Venus Williams has designs on more than being one of the world’s top tennis players. She’s already looking toward the day when she puts down her racket for good.
Williams has started an interior design and decorating company called “V Starr Interiors,” a play on her full name of Venus Ebony Starr Williams.
“It’s the way I was brought up to always plan for the future,” she said. “I love planning and I love putting things together. That’s just what I do well.”
The Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.-based company isn’t just a vanity project for the two-time Wimbledon and U.S. Open champion, who finished the season as the No. 2 player behind younger sister Serena. As V Starr’s president and chief executive officer, Williams is involved at every level. She began a business plan in April and introduced the company Tuesday during a news conference at the Pacific Design Center.
