself “the fifth major.” Venus Williams, though, is on America’s opposite baseline, home in South Florida. “I’m living my best life,” she says during a recent phone call, unleashing her familiar cackle-laugh before getting to the punch line. “It’s been a while since I’ve played a match.