Public.com Signs Partnership Agreement with WNBA All-Star Skylar Diggins-Smith

Public.com, an online brokerage and social trading startup, announced yesterday its partnership with WNBA All-Star, Olympic gold medalist, and Phoenix Mercury guard Skylar Diggins-Smith.

As an WNBA player who has spoken out about the WNBA and NBA wage gap and advocated for her fellow players, as well as an entrepreneur in her own right who has signed deals with Nike, Roc Nation. Moreover, Diggins-Smith brings a unique perspective to Public.com’s community of 1M+ investors (40% women and 45% BIPOC) on how to speak out about pay equity and getting more women of color invested in the public markets. As part of the partnership:

• Diggins-Smith will join the Public.com community, sharing her perspectives and participating in the conversation.

• For the duration of the partnership, Public.com will be giving away free stock for Diggins-Smith’s fans who start a portfolio on Public.com to help them start their investing journeys.

• Diggins-Smith will appear on a special edition of Public Live, Public.com’s in-app live audio broadcast, to speak about her inspiring story, from her days as an NCAA star over at Notre Dame to her prolific career in the WNBA, as well as her passion for helping more women — within and outside of the WNBA — build wealth.

• ​Diggins-Smith will serve as advisor to Public.com’s recently-launched program for NCAA student-athletes, One Team, which brings financial literacy tools and training to student-athletes following the NIL (Name, Image and Likeness) policy changes announced earlier this summer.

In September, Fazzaco reported that Public.com has partnered with Bobby Wagner​, NFL's Seattle Seahawks All-Pro linebacker, to bolster financial literacy.