Composer and singer, former member of The Beatles, Sir Paul McCartney became the first British musician whose fortune reached a billion pounds. Annual list of Britain’s 350 richest people published newspaper The Sunday Times. McCartney and his wife Nancy are ranked 165th.
According to the newspaper, the McCartney family has earned £50 million since last year and has risen ten places on the list.
In the register of the richest Britons There is and other musicians – Elton John, leader of The Rolling Stones Mick Jagger and guitarist of the same group Keith Richards, singer Victoria Beckham. Their fortunes are between 400 and 500 million dollars. King Charles III of Great Britain ranks only 258th, his personal wealth is estimated at 610 million pounds. The richest Britons, as last year, were the brothers Gopi and Sri Hinduja, owners of the financial and industrial corporation The Hinduja Group. The family’s combined wealth is more than £37 billion.
81-year-old Paul McCartney continues his active concert activities. Last November he released a recording of “the last Beatles song” called “Now and Then”, written in 1977 and reconstructed using artificial intelligence. This year he intends to release another restored recording – his 1974 concert.