Sir Mick Jagger, the iconic frontman of the Rolling Stones, has created a legacy that has lasted for generations. Over a career spanning more than six decades, Jagger has earned worldwide fame and amassed enormous wealth. However, the rock star has made it clear that his eight children should not expect to depend on his fortune, especially when it comes to the valuable income connected to the band\u2019s music catalog.<\/p>\n
The Rolling Stones formed in London in 1962 and quickly became one of the most influential bands in music history. Having remained active for more than 61 years, they are among the longest-running and most commercially successful groups ever.<\/p>\n
Billboard has ranked the Rolling Stones as the second-greatest musical act of all time, behind only The Beatles.<\/p>\n
Over the decades, the band has created an enormous catalog that includes:<\/p>\n
That remarkable success has generated enormous financial rewards for the members, helping make Jagger one of the richest stars in the music business.<\/p>\n
Despite his extraordinary wealth, Jagger indicated in an interview with the\u00a0Wall Street Journal<\/em>\u00a0that his children should not automatically expect to receive his entire fortune or ownership rights connected to the Rolling Stones\u2019 post-1971 music catalog.<\/p>\n In recent years, major musicians have earned enormous sums by selling the rights to their music. Bob Dylan, for example, reportedly sold his entire catalog to Universal Music for around $300 million, while artists such as Katy Perry have also completed similarly massive deals.<\/p>\n Jagger has shown little interest in taking that path simply to create a larger inheritance for his children.<\/p>\n When discussing the possibility of selling the catalog and leaving hundreds of millions to his family, Jagger pointed out that his children \u201cdon\u2019t need $500 million to live well.\u201d In his view, they already have enough opportunities and resources to live comfortably.<\/p>\n Instead, he has suggested that future proceeds from the catalog could potentially be used for charitable purposes. He believes directing that kind of money toward philanthropy could \u201cdo some good in the world\u201d rather than adding even more wealth to an already financially secure family.<\/p>\n Jagger has eight children spanning several generations, creating a large and diverse family.<\/p>\n Jagger\u2019s children have followed different careers in modeling, entertainment, business, and the arts.<\/p>\n His approach to inheritance reflects a broader attitude among some extremely wealthy individuals: rather than automatically passing enormous fortunes from one generation to the next, they may choose to encourage independence while directing part of their wealth toward charitable causes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sir Mick Jagger, the iconic frontman of the Rolling Stones, has created a legacy that has lasted for generations. Over a career spanning more than six decades, Jagger has earned … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/readingmydairy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/readingmydairy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/readingmydairy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingmydairy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingmydairy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19629"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/readingmydairy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19632,"href":"https:\/\/readingmydairy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19629\/revisions\/19632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/readingmydairy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingmydairy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/readingmydairy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}The Jagger Family<\/h3>\n
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