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Jamie Kern Lima
Founder of IT Cosmetics
Speaking Fee
Fee on request
Based In
United States
Signature Topic
Mental Health
Format
Keynote and Fireside Chat
About Naomi
Naomi Osaka has won four Grand Slam singles titles: the US Open in 2018, the Australian Open in 2019, the US Open again in 2020, and the Australian Open again in 2021. She reached world number one on 28 January 2019, the first Asian player to hold the top singles ranking, and held it for 25 weeks.
She is booked as often for what happened in 2021 as for any of it. Ahead of that year's French Open she said she would not take part in mandatory press. After winning her opening match without a press conference she was fined and threatened with expulsion from the tournament, and she withdrew, citing her mental health. Athletes and sponsors backed her publicly, and the episode moved athlete mental health from a private subject to a governed one.
The value of that story to a corporate audience is not the sympathy. It is that she declined a professional obligation on health grounds at the height of her career, absorbed the immediate cost, and was proved right slowly. That is a more useful case than a recovery narrative, because most audiences are deciding whether to speak up at all.
Her advocacy predates it. At the 2020 US Open she wore a different mask for each round naming Black Americans killed, including George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, completing the set by winning the tournament. She was named to the Time 100 in 2019, 2020 and 2021, was Sports Illustrated's Sportsperson of the Year in 2020, won the Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year award in 2021, and was the first tennis player to light the Olympic cauldron, at Tokyo in 2020.
She has built a business career alongside the sport, cofounding the sports management agency Evolve in 2022 with her agent Stuart Duguid. In 2020 she was the highest paid female athlete in the world, with earnings of 37.4 million dollars.
Keynote Topics
Mental Health and High Performance
Setting Boundaries Under Public Pressure
Resilience and Returning After a Setback
Athlete Advocacy and Using a Platform
Representation and Identity in Sport
Best For
- Employee wellbeing and mental health programs
- Women's leadership conferences
- Diversity and belonging events
- Large general-session corporate events
- Sports and sponsorship summits
Booking Naomi Osaka: Frequently Asked Questions
What is Naomi Osaka's speaking fee?
Naomi Osaka's fee is not published and is quoted per event. Fees are driven by event date, location and travel, session length, and whether the booking is a keynote, a moderated fireside chat, or includes a meet and greet. Submit an inquiry with those details to receive a current quote and availability.
What happened at the 2021 French Open?
Naomi Osaka announced before the 2021 French Open that she would not take part in mandatory media assignments. After winning her opening match without holding a press conference she was fined and threatened with expulsion, and she then withdrew from the tournament citing her mental health. Athletes and sponsors publicly supported her, and the episode brought athlete mental health into mainstream discussion.
What has Naomi Osaka won?
Four Grand Slam singles titles: the 2018 US Open, the 2019 Australian Open, the 2020 US Open and the 2021 Australian Open. She reached world number one on 28 January 2019, the first Asian player to do so in women's singles, and held the ranking for 25 weeks.
What format works best for her sessions?
A moderated fireside chat or interview format is the most common booking, because the material is drawn from personal experience rather than a framework and benefits from a questioner who can steer it toward the audience's own situation. A prepared keynote is also available.
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