Jay-Z and Beyoncé are now worth $ 1.255 billion and count

Jay-Z and Beyoncé are now worth $ 1.255 billion and count

Artists may be subject to exaggeration, particularly in matter of wealth. In 2012, Wiz Khalifa told Forbes that he would earn $ 100 million that year (he earned $ 9 million). Rick Ross has titled his 2014 Hood Billionaire album (worth less than $ 100 million). And Donald Trump has told his whoppers his net worth for this publication since the early 1980s. But Beyoncé? She seems to be right about the money.

"My great-great-grandchildren are already rich," says the singer on "Boss," the third song of Everything Is Love, her new album with her husband Jay-Z.

The descendants of Beyoncé and Jay-Z will indeed be rich: the couple is already worth $ 1.255 billion as of this week's launch of another list of Forbes, America's Richest Self- Made Women, with Beyoncé's with $ 355 million to Jay-Z's $ 900 million.

The two superstars built their fortunes in different ways. Beyoncé tends to move more records and can attract larger crowds than her husband, which allows her to flirt frequently with the $ 100 million mark in terms of annual pre-tax profits. Jay-Z created his empire by creating his own company or by buying pieces of others: he paid 56 million dollars to buy the Tidal streaming service two years ago; The subsequent investment of Sprint has valued the company at $ 600 million.

The first couple of music, of course, has a synergy to compete with the merger of the most savvy companies. Beyoncé, who also owns a piece of Tidal, first made her Lemonade reference album available exclusively on the streaming service; Jay-Z did the same with 4:44 of last year, and the duo repeated the strategy with Everything With Love earlier this summer to drive subscribers to the service.

Perhaps to benefit their children and great-great-grandchildren, the pair are taking the road rather than spending all summer on vacation (although they have had time to stop for a jet ski session, apparently). Their last stadium tour, On The Run II, is expected to reach $ 200 million – and maybe more – over 48 dates.

"I do not have that ego where I have to be the only guy on the bill," Jay-Z told Forbes in 2010. "I'm cool going out with other artists , I have done it throughout my career. "

Between their nine figures the combined annual profits and the accumulation of savvy badets, which includes l & # 39; Real estate in East Hampton and Bel Air bought last year, Beyoncé's fortune and Jay-Z is expected to continue to grow. And there is every reason to believe that their great-great-grandchildren will be rich – perhaps enough to follow their ancestors on one of our lists – especially if the above-mentioned chief exaggerator comes to its purposes and abolishes the estate tax. [19659007] forbes.com