Producer, songwriter, DJ and recording artist
Mark Ronson
Base case$70M
Estimate confidence
★★★★★
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Dave Stewart Net Worth Estimate
Musician, songwriter and producerDave Stewart’s $110M base case starts with Hipgnosis acquiring 100% of his copyright interest across 1,068 songs, including writer, artist and producer income. The rights scope is broad, but the purchase price was not disclosed. The evidence supports 2/5 estimate confidence.
Published estimateReviewed Sep 17, 2026
Research context
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- Evidence
- 2 retained sourcesReviewed through Sep 15, 2026
- Change history
- 1 tracked snapshotComparable tracking began Sep 18, 2026
- Comparison context
- 1 reviewed peer rankingPeer lists preserve the same base-case estimate and uncertainty range.
Current estimate
What we can support today
Base case
$110M
Bear case
$70M
Bull case
$170M
Estimate confidence
2 out of 5
Why this estimate
- Main wealth driver
- Modeled retained capital from copyright-interest sale ($55M base case)
- Estimate confidence
- 2 out of 5
- Key evidence
- Hipgnosis acquired 100% of Dave Stewart’s copyright interest across 1,068 songs, including writer, artist and producer income.Sources[1]
- Biggest uncertainty
- What gross consideration did Stewart receive?
- Evidence reviewed through
- Sep 15, 2026
Base case is our central scenario. Bear and bull cases show how uncertainty around private holdings, retained proceeds, taxes and liabilities can move the estimate.
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Scenario composition
Where the estimated wealth comes from
Switch scenarios to see how the total and each component move together. The bars show each positive component's share of the estimated assets in that scenario, not audited holdings.
Bear scenario net worth$70MPositive estimated assets shown: $70M
Retained capital from copyright-interest sale
$35M to $80M range$35M50%
Retained post-sale, production and other career capital
$35M to $90M range$35M50%
Base scenario net worth$110MPositive estimated assets shown: $110M
Retained capital from copyright-interest sale
$35M to $80M range$55M50%
Retained post-sale, production and other career capital
$35M to $90M range$55M50%
Bull scenario net worth$170MPositive estimated assets shown: $170M
Retained capital from copyright-interest sale
$35M to $80M range$80M47%
Retained post-sale, production and other career capital
$35M to $90M range$90M53%
How Dave Stewart Built a Fortune
Dave Stewart monetized a broad collection of music income rather than a single royalty stream. Hipgnosis disclosed that it acquired his copyright interest across 1,068 songs, including writer, artist and producer income.
That breadth matters because several important sources of music earnings changed hands together. What remains missing is the purchase price, so the transaction proves a substantial liquidity event without revealing how much cash Stewart actually received.
Later works, investments, property and liabilities also remain outside the public record. The rights transfer gives a meaningful foundation for the estimate, but not enough price information to tightly constrain his current net worth.
Sources[1][2]Observed assets and financial anchors
A reported salary, company sale or brand valuation is not automatically current personal wealth. We show the pieces that can be tied to retained evidence and keep historical flows separate.
No major component is directly observable as a precise current valueThis estimate is built from source-backed financial anchors and explicitly modeled scenario ranges rather than pretending a private balance sheet is directly observable.
Scenario balance sheet
The estimate treats the transaction as a real but unpriced liquidity event and keeps later works, investments, property and liabilities separate. Catalog size and Hipgnosis fundraising are not used to invent consideration.
| Component | Bear | Base | Bull |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modeled retained capital from copyright-interest saleSources[1][2] | $35M | $55M | $80M |
| Modeled retained post-sale, production and other career capitalSources[1][2] | $35M | $55M | $90M |
| Estimated net worth | $70M | $110M | $170M |
Modeled component
Modeled retained capital from copyright-interest sale
Hipgnosis regulatory reporting says it acquired Stewart’s copyright interest across 1,068 songs, including writer, artist and producer income. With no disclosed price, the model ranges retained sale capital rather than assigning a synthetic transaction value.
Sources[1][2]Tracked estimates
Estimate history
We began retaining comparable estimate snapshots on Sep 18, 2026. Earlier Grizzly Bulls figures are not reconstructed unless a retained snapshot exists.
- Current tracked estimateBase case$110MBear to bull$70M to $170M
Estimate history tracking started with the published estimate already in place.
This is the first retained snapshot, so there is no earlier comparable Grizzly Bulls estimate to show yet.
What could move the estimate
- What gross consideration did Stewart receive?
- Which post-transaction works or rights remain economically material?
- What current investments, property and liabilities sit outside the catalog transaction?
Wealth timeline
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Sources
Numbered citations above link to the retained sources below. External net-worth headlines do not set our estimate.
- [1]Hipgnosis Songs Fund regulatory filingPublic filing · May 10, 2019Acquisition of Music Catalogue
- [2]Music Business WorldwideTrade reporting · May 9, 2019Merck Mercuriadis’s Hipgnosis Songs Fund acquires Dave Stewart catalog
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