2Sting – Net worth – $300 million
Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, best known by his stage name Sting, is an English musician, with a net worth of $300 million. Still, he isn’t the richest bassist in the world.
He is best known as the bassist and singer of the band The Police, formed in 1977.
We love The Police, a mix between punk, reggae, new wave rock and heavy jazz influences.
Did you know that the songwriting for P. Diddy’s ‘Every Breath You Take’ is credited 100% to Sting?
Born on October 2, 1951, the bassist is highly active in human rights movements, performing at many human rights concerts, the biggest being the Amnesty International galas.
Along with his wife and a Kayapo Indian leader, Sting founded the Rainforest Foundation Fund, in order to protect the rainforests and to preserve the rights of the indigenous people living there.