Despite his massive earnings, Jagger suggested in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that his children will not automatically inherit his complete estate or the rights to the band’s post-1971 music catalog.Currencies & Foreign Exchange

In recent years, many prominent artists have capitalized on their life’s work by selling their publishing and recording rights for staggering sums. For instance, Bob Dylan famously sold his entire music catalog to Universal Music for an estimated $300 million, while artists like Katy Perry have struck similar mega-deals.

Jagger, however, has expressed reluctance to pursue this route simply to expand his personal estate for inheritance purposes. Addressing the concept of selling the catalog to pass hundreds of millions to his family, Jagger remarked that his children “don’t need $500 million to live well,” emphasizing that they are already positioned to live comfortable lives.

Instead, Jagger voiced a preference for directing potential future catalog revenue toward philanthropic causes. He noted that utilizing those funds for charity could ultimately “do some good in the world” rather than further expanding an already substantial family fortune.