Will.i.am Is Part Of A Private Investment Group With A Stake In Companies Having Multibillion-Dollar Valuations

As AFROTECH previously told you, he was a co-creator of Beats Electronics, alongside Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine. Then in 2014, Apple acquired Beats Electronics and Beats Music for nearly $3 billion, the Los Angeles Times reports.

For will.i.am, if he owned just a 1% share, that would mean he could have pocketed around $30 million, per Billboard.