Guy Harley Oseary was born on the 3rd October 1972 in Jerusalem, Israel, and is now an American talent manager as well as an author, film producer, businessman and investor, most famous for being the manager of some of the music industry’s big names, such as U2 and “the queen of pop” – Madonna.
Have you ever wondered how much wealth this multi-talented man has accumulated so far? How rich Guy Oseary is? According to sources, it is estimated that the total of Guy Oseary’s net worth, as of mid-2017, exceeds the sum of $60 million, primarily acquired through lucrative deals in his music and business career, which has been active since 1987.
Guy Oseary Net Worth $60 million
Although he was born in Israel, Guy grew up in Los Angeles, California, USA, but of Jewish descent. He matriculated from Beverly Hills High School. Guy managed to merge his two interests – music and business into a career, and as a teenager still at high school at the age of 15, began serving in the artists and repertoire (A&R) division of what later became Maverick Records entertainment company, which was officially launched in 1992. Over the years, Guy steadily climbed the path to success, and rose to the position of chairman and later Chief Executive Officer. This, initial employment provided the basis for Guy Oseary’s net worth.
Guy is “responsible” for discovering some of today’s big names of the music industry, including The Prodigy, The Wreckers and Deftones as well as Michelle Branch, Alanis Morissette and Paul Oakenfold. His visionary approach and leadership helped Maverick Records to establish itself in the entertainment industry, with over 100 million sold albums. He also produced the original soundtracks of popular Hollywood movies. such as “Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery” (1997), “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me” (1999) as well as the entire franchises of “The Matrix” and “Kill Bill”. It is certain that all these accomplishments contributed to Guy Oseary’s net worth.
Oseary debuted as a film producer in 2000, with the action thriller “Turn It Up”. This was followed by producing Rob Zombie’s film-making debut “House of 1000 Corpses” (2003) and its sequel “The Devil’s Rejects” (2005). In 2005, Oseary’s friendship and business partnership with Madonna was crowned as he officially became the pop diva’s manager. This collaboration resulted in the 2006 “Confession Tour”, which collected over $195 million in revenues, and the even more successful 2008/09 “Sticky and Sweet” tour which grossed a total of $408 million. In 2008, Guy began his work on “Twilight”, a modern vampire saga based on the novels of Stephanie Meyer, and ever since, he has produced all four of its sequels, which altogether have earned the impressive sum of over $3.3 billion at the box office. Doubtlessly, all these accomplishments helped Guy Oseary to dramatically increase the total of his wealth.
Apart from all those already mentioned above, Guy has authored and published several books, including “Madonna: Confessions”, “Madonna: Sticky & Sweet” and “Jews Who Rock”. Guy is also a co-founder of capital firm A-Grade Investments which backed up companies such as Uber, Spotify, Airbnb, Shazam, SoundCloud and Foursquare. Alongside Madonna, he also founded the chain of gyms Hard Candy Fitness. Besides these, Guy is the founder of Iconix Brand Group which includes the clothing line Truth or Dare by Madonna and MDG Icon – a line of sunglasses made in collaboration between Madonna and Dolce & Gabbana. All these successful business ventures have helped Guy Oseary to add a significant sum to his wealth.
When it comes to his personal life, Guy has been married to Brazilian model, Michelle Alves since 2006, with whom he has fathered four children.
