Forbes magazine has named Jay-Z as hip-hop’s first billionaire. Shawn Carter’s financial empire includes his music, a streaming service, liquor, art, real estate and financial investments in other companies. In the Forbes cover story, Jay’s worth “conservatively totals $1 billion.” Source: vibe.com
Yesterday Forbes released this years list of the top earning female musicians and Queen Bey smashed the competition by earning $105 million this year. This coming from her visual album Lemonade, The Formation World Tour, and her fashion line Ivy Park. Singer Adele finished second but with $69 million and Taylor Swift in third with […]
The King of Pop has recently made the top of the Forbes list for top-earning dead celebrities for the fifth straight year. MJ came in first place this year with earning $75 million. MJ made this from his new greatest hits album, a Las Vegas Cirque du Soleil show, and his stake in the EMI […]
Michael Jackson tops Forbes' 2016 Highest-Paid Dead Celebrity list, earning a whopping $825 million dollars in the past year.
Forbes just released its second annual list of America’s Richest Self-Made Women and it comes as no surprise the Oprah Winfrey and Beyonce landed on it. Both Queen Bey and Mama O are legendary innovators in their respective fields. Winfrey almost single handedly built her brand as the queen of all media and Beyoncé’s music-making empire has earned […]
The one percent stays winning.
October 2, 2015 Today on Philly Speaks , we discussed the 2nd Annual Forbes Under 30 Summit. Special Guests: Forbes Editor, Randall Lane The 2nd annual Under 30 Summit returned to Philadelphia October 4th to 7th, convening more than 2,000 of the planet’s top young entrepreneurs and game-changers, as well as world-class mentors. This year featured keynotes […]
Serena Williams is the second highest paid female athlete in the world.
Forbes has just released its most powerful hundred celebrities and guess who’s on top? That would be one Beyonce Giselle Knowles, clocking in at #1.…
CNN looks at the owner of body shaping line SPANX Sara Blakely who thanks to you ladies has become the youngest self-made woman Forbes’ list of…
Earlier this week Forbes contributor, and also (White American) Gene Marks did the unthinkable, and suddenly became a poor black kid. After reading his article…
