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Billionaire Paul McCartney grew up ‘poor’ and was raised by a cotton salesman in Liverpool—now, he’s the third richest musician in the world
Beatles frontman Paul McCartney just made the billionaire club, according to Forbes , and is now the third richest musician in the world behind Taylor Swift and Jay Z.
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Beatles frontman Paul McCartney just made the billionaire club, according to Forbes , and is now the third richest musician in the world behind Taylor Swift and Jay Z. He’s amassed a $1.4 billion fortune from six decades of churning out radio hits, selling records, and touring the world—but has always navigated success with his working-class roots in mind. “I’m some poor working-class kid from Liverpool. I’ve done music all my life,” McCartney told the New York Times in 2020.
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