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On Wednesday, the New York Times released a story about Serena Williams and her Serena Ventures company, which has already raised $111 million. Problem is, NYT used a photo of Venus Williams in the article instead of Serena. She quickly responded to the careless mistake and absolutely ripped the newspaper on Twitter:
“No matter how far we come, we get reminded that it's not enough,” she wrote on Twitter. “This is why I raised $111M for Serena Ventures. To support the founders who are overlooked by engrained systems woefully unaware of their biases. Because even I am overlooked. You can do better, New York Times.”
No matter how far we come, we get reminded that it's not enough. This is why I raised $111M for @serenaventures. To support the founders who are overlooked by engrained systems woefully unaware of their biases. Because even I am overlooked. You can do better, @nytimes. pic.twitter.com/hvfCl5WUoz
— Serena Williams (@serenawilliams) March 2, 2022
The New York Times quickly responded to Serena Williams however and apologized, making it clear that it will be fixed:
This was our mistake. It was due to an error when selecting photos for the print edition, and it did not appear online. A correction will appear in tomorrow’s paper.
— NYT Business (@nytimesbusiness) March 2, 2022
Definitely not a good look for the NYT, but mistakes happen. Just unfortunate Serena was the victim here. Although we haven't seen much of her on the tennis court these days, Williams is keeping busy on the business side of things. Her venture capital firm already has 60 companies as investors.
Serena Williams hasn't played since the first round of Wimbledon last summer where she was forced to retire due to injury. With the French Open coming up, it'll be interesting to see if she returns to compete again.
