20 CELEBRITIES THAT WERE ALREADY RICH BEFORE REACHING FAME
What was before, fame or money? Although many think that first you have to be known to have a full pocket, in these twenty cases things are not like that. Because there are those who first enjoyed their fortune and then became the protagonist of a thousand and one covers.
Celebrities who were already rich before their names made more than one headline (yes, that's life). But what are their names?
1. Taylor Swift
Singer Taylor Swift is one of the young Americans who earns more millions of dollars a year in the US. But Taylor's family had a more than interesting heritage before she rose to stardom. Her father is a financial advisor to Bank of America Merrill Lynch and the fourth generation of bank presidents in her family. Hence her fortune.
2. The Kardashian sisters
The family with the most celebrities per square meter was already a millionaire before the success of Keeping up with the Kardashian. This is mainly due to Robert Kardashian, father of Kourtney, Kim, Khloé and Rob Kardashian, who was a prestigious US attorney known for the O.J. Simpson, a football player who was accused of killing his ex-wife and later acquitted in one of the most controversial trials in history. After the lawyer's death, the Kardashian girls inherited an interesting fortune.
3. Cara Delevingne
The model and actress Cara Delevingne comes from a family of the high English aristocracy. Her maternal grandmother was a companion to Princess Margaret, sister of Queen Elizabeth II of England. In addition, her mother is a purchasing manager for a major English brand, Selfridges, and her father is a stock broker. Three Kings Day at Cara's house had to be something great.
4. Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande's father is the owner of a successful graphic design company in Boca Raton and his mother runs a telephone and alarm systems company. Two executives who made Ariana Grande's account increase (and a lot).
5. Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga's family, in her own words, came from the lower class and with work they reached the environment of great prosperity in which the singer was born. Raised on the Upper West Side of New York, this musical star attended the same school as Paris Hilton: the Catholic school (girls only) Sacred Heart Convent in Manhattan.
6. Miley Cyrus
The flamboyant Miley Cyrus is the daughter of country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, well known in the United States. She has been awarded the multiplatinum sales award seven times. She has released 29 singles and one of her albums, Some Gave All, sold more than twenty million copies worldwide. Her income, interesting (at least).
7. Adam Levine
The singer comes from a wealthy family and was already rich before he was famous. His father is Fred Levine, owner of M. Fredric, a very successful chain of multi-store clothing retailers in the US.
8. Lana del Rey
Lana del Rey had a very important success in the world of music a few years ago and there are many viperine tongues that suggest that it is due to the enormous financial help she received from her father. Because she is the daughter of the owner of an American advertising agency. And before this, she had already gotten rich from the business of investing in Internet domains.
9. Ed Sheeran
Despite his normal appearance and lackluster clothing before he made it into the musical top, Ed Sheeran was already rich. His father is an art teacher and his mother designs jewelry.
10. Lindsay Lohan
Before being the quintessential problem girl, Lindsay Lohan began to amass her fortune from a young age thanks to jobs like the one she did in the Disney movie You to London and I to California. But before she was born, her family already had money: her father was a Wall Street broker. Mind you, Daddy Lohan also had a turbulent life and had trouble with the law on several occasions.
11. Gigi Hadid
The model Gigi Hadid is one of the most fashionable celebrities on the world scene. She followed in the footsteps of her mother Yolanda Foster, a very famous former Dutch model who is also one of the main stars of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, a hit show in the United States. Her father is Mohamed Hadid, a businessman of Palestinian origin and with her good millions in the bank.
12. Kristen Stewart
Before she was successful with the Twilight series, even before deciding that she wanted to pursue acting, Kristen Stewart lived in a wealthy family. Her mother is a screenwriter and her father is a television director and producer for the prime-time US network FOX.
14. Glenn Close
Glenn Close belongs to the aristocracy of the founding fathers of the United States. His paternal ancestors came from Scotland and founded Greenwich in Connecticut in the 17th century. And her maternal family has roots in the high European aristocracy, with relatives related to the Infanta Beatriz de Borbón.
14. Gwyneth Paltrow
The pretty American actress and ex-wife of Coldplay singer Chris Martin Gwyneth Paltrow was already rich before she began her stage career. Her parents were very successful at work. She is the daughter of producer and director Bruce Paltrow and actress Blythe Danner.
15. Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal
The Gyllenhaal brothers come from a Swedish noble family. Her father is film director Stephen Gyllenhaal and her mother is a screenwriter. The paternal family of the actors is descended from Nils Gunnarsson Haal, a 17th century nobleman.
16. Edward Norton
Edward Norton's maternal grandfather is a famous architect named James Rouse. He was a real estate pioneer who became a billionaire for jobs like the port of Baltimore and the "shopping malls", centers of consumption and conviviality in the American suburbs.
17. Sigourney Weaver
The actress in the recent movie A Monster Comes to See Me also comes from a good wealthy family. She is the daughter of Sylvester “Pat” Weaver, former president of the television network NBC, and Elizabeth Inglis, an established British actress.
18. Lena Dunham
The creator of the Girls series already had a surplus balance in her account before succeeding with her work. Her father is a very prestigious pop art painter in the art world, named Carroll Dunham, and her mother is Laurie Simpson, a successful photographer and designer.
19. Paul Giamatti
As an actor and comedian, Paul Giamatti has raised a great fortune but you should know that he was already rich before he was famous. His father, Bart Giamatti, was the seventh commissioner of the Major League of Baseball in the United States after having been commissioner of the National League. In addition, Bart Giamatti was a professor and later rector of Yale University in New York.
20. Brooke Shields
Brooke Shields descends from a very important family of the American high aristocracy. Their ancestors were the first settlers to set foot in present-day Virginia in the 16th century. In addition, his paternal grandfather was a very important tennis player and his grandmother descended from the Infanta Beatriz de Borbón (sharing a twig with the Glenn Close family tree). Her bank account with a significant number of zeros is also due to the fact that her father was a senior executive at Revlon, the prestigious makeup brand.
