Billy Joel

Billy Joel is a legendary composer and singer-songwriter. He has released several albums and singles throughout his career and has been a successful solo act since the 1970s. Joel sold over 150 million records worldwide. If there’s a list of best-selling music artists of all time, his name would certainly appear on top.

Despite his success, Joel experienced several financial turmoil throughout his career. One can argue that the most excruciating money trouble he has ever experienced was when he lost over $90 million to his former brother-in-law, who also acted as his one-time manager. His name was Frank Weber, and he fraudulently took $90 million from the musician and used it to fuel several investments that made him wealthy. The music legend filed a series of lawsuits against his former manager but was only able to get $8 million back.