Beyoncé Profited $300 Million From Uber Shares

Four years ago, Beyoncé was offered $6 million to perform for a corporate Uber event in Las Vegas. Instead of cold hard cash, Queen Bey asked for payment in equity — and now that $6 million has turned into as much more.

In case you missed it, Uber went public on the New York Stock Exchange last Friday. With an $8.1 billion IPO (Initial Public Offering), the shares initially went for $45 each — marking one of the biggest tech IPOs in recent history. 

With the IPO, Queen Bey is estimated to profit $300 million from her shares. MarketWatch calls Uber’s IPO, “the biggest in years”.

This isn't the first time Beyoncé has thought ahead. She may have only made roughly $4 million from her Coachella performance, but she also inked a $60 million Netflix deal, which included Homecoming, a documentary of that very performance.