50 years ago today — on September 20, 1973 — billiejeanking defeated Bobby Riggs in the Battle of the Sexes, a tennis match watched by 90 million people worldwide. 90 MILLION. The match remains the most televised sporting event of all time. The impact of her victory not only permeated the sports world, but also advanced women’s rights and equality everywhere. Today, women tennis players are the highest paid of any sport. We just watched cocogauff thank Billie Jean “for fighting for this” as she accepted her equal prize money at this year’s usopen. Because the effect of Billie Jean's win continues to this day! As we watch women across sport — the US open and this year’s World Cup most recently — absolutely dominate the airwaves and draw more eyeballs despite being less invested in, we are reminded that the work is not done. And each of us working to advance women’s equity across industries knows we stand on Billie’s shoulders. Today, we celebrate her greatness. She won, we won. And ...