Selena Gomez Marries, Joins Billionaire Club: Inside Her Epic Rise

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Selena Gomez has just made one of the year’s biggest headlines by marrying music producer Benny Blanco in an intimate and glamorous ceremony in Santa Barbara California. Their wedding was attended by a slew of A-list guests including Taylor Swift Martin Short Steve Martin Paul Rudd Zoe Saldana Ed Sheeran Camila Cabello Cara Delevingne Paris Hilton and the cast of Wizards of Waverly Place according to KNUE and was instantly celebrated across social media with both Gomez and Blanco sharing images and affectionate tributes. Benny posted on Instagram calling Gomez his “real-life Disney princess” which promptly set off trending tags and glowing coverage in outlets like Parade and Asianet News.

Significant for her biography Bloomberg recently confirmed Selena’s entry into the billionaire club in September 2024 with her net worth topping 1.3 billion dollars—driven almost entirely by her beauty brand Rare Beauty now valued at 2 billion according to Bloomberg and Biography.com. Parade points out this spike marks one of the sharpest celebrity financial rises on record putting Gomez alongside other music icons like Taylor Swift and Rihanna as a billionaire. According to the Economic Times Selena took no chances with her assets post-ceremony by signing a watertight prenuptial agreement safeguarding her Rare Beauty holdings music catalog and extensive real estate.

Rare Beauty’s success is both financial and cultural. Selena’s makeup line now leads sales in its category with charitable efforts like the Rare Impact Fund which has raised more than 16 million for global mental health initiatives as covered by Wikipedia and Biography.com. On the entertainment front but much more quietly Gomez concluded the fourth season of Only Murders in the Building on Hulu earlier this fall although talk is already brewing online about her next starring role: a Linda Ronstadt biopic now officially announced with David O Russell as director.

On social media her accounts have been ablaze both with wedding snapshots and promotional posts for Rare Beauty’s latest launches, and fans have responded with record-breaking likes and shares. Rumors about upcoming music collaborations have flared but nothing has been confirmed by either Gomez or her label so far.

This week cements Gomez as not only America’s newest billionaire celebrity but also half of Hollywood’s most influential new power couple, with long-term business and cultural impact virtually assured.

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