Oscar, Golden Globe and multiple Grammy winner, American singer/songwriter John Legend has a reported net worth of $40 million.

Born John Roger Stephens in Springfield, Ohio to factory worker/former guardsman Ronald Lamar Stephens and seamstress Phyllis Elaine on December 28, 1978, John Legend was a church choir singer at four and a piano player at seven.
Mostly homeschooled, Legend graduated from North High School as salutatorian at 16 and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in English, in 1999, where he was musical director and president of the jazz/pop a cappella group Counterparts.
While working for Boston Consulting Group as a management consultant, he released two independent albums—his self-titled demo (2000) and Live at Jimmy’s Uptown (2001).

How did Legend make his fortune?