WATCH: The Resonating Story Behind Maria Sharapova Building a $200 Million Empire

Former Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova began her professional journey back in 2001 at just 14 years old. From then on, she had an illustrious career, winning five Grand Slam titles. In addition to that, she also gained a net worth of over $200 million. How exactly did she make all this money? Let’s find out.

The video above describes Sharapova’s journey of becoming one of the wealthiest athletes. She had a talent for tennis at a very young age, and hence, her parents shifted to the United States for her career. It was clearly a great decision as the Russian went on to win 36 titles and earned $39 million in prize money.

This is clearly a lot, but it’s only a fraction of Sharapova’s wealth. The rest has been made through endorsements and business ventures, and her first ones were with Nike and Prince. She went on to secure many more such endorsements from TAG Heuer, Canon, Motorola and others.

In addition to this, the former World No. 1 also started her own candy brand – Sugarpova in 2012. In 2019, it was reported that the company had earned $20 million in sales, which is absolutely amazing. Moreover, the Russian also owns 10% of the sunscreen company Supergoop.

Clearly, she has done extremely well outside of tennis too.

Maria Sharapova After Retirement

In 2020, Maria Sharapova officially retired from tennis, which definitely upset a large section of the community. However, they all wished her good luck with her new career in business and currently, the Russian star is doing very well.

She has already started making investments in companies like Therabody, a company famous for its various massage products. She is clearly making a name for herself outside of tennis, and  here’s hoping she continues to do well.

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