In 2011, Jessica Alba cofounded The Honest Company, a nontoxic household products supplier. The company is valued at $1.7 billion USD. (Photo: Archive)
George Clooney owned the tequila company Casamigos before selling it last week for $ 1 billion USD. (Photo: Archive)
Ashton Kutcher A-Grade Investments put money into Uber, Airbnb, Spotify, Shazam, and Soundcloud. In 2014, the company had $100 million worth of investments. (Photo: Archive)
Bono is cofounder of Elevation Partners, a private-equity firm that invests in new media and technology. Some names from its portfolio are Palm, Inc., Facebook, Forbes, and Yelp. The company has invested $1.76 billion. (Photo: Archive)
Beyoncé is partner in 22 Days Nutrition alongside her personal trainer Marco Borges. The company provides a vegan meal delivery service and sells protein bars, powders, and nutrition guides. (Photo: Archive)
Music producer and rapper Dr. Dre founded Beats Electronics, an Apple Inc. subsidiary that produces audio products, primarily focused on headphones and speakers. The brand was valued at $1 billion USD in 2013. (Photo: Archive)
Will Ferrell is a founding father of Funny or Die, a comedy-video website that hosts user-generated content as well as exclusive with celebrities like Charlize Theron, Jennifer Lawrence, and John Hamm. Funny or Die is valuated in $300 million USD. (Photo: Archive)
Donnie, Paul, and Mark Wahlberg opened a restaurant chain called Whalburguers in 211. The chain now has multiple locations in Massachusetts, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, and Coney Island. The original location earns $5 million in sales annually. (Photo: Archive)
Kate Hudson is the cofounder of sportswear and healthy lifestyle brand Fabletics. It grew to a $250 million business in only three years. (Photo: Archive)
Khloe Kardashian launched Good American denim in Octobre 2016. The brand had over $1 million dollars in sales on the first day of its release. (Photo: Archive)
Paul Newman is the name behind Newman’s Own, a brand of food products, mainly known for its salad dressings. 100% of the company’s profits goes to charity. (Photo: Archive)
The super-rich rarely have only one source of income. There are many celebrities who have business outside the showbiz, and they usually end up making more money with them that they do in their acting, singing, modeling, or sports careers.
Paul Newman surprised us all with his acting talents long before we bought his salad dressing. And Dr. Dre shaped the future of music before his Beats headphones made him incredibly rich.
Although being famous is a full-time job, these celebrities made the choice to step outside of entertainment and expand their power into the retail, restaurant, liquor, and investment industries.
Whether it’s due to passion or strictly for money-making pursuits, these 11 celebrities own successful businesses on the side.
