Incredibly, Dr. Dre has topped Forbes magazine’s Highest Paid Musician List of 2014, the hip-hop star has pocketed in a massive $620 million in the past 12 month. Looks like life is good!
The 49-year old rapper and mogul Dre, real name Andre Young, recently sold his company, Beats Audio to Apple for reportedly $3 billion.
The pop singer Beyoncé follows Dre in 2nd place on the Forbes rich list but falls behind him with $115 million, “Hotel California” rockers The Eagles came 3rd.
Bon Jovi made it to fourth in the list with $82m, followed by Bruce Springsteen ($81m). Among those also basking in the glow of a financially lucrative 2014 include: Justin Bieber ($80m), One Direction ($75m), DJ Calvin Harris ($66m) and Katy Perry ($40m).
DJ Calvin Harris is the world’s highest-paid DJ with earnings of $66m.
Dr. Amarendra Bhushan Dhiraj is the CEO and editorial director at CEOWORLD magazine, the leading global business magazine written strictly for CEOs, CFOs, top managers, company directors, investors, senior executives, business leaders, high net worth individuals, and the most globally powerful men and women.