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Malcolm John Rebennack Jr. (November 20, 1941 – June 6, 2019), better known by his stage name Dr. John, was an American musician, singer and songwriter. His music combined New Orleans blues, jazz, funk, and R&B. [1] Active as a session musician from the late 1950s until his death, he gained a following in the late 1960s after the release of ...
Music artists with the highest net worth reported by Forbes; Artists Nationality Lifetime Net worth Report year Ref. Latest estimation Peak estimation Peak estimation equivalent in 2023 Latest Peak Jay-Z: United States 1969–present $2.5 billion $2.5 billion 2024 Rihanna: Barbados 1988–present $1.4 billion $1.7 billion $1.77 billion 2024 2022
Thurman John " T. J. " Rodgers (born March 15, 1948) [1] is an American billionaire scientist and entrepreneur. He is the founder of Cypress Semiconductor and holds patents ranging from semiconductors to energy to winemaking. Rodgers is known for his public relations acumen, brash personality, and strong advocacy of laissez-faire capitalism.
Dr. Dre currently holds the record for the highest annual earnings for a musician, collecting $620 million in 2014, mainly through the sales of his headphone-manufacturing company, Beats Electronics. [9] Madonna is the first woman in music to earn $100 million for a year (2009) and has become the highest-paid female musician a record 11 times.
Net worth Origin Residence 1: Carlos Slim: $67.1 billion Lebanon Mexico: 2 Joseph Safra: $17.4 billion Lebanon Brazil: 3 Gilbert Chagoury: $7.4 billion Lebanon Nigeria: 4 Nicolas Hayek and Family $4.1 billion Lebanon Switzerland: 5 Robert Naify: $4.0 billion Lebanon United States: 7: Tom Gores: $3.3 billion Lebanon United States: 8 Tony Fadell
2. John Carl Malone (born March 7, 1941) is an American billionaire businessman, landowner, and philanthropist. He was chief executive officer (CEO) of Tele-Communications Inc. (TCI), a cable and media giant, for twenty-four years from 1973 to 1996. Malone is now chairman and largest voting shareholder of Liberty Media, Liberty Global, and ...
John Henrik Clarke (born John Henry Clark; January 1, 1915 – July 16, 1998) was an African-American historian, professor, prominent Afrocentrist, and pioneer in the creation of Pan-African and Africana studies and professional institutions in academia starting in the late 1960s.
Jim Simons. James Harris Simons (April 25, 1938 – May 10, 2024) was an American hedge fund manager, mathematician, and philanthropist. [3] At the time of his death, Simons's net worth was estimated to be $31.4 billion, making him the 51st-richest person in the world. [3] He was the founder of Renaissance Technologies, a quantitative hedge ...