Tennis star Serena Williams now has a seat on the board of SurveyMonkey and pledged to tackle the lack of diversity in the industry.
Ms Williams, who is due to marry Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, said she is disappointed that high-paid tech jobs are filled by white and Asian men.
At online polling service SurveyMonkey only 27% of technology jobs are filled by women and just 14% of those on its payroll are African Americans.
She has not disclosed her plans to address the problems with her new board set.
