BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Maria Sharapova is a world-class tennis champion, investor and entrepreneur.
After moving to the United States from Russia at age six to pursue her tennis career, Ms. Sharapova turned professional at the age of 14. She won Wimbledon at age 17 – the first of her five career Grand Slam titles – and was the 7th female player in the open era to complete the career Grand Slam.
Outside of tennis, Ms. Sharapova is an active founder, CEO and business investor.
In 2012 she founded her premium confection line, Sugarpova, where she oversees the day-to-day decision-making and growth of the company from creative branding and packaging, to product R&D and retail expansion.
Ms. Sharapova has also been expanding her business portfolio as an investor and strategic advisor to a variety of companies, including Tonal, Therabody, Public.com, Bala, and more.
Across all of her business ventures, Ms. Sharapova works with her partners to advise on a variety of aspects of each business — including product development, creative branding, content strategy, growth and expansion.
Ms. Sharapova is also passionate about design and architecture — launching her first-ever furniture collection in partnership with Rove Concepts.