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According to Forbes, rapper turned entrepreneur Jay-Z has managed to turn his artistic music success into a financial fortune valued at up to $450 million dollars. Jay-Z’s business ventures are described in a new book by Forbes writer Zack O’Malley Greenburg, entitled “Empire State of Mind: How Jay-Z Went from Street Corner to Corner Office.”
In 2010, Jay Z earned $63 million, more than all but seven CEOs of public companies, writes Greenburg. While the money came primarily from concert touring, Jay-Z has a business interests ranging from music to nightclubs, from restaurants to apparel, from sneakers to a chunk of the NBA New Jersey Nets.
