Producers
Berry Gordy Net Worth
Berry Gordy's Net Worth as of 2024
$345 Million
Berry Gordy Jr., commonly known as Berry Gordy, is a famous American entrepreneur, film and television producer, music executive, as well as a record producer. In the music industry, Berry Gordy is perhaps best known as a founder of a record company called “Motown”, which was of course initially based in Detroit, Michigan. Gordy established “Motown” in 1959 and by 1972 he relocated the company to Los Angeles. Over the years, Gordy made “Motown” into one of the most popular record labels at the time, which fused pop music with an intricate style of soul music, a phenomenon which was later referred to as the “Motown Sound”. “Motown” reached commercial success in the 1960s and 1970s with such artists as Diana Ross and “The Supremes”, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, “The Jackson 5” and many others.
Berry Gordy Net Worth $365 Million
After its relocation to Los Angeles, the “Motown” company began getting involved in the film industry as well, and released such films as “Lady Sings the Blues”, in which Diana Ross played Billie Holiday, “Thank God It’s Friday” starring Jeff Goldblum and Debra Winger, “The Last Dragon”, which was co-produced by Gordy, and “The Wiz” with Diana Ross, Michael Jackson and Ted Ross. Over the years, “Motown” expanded to include such major divisions as “Motown Records”, “Tamla Records”, “Gordy Records” and “Tamla-Motown Records”, as well as numerous R&B, country, jazz, rock and other record labels. In 1988, Gordy decided to sell the company to MCA and “Boston Ventures”. It was a rather profitable deal for Gordy, as he received $61 million for it.
A famous entrepreneur and record producer, how rich is Berry Gordy? According to sources, Berry Gordy’s net worth is estimated to be $365 million, undoubtedly accumulated mostly due to his involvement with “Motown”.
Berry Gordy was born in 1929, in Detroit Michigan. Gordy left high school in order to pursue a career in professional boxing, but he was recruited into the United States Army during the Korean War, which put a halt to his prospective career. Upon returning from Korea, Gordy showcased interest in music and songwriting, which inspired him to open his own music store called “3-D Record Mart”. Unfortunately, soon after its opening Gordy was forced to close the store, as it did not bring any profit. Around the same time, Gordy began working at the “Lincoln-Mercury” company, where he met the well-known performer and singer Jackie Wilson, for whom he co-wrote a song under the title of “Reet Petite (The Sweetest Girl in Town)”. Gordy then began working with Wilson and wrote him several other songs, the most popular of which turned out to be “Lonely Teardrops”, which was later inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Seeing as his songwriting brought him substantial amounts of money, Berry Gordy decided to open his own record label. In 1959 Berry Gordy founded the “Motown” company, for which he is currently most noted. Gordy’s contributions to music have been acknowledged with his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as well as the Pioneer Award given to his by the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Celebrities
Paul Heyman Net Worth
Paul Heyman was born on 11 September 1965, in Westchester County, New York City USA, and is an entertainment producer, performer, marketing guru, and a businessman. In particular, he is a vital member of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (a.k.a. the WWE). Heyman’s versatility has made a great impact on his net worth.
So just how rich is Paul Heyman? The latest information from authoritative sources as of mid-2016, estimates that Paul’s net worth is over $10 million, accumulated during his working life now spanning 30 years.
Paul Heyman’s Net Worth $10 Million
Paul was born into the Jewish family of personal injury attorney Richard, and Sulamita Heyman, actually a holocaust survivor. At 11 he started his first business attempt, selling celebrity and sports memorabilia. His educational background comes from Suny Purchase, New York, and Westchester Community College, where he was also employed as a radio station host and later a producer, and was famous/notorious even then for his bold, controversial and opinionated statements.While still a teenager, Heyman hustled his way as a photo journalist into a World Wide Wrestling Federation event at Madison Square Garden, and was paid by the company for several photos he had taken. This is considered as a first step into his later career, and which talent he expanded into the creation of a wrestling magazine “The Wrestling Times Magazine“, and wrote for wrestling publications such as “Pro Wrestling Illustrated”.
Paul then successively worked for Capitol Wrestling Corporation, Championship Wrestling from Florida, Jim Crockett Promotions, World Championship Wrestling, and Extreme Championship Wrestling, in various guises including promoter, producer, trainer, and manager, and then with World Wrestling Federation (WWF) as a commentator and broadcaster from the turn of the century. Additionally, he is also the manager of such famous wrestlers as Brock Lesnar and a group of wrestlers called Paul Heyman Guys. The training career income is considered to be one of the main flows into Heyman’s account as well.
Paul Heyman pursues a separate career as a businessman as well, as he has also co-founded and co-owns a branding and advertising marketing firm The Looking4Larry Agency, based in New York City. The company is mostly known for its activities in viral video production as well as social media marketing. Heyman employed award winning NYC ad executive Mitchell K. Stuart of HQ-Creative Services and their very first client was EA Sports. After successful viral campaigns with EA, The Looking4Larry Agency became the agency of record for THQ video games, where Heyman and Stuart wrote, directed, and produced viral videos for THQ games such as All Stars, WWE ’12, and WWE ’13.
Heyman also launched a multimedia project called The Heyman Hustle, featuring a video of him interacting with celebrities from several areas of entertainment on the streets of New York City, and articles about professional wrestling.
Additionally, Heyman was cast by producer Michael Tadross as “Gino” in the film adaptation of the off-Broadway show “Tony n’ Tina’s Wedding”, and Heyman also made a cameo appearance in the WWE Studios film, “Countdown”.
In his personal life, Paul Heyman married Maria, but is reputed to be raising their two children as a single father. There is little other private information available to the media.
Actors
Tony Dow Net Worth
Tony Lee Dow was born on 13 April 1945 in Hollywood, California USA. He is a well-known person in the Hollywood movie industry because of his long-lasting involvement as a film producer, director and an actor.
So how rich is Tony Dow? Sources estimate his current net worth to be $4 million. Most of it he has accumulated by working as a professional Hollywood actor for more than 50 years.
Tony Dow Net Worth $4 Million
Tony Dow’s interest in the film industry might have been related to the fact that his mother, Muriel Virginia Dow, was a stunt woman and a film double at the time Tony was a child and teenager. However, Tony undoubtedly had some acting talent which was proven when he managed to win the audition for a role in the sitcom “Leave It to Beaver” in 1957, despite having no experience in acting at that time. This was the role that had perhaps the most influence in building a solid foundation to Tony Dow’s acting career, even though he received only one award – Young Artist Award in nomination of “Former Child Star Lifetime Achievement Award” in 1988, after working in the show for six years. It was also a solid start to his net worth.
In the next few years after “Leave It to Beaver”, Tony appeared in several episodes of other TV shows, such as the sitcom “My Three Sons” (in 1964), drama series “Mr. Novak” (between 1963 and 1965) and teen soap opera “Never Too Young” (in 1965). Tony continued working in television up until the late 90s and his net worth continued to grow, for example in 1975 he starred in the popular medical TV drama “General Hospital”.
While Tony Dow is mostly known as a television actor, he has appeared in a few films during his career, including the television horror film “Death Scream” in 1975, comedy film “The Kentucky Fried Movie” in 1977, television comedy film “High School USA” in 1983, comedy “Back to the Beach” and comedy film “Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star” in 2003.
Acting aside, Tony Dow is also known as a producer, director and visual effects specialist, especially in the science fiction genre, and these involvements have undoubtedly contributed to building up his net worth. Tony contributed to the visual effects of the 1996 season of the phenomenal British science fiction TV series “Doctor Who”, and a few episodes of the space opera TV series “Babylon 5”. He also directed an episode of the American science fiction TV series “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” in 1998.
Interestingly though, some people might also recognize Tony Dow as a sculptor who is well known for his brilliant abstract pieces depicting surreal figures.
In his personal life, Tony Dow has never been married and has no children. He is known to have suffered from depression during some periods of his life, which on a positive note has encouraged him to participate in self-help videos, including the production “Beating the Blues” (1998). However, the negative effect is that Tony hasn’t participated as an actor in any film since 2003.
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