Every day is like a vacation for Jimmy Buffett. When Forbes met up with the singer-songwriter on December 2022, he was just back from the Bahamas. He’d soon jet off to St Barts, the Caribbean paradise where he has had a home for 30 years. “We’ve seen all kinds of fun come and go on that little rock,” Buffett says.
His workdays might as well be leisure time, too. Buffett, 76, has built a career—and a 10-figure fortune—distilling carefree island vibes into hit songs, merchandise, a chain of restaurants, resorts, even gated communities. Those five decades in the sun have paid off: Forbes estimates Buffett’s current net worth to be $1 billion. (He declined to comment on his fortune.)
(This story appears in the 05 May, 2023 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)