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Singer, songwriter, guitarist and international touring performer
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Base case$350M
Estimate confidence
★★★★★
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Roger Waters Net Worth Estimate
Singer, songwriter, bassist and arena touring performerRoger Waters’ $380 million base case reflects decades of songwriting and recording income plus a solo touring business that Pollstar reported generated $702 million during the 2010s.
Published estimateReviewed Sep 21, 2026
Research context
See what supports this page, how current it is, and where comparable or historical context is available.
- Evidence
- 2 retained sourcesReviewed through Sep 21, 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
$380M
Bear case
$250M
Bull case
$560M
Estimate confidence
2 out of 5
Why this estimate
- Main wealth driver
- Modeled retained music and touring capital ($350M base case)
- Estimate confidence
- 2 out of 5
- Key evidence
- Pollstar reported the 2022 North American leg of This Is Not a Drill grossed $70 million from 561,235 tickets at 43 concerts.Sources[2]
- Biggest uncertainty
- What Pink Floyd and solo publishing or master rights does Waters currently own?
- Evidence reviewed through
- Sep 21, 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$250MPositive estimated assets shown: $250M
Retained music and touring capital
$230M to $520M range$230M92%
Retained songwriting and ancillary capital
$20M to $40M range$20M8%
Base scenario net worth$380MPositive estimated assets shown: $380M
Retained music and touring capital
$230M to $520M range$350M92%
Retained songwriting and ancillary capital
$20M to $40M range$30M8%
Bull scenario net worth$560MPositive estimated assets shown: $560M
Retained music and touring capital
$230M to $520M range$520M93%
Retained songwriting and ancillary capital
$20M to $40M range$40M7%
How Roger Waters Built a Fortune
Pollstar reported $702 million of touring gross for Waters during the 2010s, placing him among the decade’s highest-grossing live acts.
The 2022 North American leg of This Is Not a Drill then added $70 million from 561,235 tickets across 43 concerts.
Waters’ Pink Floyd and solo songwriting history adds substantial value beyond touring, but public evidence does not fully resolve his current rights portfolio.
The estimate leaves that ownership gap visible rather than assigning an unsupported catalog value.
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 uses long-run solo touring evidence to model retained capital while keeping historical box-office flows separate from Waters’ current personal wealth. Current rights ownership, investments, property and liabilities remain only partly visible.
| Component | Bear | Base | Bull |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modeled retained music and touring capitalSources[1][2] | $230M | $350M | $520M |
| Modeled retained songwriting and ancillary capitalSources[1] | $20M | $30M | $40M |
| Estimated net worth | $250M | $380M | $560M |
Modeled component
Modeled retained music and touring capital
Pollstar reported $702 million of Waters touring gross during the 2010s and $70 million from the 2022 North American leg of This Is Not a Drill. Those figures demonstrate exceptional solo live economics but do not reveal current rights ownership or retained personal assets.
Sources[1][2]Modeled component
Modeled retained songwriting and ancillary capital
The estimate allows for retained songwriting, recording and ancillary income while leaving current Pink Floyd-related rights, private investments, property and liabilities unmarked.
Sources[1]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$380MBear to bull$250M to $560M
Initial Grizzly Bulls estimate published with solo touring economics separated from current music rights and private assets.
This is the first retained snapshot, so there is no earlier comparable Grizzly Bulls estimate to show yet.
What could move the estimate
- What Pink Floyd and solo publishing or master rights does Waters currently own?
- How much cumulative touring and songwriting income remains invested after taxes and spending?
- What material private investments, property and liabilities belong on the current balance sheet?
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]PollstarOfficial record · Jan 23, 2020‘This Is Not A Drill’: Roger Waters Announces North American Return
- [2]PollstarOfficial record · May 12, 2023Chart Scene: Roger Waters European Tour Scores On LIVE75
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