Here's How Much Billy Joel Is Really Worth

Publish date: 2024-01-01

Turns out, you don't really need to make new hits when your back catalog is strong enough, and Billy Joel's certainly is. The Piano Man has had a long and financially very, very successful career, and Forbes tells us that the residency at the Madison Square Garden has been an absolute moneymaker that brought him an estimated $52 million in 2019 alone. In 2018, his Garden concerts sold an amazing 220,000 tickets. As such, Joel is quite a wealthy guy, and according to Celebrity Net Worth, his estimated net worth sits pretty at around $225 million. 

That being said, while Joel is certainly not the poorest rock star, he'd probably be even richer if it wasn't for his former manager, a man called Frank Weber. In 1989, Joel sued Weber for $90 million, according to the Los Angeles Times, seeking to regain the $30 million Weber had allegedly lost him and a hefty $60 million in "punitive" damages. According to the lawsuit, Weber had performed various unscrupulous actions with the singer's money, losing Joel a fortune in shady loans and investments while happily taking hefty commissions. Weber ended up filing for bankruptcy, according to Page Six, and the case was eventually settled out of court. 

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