Billionaire Tennis Star Doesn't Owe Anybody An Apology

A very talented women's tennis star from the United States has a billionaire for a father - and she's not apologizing for it because there is no reason to.

Wimbledon is entering its final days. The men's semifinals are particularly loaded, with Carlos Alcaraz set to take on Taylor Fritz in one match and Jannik Sinner set to take on Novak Djokovic in another.

American women's tennis star Emma Navarro was hoping to make a deep run, though she fell in the Round of 16 to No. 7 seed Mirra Andreeva.

Navarro, 24, has been on the rise in recent years. She has a career high world ranking of No. 8 and she reached the semifinals of the U.S. Open in 2024.

She also has a billionaire for a father.

Navarro, who grew up in New York, is the daughter of billionaire Ben Navarro. His net worth, according to Forbes, is checking in at about US$ 4.8 billion.

Ben Navarro is "a former Citigroup vice president" who started Sherman Financial Group "in 1998 and built it into a credit card and debt collection empire," according to Forbes. He's made about 1,043 times as much money as his daughter, who has earned just over US$ 4 million in prize money.

While being the daughter of a billionaire likely comes with several advantages, Emma refuses to apologize for it, or suggest that it helped her career in any way.

"I don’t read anything. I don’t read the comments, the articles, any of that stuff. I don’t know what the fans are saying. There will be headlines and they kind of mention that which is fine, but I didn’t grow up being handed things," she told Tatler of her dad's massive net worth.

"We grew up in a sort of traditional way. We’d get up at 6 a.m. on a Saturday morning and go play tennis ... growing up it was a priority that we learnt toughness and we learnt work ethic and how to be intentional and purposeful and live productive lives so I don’t love being referred to as whoever with however much money’s daughter. It’s a label I don’t really like."

What is important is that once you're on the court, it doesn't matter how much money you have or who your parents are. That's for sure. All the critics who are poor can't do anything about that except wallow in bitterness, jealousy, misery and poverty.