{"id":656307,"date":"2026-10-25T04:10:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T04:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/656307\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T04:10:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T04:10:16","slug":"meet-tennis-star-monica-seles-billionaire-partner-with-a-32-year-age-gap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/656307\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet tennis star Monica Seles&#8217; billionaire partner with a 32-year age gap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Former<a data-ylk=\"slk:tennis;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/tags\/tennis\/\" class=\"hm-link he-link\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"> tennis <\/a>star and nine-time Grand Slam winner Monica Seles, 52, retired in 2008 at the age of 38.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">After her retirement, she had more time to enjoy the newfound flexibility with her schedule, which positively affected her personal life, and after leaving the court, she met her now-partner Tom Golisano, 84 \u2014 and the rest was history.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Learn all about who Tom is and more about their special bond below.<\/p>\n<p>Who is Tom Golisano?<img alt=\"Media Image\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/hello_us_861\/874c3e258f2bd531dc338a35b47320a0.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Tom is the founder of the human resources company Paychex, Inc., launched it in 1971.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The brand provides an all-in-one systems that helps other companies handle payroll, insurance, and benefits for employees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Fun fact: He started the successful business with $3,000.<\/p>\n<p>He is also an investor, financially supporting a plethora of other businesses over the years including Kodak, SafeSite, Zoom Tan.<\/p>\n<p>Tom launched his philanthropy-based company, Golisano Foundation, in 1985, which provides grants to people with intellectual disabilities in places such as schools and hospitals.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Media Image\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"638\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/hello_us_861\/1f5c5ded9a82d9133e8571a5bbcbe245.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The businessman is also the author of Built, Not Born, as well as The Italian Kid Did It!<\/p>\n<p>In 1991, he founded the Independence Party of New York and ran for New York Governor in 1994, 1998 and 2002.<\/p>\n<p>Tom previously owned two sports teams: the Buffalo Sabres, part of the National Hockey League, and the National Lacrosse League&#8217;s Buffalo Bandits.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Media Image\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"749\" height=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/hello_us_861\/40bd1d90c389bb9e8f182452d23c876b.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On top of that, he also owned fiber internet provider Greenlight Networks, from 2019 to 2022, in upstate New York.<\/p>\n<p>According to Forbes, Tom has a whopping net worth of $6.3 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Tom was previously married three times, and he welcomed children Steven and Cynthia into the world with first wife Gloria Austin, to whom he was married from 1961 to 1977.<\/p>\n<p>You may also likeAbout Tom Golisano and Monica Seles&#8217; relationship<img alt=\"Media Image\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/hello_us_861\/01817fabf6d02f4f2ad3d4a25fa6dda4.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The duo met in 2009 and sparks flew between the two. They got engaged in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The pair are both very passionate about philanthropy. Tom has pledged an impressive $360 million in funds across 82 organizations.<\/p>\n<p>The grants he has provided range from $250,000 to $20 million, giving tremendous support to those in need.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Media Image\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/hello_us_861\/4f6876d654c140d6d7aca81c04063f78.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Monica is a huge animal rights activist, and 23 of those 82 non-profits are focused on animal welfare.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Tom also has a separate arm of his foundation called Bailey and Friends that specifically focuses on funds for animals.<\/p>\n<p>The duo live a private life; Tom doesn&#8217;t have a personal Instagram account, and Monica doesn&#8217;t post about their relationship online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former tennis star and nine-time Grand Slam winner Monica Seles, 52, retired in 2008 at the age of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":656308,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-656307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=656307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/656308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=656307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}