These Iconic Songwriters Made Insane Fortunes

Jay-Z makes roughly $178-$280 million a year because of his wise property investments when New York was still a deteriorating wasteland with virtually no infrastructure. As New York has increased in value into a modern hub for wealth, so has Jay-Z’s earnings.

Gloria Estefan ($500 million)

Estephan initially worked for the US customs bureau when she was in her early 20s, then she was hired by the CIA to interpret Spanish because she was a translator. Somehow, she used her connections within the government to get linked up with Epic Records, which then skyrocketed her career to have her become one of the highest profiting musicians of all time. Estefan has had 38 #1 hits in her entire career and has appealed equally to an American and Cuban audience since the conception of her musical lineage. 

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