In an interview with actor Bradley Cooper, Serena Williams returned to talk about her farewell. She said: “I just needed to stop. I always said I wanted to stop when I was playing really good tennis and winning and beating good players. For me, it’s really about the things I want to do spiritually and spend time with my daughter and family.
As a super pragmatic mom, I can tell you how tough it was. I lost a lot of matches after having Olympia, because it became really difficult to be on the pitch. I feel like I’ve given so much of my life to tennis, my entire life, that it’s time to do something different for me and do something else.”
Now, Serena Williams will join JP Morgan’s Global Head of Payments Takis Georgakopoulos at this year’s Money20 / 20. Since 2014, Serena’s company has financed several companies and startups across all sectors, including fintech and payments.
Serena Williams will join JPMorgan’s Takis Georgakopoulos at Money20/20
Scarlett Sieber, Money20 / 20 Chief Strategy & Growth Officer, will join Serena and Takis to discuss payment trends and how the digital and physical worlds are merging to create new financial experiences.
Sieber said: “Serena Ventures has a long track record of funding promising new ventures and ideas that have the power to create meaningful change. With investments spanning fintech, edtech and consumer product startups, Serena’s company is poised to lead. a global movement shaping the future of money.
Takis heads up the payments business of J.P. Morgan, which moves nearly $ 10,000,000 a day and has acquired, invested and partnered with numerous fintechs in recent years. I am incredibly excited to speak with these two incredible leaders of what’s to come for Serena Ventures, J.P. Morgan Payments and innovation in the fintech landscape.”