These Iconic Songwriters Made Insane Fortunes

Stevie Wonder ($110 million)

Stevie Wonder is worth every single penny he has made in his career. Wonder deeply involved himself in music when he was just a child. He learned how to play the piano, harmonica, and bass at the age of 6 and started writing his own music when he turned 10. Wonder went blind shortly after he was born, so music was his way to create physical space with his perception of the world. Stevie Wonder is considered to be a genius musician, using his enhanced senses of touch and hearing, he has a different relationship with music than any other professional musician out there. Over the course of his long life, which subsequently became his career, Stevie Wonder has netted around $110 million and counting. Additionally, Wonder is extremely philanthropic, he funds two charities that are independently owned by him and has been granted the title of “Messenger of Peace” by the United Nations. 

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.