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Skyrocketing valuations, revenues, and investments: ‘That sounds like a tech story. It‘s a women’s sports story,’ Alexis Ohanian says

(Credit: Iman Al-dabbagh—Fortune)

Women’s sports revenue is expected to hit a record-breaking $2.35 billion this year—a whopping 25% year-over-year increase, according to a 2025 Deloitte report. 

That stat alone shows how rapidly the women’s sports industry is growing, but doesn’t explain why. Alexis Ohanian, founding control owner of Angel City FC and Los Angeles Golf Club, and creator of professional women’s track and field event series Athlos, said at the Fortune Global Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Monday that it’s the result of an increase in team valuation investments.

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