--- title: Winning the Powerball Will Make You Instantly Richer Than These 7 Celebrities description: The winner of the powerball jackpot will be immediately richer than these celebrities. authors: - name: Alicia Adamczyk url: https://money.com/author/alicia-adamczyk/ at_money_since: 2015 articles: 201 covers: - Lifestyle - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Loans - Personal Finance - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://x.com/aliciaadamczyk former_staff: true published: '2017-08-22T14:42:09.000Z' modified: '2024-04-17T06:37:38.000Z' section: Lifestyle tags: - Lottery - Powerball word_count: 227 canonical: https://money.com/powerball-winner-richer-than-beyonce/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![170821-powerball-celebrities2](https://img.money.com/2017/08/170821-powerball-celebrities2.jpg) *(L-R) Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Judge Judy* The odds of winning Powerball Wednesday are 1 in 292 million, according to [CNN Money](http://money.cnn.com/2017/08/09/news/economy/mega-millions-powerball-odds/index.html), but that's not stopping millions of people from trying their luck. The $650 million jackpot is the second-largest in the program's history, though the winner won't go home with the full amount. Assuming a single person takes the pot (there are often multiple winners), they could opt for the $411.7 million lump sum. But that still puts them well into the upper echelons of wealth in the U.S. In fact, they'll be richer than these celebrities (before state [taxes are taken out](https://money.com/powerball-taxes-state/), that is). - **Celine Dion:** The musician has a net worth of $400 million, [according to](https://www.forbes.com/self-made-women/#19ec49416d96) *Forbes*. - **Justin Bieber:** Over the past seven years, the pop star has accumulated a net worth [estimated at $265 million](https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/singers/justin-bieber-net-worth/). - **Beyoncé:** Bey is worth an estimated $350 million, per *Forbes'* [Richest Self-Made Women list](https://www.forbes.com/self-made-women/#19ec49416d96). (Husband Jay Z, meanwhile, is worth a [reported $810 million](https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackomalleygreenburg/2017/05/11/jay-zs-net-worth-810-million-in-2017/#dc8dd36686fc), putting the couple over $1 billion combined.) - **Judy Sheindlin:** Judge Judy has a net worth of [$300 million](https://www.forbes.com/profile/judy-sheindlin/?list=self-made-women). - **Taylor Swift**: Swift has a net worth of $280 million [per *Forbes*](https://www.forbes.com/profile/taylor-swift/?list=self-made-women), and is the youngest member of the magazine's Richest Self-Made Women list. - **Kanye West:** The rapper is worth around [$145 million](https://www.gobankingrates.com/personal-finance/kanye-wests-net-worth-145-million-dropping-fast/). - **Drake:** *Forbes* puts Drake's net worth at [$90 million](https://www.forbes.com/sites/natalierobehmed/2017/05/12/drakes-net-worth-90-million-in-2017/#34e340547dd2). It's not [tech mogul money](https://money.com/jeff-bezos-net-worth-richest-person/), but hey — it's a start. ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/powerball-winner-richer-than-beyonce/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Lifestyle", "item": "https://money.com/lifestyle/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Celebrities", "item": "https://money.com/celebrities/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Winning the Powerball Will Make You Instantly Richer Than These 7 Celebrities" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/powerball-winner-richer-than-beyonce/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/powerball-winner-richer-than-beyonce/", "name": "Winning the Powerball Will Make You Instantly Richer Than These 7 Celebrities", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2017-08-22T14:42:09.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/powerball-winner-richer-than-beyonce/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/powerball-winner-richer-than-beyonce/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2024-04-17T06:37:38.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "Winning the Powerball Will Make You Instantly Richer Than These 7 Celebrities", "articleSection": "Lifestyle", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2017/08/170821-powerball-celebrities2.jpg", "width": 2100, "height": 1500, "caption": "170821-powerball-celebrities2" } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alicia Adamczyk", "url": "https://money.com/author/alicia-adamczyk/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/alicia-adamczyk/#author", "image": "https://img.money.com/2016/01/alicia-headshot-2.jpg?quality=85&w=640&h=640&crop=1", "email": "alicia.adamczyk@moneymail.com", "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/aliciaadamczyk" ] } ], "publisher": "https://money.com/#organization", "datePublished": "2017-08-22T14:42:09.000Z", "description": "The winner of the powerball jackpot will be immediately richer than these celebrities.", "abstract": "The winner of the powerball jackpot will be immediately richer than these celebrities.", "@id": "https://money.com/powerball-winner-richer-than-beyonce/", "inLanguage": "en-US", "dateModified": "2024-04-17T06:37:38.000Z", "wordCount": 227, "keywords": [ "Lottery", "Powerball" ], "about": [ { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Lifestyle", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifestyle" ] }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Celebrity", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebrity" ] } ] } ] } ```