Azerbaijan News 21 October 2026 11:40 (UTC +04:00)
Photo: Maria Sharapova / Facebook
BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 21. Famous tennis player and businesswoman Maria Sharapova will participate in the INMerge Innovation Summit to be held in Baku, Trend reports.
The summit will be held from November 30 through December 1 at the Baku Convention Center.
Mo Gawdat, former chief business officer of Google X, Greg Hoffman, former chief marketing officer of Nike, and Joel Mokir, winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics, will also speak at the event.
Sharapova won the Grand Slam tournaments five times during her career. The tennis player representing Russia in international tournaments was a 34-time winner of WTA tournaments, and a silver medalist at the 2012 Olympic Games. The athlete has been ranked first in the world ranking for 21 weeks
She was included in the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2025. After completing her sports career, Sharapova, who is engaged in entrepreneurial and investment activities, is a member of the board of directors of the Moncler company. She’s also the author of The New York Times bestseller.