Former tennis star Maria Sharapova acquired a share in the investment platform Public.com. The platform allows you to sell and buy shares and cryptocurrency using a mobile application, and also contains financial literacy tips, reports CNBC.
“I was a very young girl, quite a teenager when I received my first major salary, winning Wimbledon, and, frankly, the scope of financial investments was very frightening. I appreciated the fact that Public is convenient for users and offers a simplified way of self-study, To make investing less frightening, “said Sharapova. At the moment, novice investors account for more than 90 percent of the platform users, which acts direct competitors to other popular in private investors of RobinHood.
“One of the most important reasons for my investment in Public is incredible statistics, according to which 40 percent of the audience of the application – women, that in this area almost unheardly,” the investor added. In addition, 45 percent of the audience amounted to representatives of ethnic minorities.
The size of his share Maria Sharapova does not reveal. In addition to financial participation, Maria Sharapova as a successful investor and entrepreneur will share recommendations on the platform and act as an advisor to the newly launched Public.com program for students of the National Association, National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA.
public.com was founded in 2019 by Dzhannik Malling, who is now dividing the post of Secretary General with Leiph Abraham. Platform has more than a million users. The company declares that in 2020 its user base increased 13 times. Among the major startup investors are also famous Venture Company ACCEL, Greycroft and Lake Star, Actor Will Smith, Player of the US National Football League J. J. Watt, Skateboarding Legend Tony Hawk and others.
Maria Sharapova completed the sports career in 2020, then she fell into the rating of the richest women of the United States, who themselves earned a state. The tennis player was the highest paid athlete in the world according to Forbes 11 years in a row, and in 2012 launched the brand of sweets of premium-class Sugarpova, the sales volume of which in 2019 amounted to 20 million dollars. In addition, Maria Sharapova entered the list of athletes causing the greatest confidence of Russians.