15 Musician-Run Business Empires

September 24, 2014 Alan Cross 3 Comments 0 min read

Rolling Stone has put together this list of musicians who also run their own business empires.

Jay Z
Gwen Stefani
Sammy Hagar
Jimmy Buffet
50 Cent
KISS
Billy Joel
Neil Young
Dexter Holland
Justin Timberlake
Diddy
Maynard James Keenan
Marky Ramone
Dr. Dre
Billy Corgan

Who’s missing from this list?

Bono (investment banking, real estate)
Dolly Parton (amusement park)
Dave Matthews (wine)
Chris Cornell (resteraunteur)
MC Hammer (high tech company)
Marilyn Manson (liquor)
Liam Gallagher (clothing)

Who else? (Thanks to Tom for the idea.)

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Josh

September 24, 2014 at 10:41 am
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What about Lenny Kravitz. Does he not do real estate investing
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Sandra

September 25, 2014 at 12:00 am
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We can’t forget about Paris Hilton. She had a perfume, guys.
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