The Worlds Richest Drummers Are.
My Drum Lessons have compiled a list of the world’s 30 richest drummers. We guessed 6 of the top 10 before we started researching it, so before you click to look have a go at guess the top 10 rich list of drummers and see if you can beat us. There are no real surprises in the top 10 but after that there where some drummers that surprised us.
1. Ringo Starr – $300 Million (The Beatles)
2. Phil Collins – $250 Million (Solo, Genesis)
3. Dave Grohl – $225 Million (Nirvana, Foo Fighters)
4. Don Henley – $200 Million (The Eagles)
5. Lars Ulrich – $175 Million (Metallica)
6. Charlie Watts – $160 Million (The Rolling Stones)
7. Larry Mullen Jr – $150 Million (U2)
8. Roger Taylor – $105 Million (Queen)
9. Joey Kramer – $100 Million (Aerosmith)
10: Chad Smith – $90 Million (The Red Hot Chili Peppers)
11: Travis Barker – $85 Million (Blink 182, The Aquabats)
12: Stewart Copeland – $80 Million (The Police)
13: Alex Van Halen – $75 Million (Van Halen)
14: Nick Mason – $75 Million (Pink Floyd)
15: Tommy Lee – $70 Million (Motley Crue)
16: Bill Ward – $65 Million (Black Sabbath)
17: Jon Fishman – $60 Million (Phish)
18: Carter Beauford – $55 Million (Dave Matthews Band)
19: Rick Allen – $50 Million (Def Leppard)
20: Tre Cool – $45 Million (Green Day)
21: Danny Carey – $40 Million (Tool)
22: Tico Torres – $40 Million (Bon Jovi)
23: Max Weinberg – $35 Million (Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band, Conan O’Brien)
24: Mickey Hart – $30 Million (The Grateful Dead)
25: Bill Kreutzmann – $25 Million (The Grateful Dead)
26: Neil Peart – $22 Million (Rush)
27: Taylor Hawkins – $20 Million (Foo Fighters)
28: Questlove – $16 Million (The Roots, Jimmy Fallon)
29: Steven Adler – $15 Million (Guns N’ Roses)
30: Mick Fleetwood – $8.5 Million (Fleetwood Mac)
“***The figures contained in this list were acquired from all publicly available information including salaries, real estate holdings, divorces, record sales, royalties and endorsements. The final net worths come from a formula that takes out taxes, manager’s fees, agents’ fees, and lifestyle.***”