George Harrison

George Harrison Net Worth

George Harrison Net Worth: George Harrison was an English musician, singer, actor and songwriter who had a net worth of $400 million dollars. George Harrison is most widely recognized for being a member of The Beatles. He also had a very successful solo career, and founded the super group, The Traveling Wilburys, with Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, and Roy Orbison in the late 80s. George Harrison was born on February 25 1943, in Liverpool, United Kingdom A gifted musician, guitarist, film producer, key board player and song writer, Harrison started his career back in late 1956, shortly after his father bought him a Dutch Egmond flat top acoustic guitar. His passion for music eventually led George to meet with John Lennon, Paul McCartney to form the first iteration of The Beatles. They were soon joined by Ringo Starr who replaced former drummer Pete Best. Within a few years, the Fab Four would become the most popular musical act in the world and, with time, the greatest and most influential band in history. Although, John Lennon and Paul McCartney were the band's primary songwriters, George Harrison contributed with singles like "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "Here Comes the Sun", and "Something". After the band broke up in 1970, George released the triple album All Things Must Pass, which spawned two hit singles. George Harrison was ranked number eleven on a recent list of the greatest guitarists of all time. Harrison was also a producer who co-founded the HandMade films production company in 1974 and co-founded HandMade Films in 1978. As for his private life, he was married twice and he had a son from his second marriage. In 2001, he died from lung cancer at the age of 58.