Born as Lilly Saini Singh on 26 September 1986, in the city of Scarborough, Toronto, Canada, Lilly is a well known comedian, actress, motivational speaker and a YouTube personality. Her popularity and success is attributed mainly to her channel on YouTube which she calls ‘Superwoman’, which has viewers and subscribers numbering millions.
You’re probably wondering what the net worth of the popular Lilly Singh is? As of late 2017, Lily Singh is estimated to be worth over $12 million dollars, with her major roles as a YouTube superstar as well as her skills in comedy have seeing her earn most of her wealth. She is ranked eighth on the 2016 Forbes list of the world’s highest earning stars on YouTube.
Lilly Singh Net Worth $12 Million
Born to Malwider and Sukhwider Sigh, a Punjab family living in Scarborough, Lily was raised in the tradition of Rajput Sikh. She was educated well, attaining a bachelor’s degree in psychology New York University after having enrolled at her elementary school at Maryshand, and matriculated from her high school at Lester B. Pearson Collegiate Institute.
Her first experience with the YouTube platform was as a means of expressing and dealing with her depression after having made several visits to the Punjab. Lily developed her own YouTube channel in 2010 with the symbolic name ‘Superwoman,’ dubbed from her early childhood ring in the shape of an ‘S’. Her show portrayed several aspects depicted from her everyday life, and she is further known to document some of the famous stars she meets, such as famous musicians Ed Sheeran, Ariana Grande and Selena Gomez, and popular film star Dwayne Johnson.
There’s more to Lilly Singh than just her popular YouTube personality. She is also known to engage herself in stand-up comedy and rap. Better yet, she is a business lady selling clothes online linked to her YouTube persona. She also played a major role in the ‘Hipshaker’ song together with Jassi Sidhu, and a rapper featuring in the song ‘Mauj Ki Malharei’. She has also released several songs which became hits, including ‘Leh’, ‘The Clean-up Anthem’ and ‘VIVI’ during 2014 and 2015.
2015 saw Singh kick-off a world tour known as ‘A Tour to Unicorn Island,’ which attracted a massive audience on social media subscribing to her show. It was in October 2015 that she first appeared in Forbes’ list ranking her the eighth richest YouTube star. Her net worth is still growing.
In December 2015, she moved to the city of Los Angeles, California, where she has featured in several shows including the ‘The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon’, ‘The Daily Show with ‘Trevor Noah’ and ‘The Today Show’, all adding somewhat to her net worth
Lily has been nominated for the following awards: ‘Shorty Awards’ for the YouTube superstar award, a Streamy Award for the Best and Original Soundtrack for ‘Leh’, ‘MTVF Fandom Awards’ for the Social Superstar of the Year, and Teens Choice Award for the Choice YouTuber and Choice Web Star: Comedy. All these awards gave her much needed publicity and widened her popularity, helping her earn lucrative deals which have contributed to her net worth.
Additionally, in early 2017 Lilly published her book “How To be a Bawse: A Guide to Conquering Life”, which quickly rose to be was ranked #1 on The New York Times Bestsellers list.
Despite her great achievements and great success, Lily Sigh is a very private lady. She is known to keep her personal life out of the public eye. However, it is well known that she is not married and doesn’t have kids.
Lilly is a philanthropist too, plus being appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, to advocate for children’s rights, in particular for young girls in Kenya.
She currently lives In Los Angeles California.
Lilly Singh does a lot of good charity work and is an advocate for women and girls. Goodbye hate, hello Girl Love! She speaks out to support other girls and women around the world and she support girls education where its most needed.
I think it important for women like Lilly Singh to have a powerful voice and inspire other women to follow their dreams and find their success. And she is a role model by putting her money where her mouth is, supporting many different causes. Shes a UNICEF goodwill ambassador. She deserves all the success and especially when she is helping others.