Jessica Simpson's net worth has been one of the issues that has left many businessmen and critics either stunned or doubtful. For one, the singer-actress, who tied the knot with longtime boyfriend Eric Johnson this Fourth of July weekend, has long been rumored to have a billion-worth of clothing empire under her feet.
The issue on Jessica Simpson's net worth originally surfaced back in 2010 when Clothes bible Women's Wear Daily noted that Simpson could apparently be "fashion's billion-dollar baby" given that her clothing brand has raked in $750 million in sales that year alone, and was also expected to pitch as much as $1 billion the following year, in 2011.
People mag even dubbed the singer as "sitting at the helm of a nearly $1 billion empire" back then for the whooping figure that was being linked to Jessica Simpson's net worth.
However, like many naysayers, Forbes also became very disconcerted on the sudden claims and speculations that Jessica Simpson's net worth could be amounting to billions since if the claims were real, they probably need to apologize for leaving Nick Lachey's ex out of the publications Forbes 4000 rich list.
Eventually, Forbes couldn't stand the tension any longer such that they did some research on Simpson's net worth, and through it, they found out some interesting things that downright slammed all of the previous claims about it being at the billionaire scale.
According to Forbes, although Jessica's clothing line may have indeed raked in $1 billion in 2011, not all of the said figure will go to her bank account since the fashion designer sold the master license to her clothing brand as well as the right to market her name internationally to fashion brand developer the Camuto Group for a reported sum of $15 million.
Though Simpson is entitled to royalties, Forbes concluded that she's nowhere near a billionaire.
Nevertheless, Jessica Simpson's net worth is much too much for someone who has dropped out of school.
Given her two multi-platinum albums, hair care products, shoe line, clothing brand, and a number of endorsements, it's still undeniable that Jessica Simpson's net worth is much bigger than what most people her age are earning.
So how much is Jessica Simpson's net worth really? Celebrity Net Worth reports it at a whopping $159 million.
