Ashton Kutcher quietly built a $1 billion business away from Hollywood to earn $200 million net worth
Ashton Kutcher was already doing pretty well for himself as an actor and film producer, but the American dreamboat has managed to build himself a significant fortune away from Hollywood.
After making a name for himself in That 70s show, he became something of a household name for rom-coms in the early 2000s, before also starring in Two and a Half Men.
This week he returned to our screens for the first time in three years in Disney+ and FX show The Beauty, which comes from Monster creator Ryan Murphy.
Not satisfied with money and fame that comes with being a well-known actor, Kutcher now has his fingers in a lot of different pies, and it's helped him rack up an eye-watering $200 million net worth.
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Kutcher, who was once married to legendary actress Demi Moore, has made a name for himself in the world of business in recent years, and he's now a man with fingers in a lot of pies.
You'd hope that those fingers would be clean given he recently had to clear up the long-standing rumours about he and his current wife Mila Kunis not showering, but either way, it's his passion for investing in all sorts of businesses that has helped him give his bank account such a boost.
While he might have played something of a loveable dope as Michael Kelso in That 70's Show, Kutcher is actually very smart and alongside Madonna's manager Guy Oseary and billionaire Ron Burkle, he formed A-Grade Investments in 2010.
With a combined $30 million investment, the trio targeted start-up companies which set out to solve a problem or make things easier.
One of their first investments was Genius, the now hugely popular lyrics-and-literature site, while they also subsequently invested in global companies Skype, Uber and Airbnb, establishing themselves as hugely successful venture capitalists.
Speaking to Forbes after he was named on the 2016 Midas List as one of tech's top investors, Kutcher said: "If we don't make a dollar, but we change the world in a meaningful way because we solve real problems and we support great people and do our best to help, the returns are going to be the exhaust of that."
In 2015, he launched Sound Ventures with Oseary and Effie Epstein. As of 2023, they managed over $1 billion in assets.
Kutcher has managed to amass a personal net worth thought to be around $200 million, and he may well draw on that real-life experience as he prepares to play a character compared to Elon Musk, the world's richest man, in his upcoming television series The Beauty.
He said of his character The Corporation: “Some people have asked me about Elon Musk, and this is not based on Elon Musk. He might be the closest in wealth. I think The Corporation is the richest person in the world. Maybe Elon will be second — but after Starlink goes public, he might go back to first."
Unfortunately for Kutcher's kids, the massive wealth he's established alongside his wife Mila Kunis won't be passed down, and instead they'll have to work to make their way in life. Poor souls.
Topics: Celebrity Net Worth, Celebrity, Business, Money
James Moorhouse