Jack White is an American singer, songwriter, actor, as well as an author who is widely known as the lead singer of the American rock duo The White Stripes.
The 70th Greatest guitarist, Jack White, has accumulated a net worth of $46 million, releasing three studio albums and appearing in numerous movies since 1994. Jack is the twelve times Grammy Awards winner. Besides, the Rolling Stone ranked him #70 on The 100 Greatest Guitarist of All-Time charts.
Along with Meg White, Jack’s ex-wife, Jack White formed Michigan based duo band The White Strives. While working with The White Strives, Jack released his debut studio album, The White Strives, in 1999. Later, he showed his musical talent by forming The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather.
Especially, Jack’s song ‘Seven Nation Army’ was used in President Donald Trump’s video campaign in 2016.
Salary Highlights
Jack is a versatile money maker. He earns through music, acting, writing, and so on. Well, we will come part by part…
Earning from Music:
Jack White is the 124th Richest Musician following Paul McCartney at the top of the list. However, he aims to set a record in record fast time.
Throughout his musical career, Jack has released three live albums, three studio albums, and fifteen singles so far. Below is his studio albums and selling copies:
| Albums Name | Selling Copies |
| Blunderbuss | 500k |
| Lazaretto | 138k |
| Boarding House Reach | 121k |
Besides, Jack earned from live albums and compilation albums. Below is his record sales earning:
| Record Sales Year | Earnings |
| 2007 | $590k |
| 2009 | $170k |
| 2012 | $715k |
| 2013 | $200k |
| 2014 | $100k |
Earnings from Acting:
Jack mainly played a supporting role in numerous films so far. His box office rank is 3961. As an actor, he is best known for his role in ‘It Might Get Loud’, ‘Iron Man 2’, ‘Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story’, and so forth.
However, Jack played supporting roles in three featured films that domestically earned $426 million and worldwide earned $806 million. Furthermore, his leading role in a movie helped to gross $1.6 million worldwide.
Apart from these, Jack has written a book titled We’re Going to Be Friends.
To sum up, below is Jack White’s yearly, monthly, weekly, and daily salary/income:
- Yearly Income: $7.65 million
- Monthly Income: $637k
- Weekly Income: $147k
- Daily Income: $21k
Real Estate or Asset
Jack White is the owner of the seven-acre property located in the Nashville suburb of Brentwood. He bought this property for $3.1 million in 2005.
However, Jack put his Detroit-area home for $1.2 million on the market in 2018. This is the home where he and Meg White recorded “Get Behind Me Satan”.
Jack White: At a Glance
| Real Name | John Anthony White |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 9 July 1975 |
| Birth Place | Detroit, Michigan, United States |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.87m) |
| Weight | 85 kg |
| Spouse | Karen Elson (2005-2013), Meg White (1996-2000) |
| Children | 2; Scarlett Teresa White, Henry Lee White |
| Profession | Singer, Songwriter, Actor |
| Nationality | American |
| Net Worth | $46 million |
Early Life
Jack White was the youngest of Teresa and Gorman M. Gillis’s ten children. He was born on 9 July 1975, in Detroit, Michigan. He is of Polish, Scottish-Canadian descent.
From an early age, Jack White grew up in a Catholic Christian family. His parents worked as Building Maintenance Superintended and Secretary in the Cardinal’s office for the Archdiocese of Detroit.
Talking about education, Jack graduated from Cass Technical High School majoring in business, and later began upholstery. At the Memphis Smoke restaurant, Jack met with Megan White and began forming The White Stripes.
Career
Meg White was a talented drummer. Jack and Meg White formed The White Strives and released their self-titled studio album in 1999.
As a lead singer, songwriter of White Strives, Jack released De Stijl, White Blood Cells, Elephant, Get Behind Me Satan, and Icky Thump.
Jack’s second studio album De Stijl ranked #38 on Billboard’s Independent Albums list. Besides, White Blood Cells’ maiden song ‘Seven Nation Army’ became Billboard Modern Tracks’ No. 1 song.
In 2005, Jack joined The Raconteurs. While working in this rock band, he released Broken Boy Soldiers that gained a nomination for the Grammy Awards in 2006.
Later, The Raconteurs released their second and third album titled Consolers of the Lonely and Help Us, Strangers. However, Jack again formed a new group titled The Dead Weather and released studio albums like Horehound, Sea of Cowards, and Dodge & Burn.
As an actor, Jack White has been very successful. He has played supporting roles in many popular films. In 2003, Jack began his acting career appearing in the war film called Cold Mountain.
Later, White appeared in films like The Fearless Freaks, Shine a Light, It Might Get Loud, American Pickers, American Epic, and so on. Outside acting and singing, Jack has written a book named We Are Going to Be Friends that is based on his same-named song.
Jack White has won the Grammy Awards twelve times. Apart from Grammy, Jack earned a star of the Music City Walk of Fame. In 2008, he won the Satellite Awards for his ‘Another Way to Die’ song.
FAQs
After releasing Boarding House Reach, Jack decided to take off for a while. However, he is currently passing busy time in reforming the Raconteurs. His third album Boarding House Reach was sold over 121k.
Jack formed the White Strives duo along with Meg White. In 1996, Jack married Meg white. However, he lied about his relationship with Meg White as he thought music fans would never take a husband and wife duo seriously.
In 2000, the white couple got divorced. Meg White is no longer in touch with Jack White. In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine, Jack added Meg White as a very supportive bandmate.
Jack White is mostly known as color obsessive. He is white of course but he further takes white makeup to bring cartoonish imagery for his band.
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