TRihanna has been featured on Forbes’ billionaire list for the first time
in her career, due to her wildly successful ventures into fashion and beauty. The latest list of international billionaires, released by the US business magazine on Tuesday, ranks the singer at 1,729.
The 36-year-old, who is currently expecting her first child with rapper ASAP Rocky, is Barbados’ first billionaire. Rihanna, Jay-Z and Kanye West have all made their debut on Forbes’ billionaire list alongside the world’s top earners. According to the annual list, Rihanna has now become the world’s richest female musician with a net worth of $1.7billion (£1.3bn), largely thanks to her Fenty Beauty business and Savage X Fenty lingerie line. She sits at number 1,729 on the worldwide list of richest billionaires, with Jay-Z following at 2,076 with a net worth of $1.4bn (£1.1bn), and Kanye, who sits at 1,513.