Businesspersons
Jay-Z Net Worth
Jay Z's Net Worth as of 2024
$1 Billion
Born on 4 December 1969, in Brooklyn, New York City USA, Shawn Corey Carter is widely known by his stage name Jay-Z, and is a rapper, record producer and entrepreneur, whose career began in the late 1980s.
So just how rich is Jay Z? Authoritative sources estimate that the amount of Jay-Z’s net worth as of mid-2019 is over $1 billion, accumulated from his multi-faceted career in the entertainment industry and business now spanning more than 30 years; he is believed to be the first rapper to reach the billion dollar mark.
Jay Z Net Worth $1 Billion
Jay Z was raised by his mother, Gloria Carter, and began creating lyrics, freestyling, following famous artists at an early young age, with his vocals earning him the nickname of ‘Jazzy’ in his neighbourhood, that developed into his stage name, ‘Jay-Z’. He attended Eli Whitney High School in Brooklyn, then the nearby George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School with future rappers The Notorious B.I.G. and Busta Rhymes, followed by a period at Trenton Central High School in Trenton, New Jersey, though he did not matriculate.
Jay Z began his career by being featured on ‘Show and Prove’ in the Big Daddy Kane album ‘Daddy’s Home’ in 1994, followed by Jay-Z’s debut album ‘Reasonable Doubt’ in 1995, which was generally favored by critics and loved by audiences, reaching number 23 on the Billboard 200 and eventually platinum status. Jay-Z has continued a-pace ever since, and currently he is one of the wealthiest hip-hop artists and entrepreneurs in the US.
Jay Z is stated to be one of the world’s best-selling artists of all time, having sold more than 75 million albums worldwide. What is more, Jay-Z’s reputation increased consistently after each nomination and award, as for now he has received 17 Grammy Awards for his musical work and many other additional nominations. He is regularly rated as one of the greatest rappers of all time, in 2006 being chosen number one by MTV on the list of ‘The Greatest MCs of All-Time’.
Album releases have included ‘Reasonable Doubt’ in 1996, ‘The Blueprint’ in 2001 and ‘The Black Album’ released in 2003, considered to be the best albums throughout Jay-Z’s career. He has established the record for the most number one albums by a solo artist on the Billboard 200, as well as having four number ones on the Billboard Hot 100 as a lead artist. In 2009, Jay-Z was rated in the most successful artists of the decade by Billboard, as well as number five in the top solo male artist and number four in the top rapper list, after Eminem, Nelly and 50 Cent. Jay-Z is also number 88 in the greatest artist list of all time as proclaimed by Rolling Stone magazine.
Furthermore, Jay-Z’s wealth has been increased by his business activities. He is one of the owners of the ‘40/40 Club’, and he created the clothing line ‘Rocawear’ together with Damon Dash. He is the former president of ‘Def Jam Recordings’, and with Damon Dash and Kareem Biggs Burke founded ‘Roc-A-Fella Records’. Additionally, entertainment company ‘Roc Nation’ was founded by Jay-Z, as was the sports agency ‘Roc Nation Sports’, and he is a certified ‘NBA’ and ‘MLB’ sports agent.
In his personal life, Jay-Z married the singer Beyoncé in 2008, and they have a daughter. As a couple, they were named in Time magazine’s list of most influential people in 2006, and were rated the highest earning Hollywood couple by Forbes magazine in 2009, at 162 million dollars. They divide their time between homes in New York and Los Angeles.
Businesspersons
Charles Saatchi Net Worth
Charles Saatchi is one of the richest and best known businessmen in the world and one of many millionaires. Saatchi’s overall net worth has been stated to be $100 million for 2014. Charles Saatchi was born in Baghdad, Iraq, but later had to move together with his family to London, UK to avoid the persecution of Jews in his home country. He was the second son in the family of four kids. As a teenager Charles was really interested in American pop culture and studied at the London College of Communication. After graduation he began his professional career as a copywriter working for “Benton & Bowles” and later started to work in tandem with an art director, Ross Cramer, and together they formed their own company called “CramerSaatchi”.
Charles Saatchi Net Worth $100 Million
They were successful and took-on employees John Hegarty and Heremy Sinclair, but true success came to Charles later. In 1970 Charles Saatchi started his business together with brother Maurice: they established “Saatchi & Saatchi” agency which had become the largest advertising agency in the world by the mid-80’s with just a huge number of high-profile clients like UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and British Airways. However, Charles and Maurice left the agency and together founded another one called “M&C Saatchi”. They took many of their important clients with them, and one of these was British Airways. Nowadays, thanks to his prosperous business, Charles Saatchi has a net worth of $100 million dollars.
To the rest of the world Saatchi is also known as one of the most famous modern art collectors. He purchased his first art work in 1969 – by Sol LeWitt, a minimalist from New York. His passion for paintings only grew, and in 2009 he even published the book “My Name Is Charles Saatchi And I Am An Artoholic” wherein the author answered many questions and even gave some advice about collectibles. But the book didn’t become as popular as Saatchi expected, so the author asked his personal assistant to buy a huge number of books to help his work hit some positions in bestseller charts. Later in 2009 Saatchi appeared on the BBC program “School of Saatchi” and gave many young artists a perfect opportunity to show their talent and showcase artworks: some artists even painted portraits of Saatchi himself. In July 2010 Charles Saatchi donated his Saatchi Gallery to the British public together with 200 works of art.
Saatchi’s personal life has never been very public, but he married his first wife in 1973. He had met Doris Lockhart Dibley in 1965 while working for “Benton & Bowes”. The couple lived together for the six years before marrying, but divorced in 1990. Saatchi’s second wife was Kay Hartenstein to whom he was married from 1990-2001, and they even had a daughter together. Then Saatchi married for the third time in 2003, to English journalist, food writer, gourmet and television personality Nigella Lawson, but after public disagreements, were divorced 2013.
Businesspersons
Mikey Teutul Net Worth
Michael Joseph was born 26 November 1978, in Montgomery, New York State USA, and widely known as Mikey Teutul, is a reality television personality, the youngest son of Orange County Choppers founder Paul Teutul, Sr. Mikey began his working life at 14, in the family business.
So just how rich is Mikey Teutul, as of late 2017? Authoritative sources estimate that Mikey has a net worth of over $3 million dollars, largely earned by working at his father’s and older brother Paul Jr,’s company Orange County Choppers (OCC), and Orange County Iron Works, and through his TV appearances.
Mikey Teutul Net Worth $3 Million
Little is known of Mikey’s early life or education – it seems to have always revolved around the family business. Helping out his family in his teens, theoretically he worked as Assistant General Manager. but his main duties were to answer ‘phones, and clear-up and take out the trash. He was on rare occasions given the chance to build bikes, until he was competent to build his own. He also attended events for promoting OCC.
In 2002, the family was invited to take part in a reality show, Discovery Channel’s “American Chopper”, and subsequently “American Chopper: Senior vs. Junior”, in the course of which the youngest son was thrown out of the business – the middle son is Daniel, and younger sister Cristin. The reason for Mikey’s exclusion was that Mikey tried to be a mediator between his father and his brother, but his father seemed to be offended that his younger son did not take his side, and so threw him out of the business. During the filming of the show, Mikey was somethoing of a comedy relief to his father’s workers, and that comedy streak helped gain him popularity in TV shows. Mikey then joined his brother’s post-OCC venture, -Paul Jr Designs – along with most of their father’s employees; obviously the work atmosphere with Paul Teutul, Sr. was not a particularly happy one. Mikey’s eldest brother Paul Jr. was the former chief fabricator of OCC.
So actually the main source of Mikey Teutul’s wealth is not his father’s business, but the shows he eventually took part in. These have included ‘The Late Show with David Letterman”, “Late Night with Conan O’Brien”, and also “The Tonight Show” with Jay Leno. The shows became very popular and Mikey’s appearances earned him a significant amount of money. To say the least, the family drama did not go without consequences – according to rumours, Mikey Teutul was suffering from an addiction problem, and consequently admitted himself to rehab, and managed to overcome the bad habits which were apparently hindering his progress in life, obviously including business.
In his life away from the businesses already referred to and the limelight of TV, Michael loves to paint, and is apparently respected for his productions, as he opened “The Wolfgang Gallery” gallery in Montgomery, New York, where he has sold or auctioned his paintings, adding somewhat to is net worth, although rumours suggest that the gallery may now be closed. Most recently, Mikey is now trying to enter the market under the moniker LLC FarQueue Products with his line of gourmet pasta sauces. Good luck, Mikey!
In his less-than-private personal life, Mikey is apparently still single – there aren’t even any rumours of romantic liaisons.
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