is $440 million and has been earned thanks to English’ rock star incredible music talent. Elton John is versatile and incredibly talented singer, composer, song writer, piano player, even actor-is there any role we didn’t see him in? When he chooses to appear in something, it is guaranteed that this will get worldwide attention! Sir Elton John is almost 70 years old, and during his 4 decades of active work in music industry he has sold almost 300 million records, making him the most successful musician in the world. Proof of his quality and popularity are awards he won: 6 Grammy Awards, 4 Brit Awards, Oscar, Golden Globe Award, and even Tony Award. What more to say than that a Queen gave him knighthood?!
Elton John’s Dedication To Charity Work
There has always been so many talk in media about Elton John’s lavishing and eccentric spending. It was said that he spends enormous amounts on maid service, on flowers in his home, on buying properties and cars… For example, he had dozen cars-he sold 20 of them on auction at Christie’s in 2001, cashing almost 2 million British pounds.
However, Elton John also regularly and in generous amounts donates to numerous charities. He has a long list of causes he supports. He contributes to support the art, fight against drug addiction and for human rights, particularly for gay activism.
He is strongly involved in AIDS causes, regularly organizing donation dinners and shows. Elton John has even established his own AIDS Foundation in 1992 that helps aids patients to fight illness and provides affordable living for those in need.
In order to earn more money for his lavishing lifestyle as well as for his causes, he signed a contract to perform in Las Vegas, so he and his partner spend quite some time there with their two sons.
Net worth of Elton John is currently around $440 million, which means that he is one of the richest Englishmen.
Elton John Private Life
Elton John is one of the first celebrities that openly admitted to being homosexual back in 1980s. These were the days when celebrities were not supposed to be homosexual. For that matter, it is worth mentioning that he was married to a woman, recording engineer Renate Blauel from 1984 till 1988, when he came out. He started relationship with David Furnish in 1993, and they have been together ever since. They got married in 2014 when it became legal to marry same sex partner in Britain. Meanwhile, they got two sons through surrogacy motherhood.
Elton John has around dozen known god children, all of them quite famous, such as two sons of David and Victoria Beckham, son of Elizabeth Hurley, Sean Lennon.
Elton John is globetrotter and loves to have his own place wherever he goes, so besides his main residence in Old Windsor, he has homes in Atlanta, London, Nice and Venice. Elton John is passionate fond and collector of various art, particularly photos. It is believed he has one of the largest photo collections in the world. In estimating how much is Elton John worth, his extensive art collection is definitely important part.
There are few artists who can measure up to the talent of Elton John. We can mention John Lennon and Mick Jagger, who have both left their mark in music, nevertheless that John Lennon hasn’t been around to create for as long as other two.
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Elton John Body Statistics:
- Height: 5′ 8”
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- Hair Color: gray
- Eye Color: blue