‘World’s richest tennis star’ price £5.4bn attracts fury with wealth feedback
The world’s richest tennis participant has left followers on social media livid together with her feedback about wealth.
Jessica Pegula is the heiress to her father’s eye-watering £5.4billion internet price. Terry Pegula made a fortune within the oil and gasoline trade earlier than promoting his property for billions in 2010 and buying USA sports activities groups the Buffalo Bills and the Buffalo Sabres.
Tennis sensation Pegula has since turn into an enormous star in her personal proper and is at the moment world No5 within the girls’s rankings. There is not any doubting her skill presently – however the 29-year-old has repeatedly been accused of getting a better experience to the highest prior to now due to her household’s riches.
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She sought to problem these views by claiming within the hit Netflix sequence Break Point that she was not at all times so rich. “My mum and dad own the Buffalo Sabres NHL team and the Buffalo Bills NFL team,” Pegula defined.
“I guess it kind of was the American dream because my dad didn’t grow up with a lot of money. My mum was left on a doorstep and adopted from South Korea.
“Her and my dad met when he was first building an empire in the oil and gas industry. Some people get this image that it’s really easy for me because my dad’s very wealthy but that didn’t happen until I was 17 or 18.
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“My dad was probably more hard on me than my mum, pushing me. They gave me a great childhood and instilled a great work ethic in me. It’s definitely got me to this point.”
But many tennis followers on social media weren’t satisfied, believing her father’s wealth even earlier than promoting his property and shopping for sports activities franchises set her as much as succeed whereas many others shouldn’t have entry to the identical sources.
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One X consumer wrote: “She obviously IS privileged to have access to the best trainers, coaches, dietitians, etc without ever having to prove herself, why act like that didn’t play a role?” whereas one other tweeted: “I think I could acc like Pegula if she wasn’t so ignorant about her privilege.”
A 3rd mocked: “We weren’t multi-billionaire until I was 17-18, we were just multi-millionaires,” whereas a fourth added: “Oh ffs. It’ll by no means click on for the wealthy, will it?”
And one other argued by saying: “How many hardworking and talented players have to leave tennis at that age (or earlier/later) because they don’t have the financial safety net of rich parents? It’s not just about work ethic, it’s about having a financial cushion that others don’t have.”
