●SERENA WILLIAMS 16 UNICORNS BACKED●REESE WITHERSPOON $900M MEDIA EXIT●OPRAH WINFREY $43M WEIGHT WATCHERS●GWYNETH PALTROW $250M GOOP VALUATION●RIHANNA $1B SAVAGE X FENTY●JESSICA ALBA HONEST CO. · NASDAQ IPO●HALLE BERRY BACKS WOMEN'S HEALTH●BEYONCÉ LEMON PERFECT BACKER●JENNIFER LOPEZ HIMS & HERS BACKER●KIM KARDASHIAN SKKY PARTNERS PE FUND●SELENA GOMEZ GOPUFF STRATEGIC PARTNER●PRIYANKA CHOPRA BUMBLE EARLY BACKER●DEEPIKA PADUKONE KA ENTERPRISES INVESTOR●SHAKIRA ISIMA HAIRCARE FOUNDER●NATALIE PORTMAN ANGEL CITY CO-FOUNDER●KERRY WASHINGTON ANGEL INVESTOR●MINDY KALING ANGEL INVESTOR●EVA LONGORIA CASA DEL SOL CO-FOUNDER●CAMERON DIAZ AVALINE CO-FOUNDER●DREW BARRYMORE FLOWER BEAUTY FOUNDER●KATE HUDSON FABLETICS CO-FOUNDER●BLAKE LIVELY BETTY BUZZ FOUNDER●VENUS WILLIAMS ELEVEN FOUNDER●NAOMI OSAKA HANA KUMA CO-FOUNDER●MARIA SHARAPOVA PROLIFIC WELLNESS ANGEL●TYRA BANKS FIERCE CAPITAL FOUNDER●KARLIE KLOSS BEDFORD MEDIA FOUNDER●ISSA RAE TOPICALS & HILLTOP BACKER●KATY PERRY DE SOI CO-FOUNDER●KYLIE JENNER $1.2B KYLIE COSMETICS●BETHENNY FRANKEL SKINNYGIRL FOUNDER●MELINDA FRENCH GATES PIVOTAL VENTURES●CATHIE WOOD ARK INVEST CEO●MELLODY HOBSON ARIEL INVESTMENTS CO-CEO●KIRSTEN GREEN FORERUNNER VENTURES●SALLIE KRAWCHECK ELLEVEST CEO●MARY MEEKER BOND CAPITAL FOUNDER●ARLAN HAMILTON BACKSTAGE CAPITAL●BARBARA CORCORAN SHARK TANK INVESTOR●SHERYL SANDBERG EX-META COO●SARA BLAKELY FOUNDER OF SPANX●KATHY XU CAPITAL TODAY FOUNDER●JENNY LEE GRANITE ASIA PARTNER●SOLINA CHAU HORIZONS VENTURES●KIRAN MAZUMDAR-SHAW BIOCON FOUNDER●FALGUNI NAYAR NYKAA FOUNDER●MARÍA ASUNCIÓN ARAMBURUZABALA TRESALIA CAPITAL●OLIVIA WILDE $500K–$2M CHEQUES●EMMA WATSON 2 DOCUMENTED DEALS●PARIS HILTON 20+ STARTUP BETS●THE FOSTER SISTERS BUMBLE AND MIRROR EARLY●GRACE BEVERLEY £6.2M IN TALA'S FIRST YEAR●AILEEN LEE COINED "UNICORN"●ANN MIURA-KO SEED INVESTOR IN LYFT●EMMA GREDE 8% OF SKIMS●NAMITA THAPAR 100+ COMPANIES BACKED●SERENA WILLIAMS 16 UNICORNS BACKED●REESE WITHERSPOON $900M MEDIA EXIT●OPRAH WINFREY $43M WEIGHT WATCHERS●GWYNETH PALTROW $250M GOOP VALUATION●RIHANNA $1B SAVAGE X FENTY●JESSICA ALBA HONEST CO. · NASDAQ IPO●HALLE BERRY BACKS WOMEN'S HEALTH●BEYONCÉ LEMON PERFECT BACKER●JENNIFER LOPEZ HIMS & HERS BACKER●KIM KARDASHIAN SKKY PARTNERS PE FUND●SELENA GOMEZ GOPUFF STRATEGIC PARTNER●PRIYANKA CHOPRA BUMBLE EARLY BACKER●DEEPIKA PADUKONE KA ENTERPRISES INVESTOR●SHAKIRA ISIMA HAIRCARE FOUNDER●NATALIE PORTMAN ANGEL CITY CO-FOUNDER●KERRY WASHINGTON ANGEL INVESTOR●MINDY KALING ANGEL INVESTOR●EVA LONGORIA CASA DEL SOL CO-FOUNDER●CAMERON DIAZ AVALINE CO-FOUNDER●DREW BARRYMORE FLOWER BEAUTY FOUNDER●KATE HUDSON FABLETICS CO-FOUNDER●BLAKE LIVELY BETTY BUZZ FOUNDER●VENUS WILLIAMS ELEVEN FOUNDER●NAOMI OSAKA HANA KUMA CO-FOUNDER●MARIA SHARAPOVA PROLIFIC WELLNESS ANGEL●TYRA BANKS FIERCE CAPITAL FOUNDER●KARLIE KLOSS BEDFORD MEDIA FOUNDER●ISSA RAE TOPICALS & HILLTOP BACKER●KATY PERRY DE SOI CO-FOUNDER●KYLIE JENNER $1.2B KYLIE COSMETICS●BETHENNY FRANKEL SKINNYGIRL FOUNDER●MELINDA FRENCH GATES PIVOTAL VENTURES●CATHIE WOOD ARK INVEST CEO●MELLODY HOBSON ARIEL INVESTMENTS CO-CEO●KIRSTEN GREEN FORERUNNER VENTURES●SALLIE KRAWCHECK ELLEVEST CEO●MARY MEEKER BOND CAPITAL FOUNDER●ARLAN HAMILTON BACKSTAGE CAPITAL●BARBARA CORCORAN SHARK TANK INVESTOR●SHERYL SANDBERG EX-META COO●SARA BLAKELY FOUNDER OF SPANX●KATHY XU CAPITAL TODAY FOUNDER●JENNY LEE GRANITE ASIA PARTNER●SOLINA CHAU HORIZONS VENTURES●KIRAN MAZUMDAR-SHAW BIOCON FOUNDER●FALGUNI NAYAR NYKAA FOUNDER●MARÍA ASUNCIÓN ARAMBURUZABALA TRESALIA CAPITAL●OLIVIA WILDE $500K–$2M CHEQUES●EMMA WATSON 2 DOCUMENTED DEALS●PARIS HILTON 20+ STARTUP BETS●THE FOSTER SISTERS BUMBLE AND MIRROR EARLY●GRACE BEVERLEY £6.2M IN TALA'S FIRST YEAR●AILEEN LEE COINED "UNICORN"●ANN MIURA-KO SEED INVESTOR IN LYFT●EMMA GREDE 8% OF SKIMS●NAMITA THAPAR 100+ COMPANIES BACKED

Entertainment

Celebrity entertainment investors

Entertainers were the first celebrities to swap the endorsement cheque for equity, and they are still the loudest example of how well it can work — Rihanna built a beauty business worth more than her music catalogue, and Reese Witherspoon sold a media company at roughly $900 million. The names below all hold, or have held, actual ownership rather than a paid promotion deal.

24 profiles in this category

Beyoncé portrait

Lemon Perfect backer

Beyoncé

Blake Lively portrait

Betty Buzz founder

Blake Lively

Cameron Diaz portrait

Avaline co-founder

Cameron Diaz

Deepika Padukone portrait

KA Enterprises investor

Deepika Padukone

Drew Barrymore portrait

Flower Beauty founder

Drew Barrymore

2 documented deals

Emma Watson

Eva Longoria portrait

Casa Del Sol co-founder

Eva Longoria

Gwyneth Paltrow portrait

$250M Goop valuation

Gwyneth Paltrow

Goop / Kinship Ventures

Halle Berry portrait

Backs women's health

Halle Berry

Issa Rae portrait

Topicals & Hilltop backer

Issa Rae

Jennifer Lopez portrait

Hims & Hers backer

Jennifer Lopez

Jessica Alba portrait

Honest Co. · Nasdaq IPO

Jessica Alba

The Honest Company

Karlie Kloss portrait

Bedford Media founder

Karlie Kloss

Kate Hudson portrait

Fabletics co-founder

Kate Hudson

Katy Perry portrait

De Soi co-founder

Katy Perry

Kerry Washington portrait

Kerry Washington

Mindy Kaling portrait

Mindy Kaling

Natalie Portman portrait

Angel City co-founder

Natalie Portman

$500K–$2M cheques

Olivia Wilde

Proximity Ventures

Priyanka Chopra portrait

Bumble early backer

Priyanka Chopra

Reese Witherspoon portrait

$900M media exit

Reese Witherspoon

Rihanna portrait

$1B Savage X Fenty

Rihanna

Selena Gomez portrait

Gopuff strategic partner

Selena Gomez

Shakira portrait

Isima haircare founder

Shakira

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Frequently asked questions

Which celebrity investors come from entertainment?

Actors and musicians make up the largest group on this site — Rihanna, Beyoncé, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jessica Alba, Reese Witherspoon, Selena Gomez and others. Most of their biggest positions are in companies they founded themselves rather than startups they backed.

Do actors and musicians invest, or are they just paid to promote things?

Both happen, and the difference matters. This site tracks ownership — founding a brand, taking equity in a round, or holding a stake at an exit. Where someone is only a paid ambassador, that is not counted as an investment.