Today in Data: Celebrities Making Their Mark in High Finance

Today in data, Rihanna closes in on Kim Kardashian and Kanye West on Forbes’ annual list of the world’s richest people thanks to her growing retail empire. Also, Instagram sensation and “live-action anime character” Kim Chi is bringing her line of beauty products to almost 140 CVS BeautyIRL locations across the U.S. and Madonna jumps aboard the NFT train with a half-million-dollar Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT purchase.

Data

139+: Number of CVS BeautyIRL stores that will sell KimChi Chic Beauty line

$1.7B: Estimated net worth of Rihanna, #1729 on Forbes’ annual list

18: Number among Forbes’ top 100 richest people who derived the bulk of their wealth from retail

$75B: Approximate net worth of L’Oréal heiress Francoise Bettencourt Meyers, the world’s richest woman

$560,000: Amount MoonPay paid for Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT #4988, which it presumably acquired for Madonna