00:00today on forbes here's how much taylor swift and travis kelsey are worth
00:07taylor swift and travis kelsey have officially entered their engagement era on tuesday the
00:12billionaire pop star and the kansas city chief's tight end released a joint instagram post with
00:18photographs of their enchanted garden proposal announcing their engagement the couple who began
00:23dating in 2023 wrote quote your english teacher and your gym teacher are getting married
00:30as with any taylor swift announcement there were plenty of easter eggs for her fans the post was
00:35signed with a dynamite emoji one of the couple's nicknames is tnt and it was accompanied by a clip
00:41of her 2024 tortured poets department song about kelsey so high school which includes the lyrics
00:48quote you know how to ball i know aristotle of course the couple won't exactly be building
00:54their new life together on teachers salaries swift is the world's richest female musician
01:00worth 1.6 billion dollars forbes estimates forbes first named the 35 year old pop star a billionaire
01:07in 2023 shortly after the start of her historic eras tour which is the highest grossing concert
01:13tour of all time and the first to surpass 1 billion dollars in revenue the vast majority of swift's
01:20net worth about 850 million dollars was earned during the tour and over the span of her nearly 20
01:26year career her other main asset is her music catalog which she now completely owns having bought back
01:32the masters to her first six albums in may she also has nearly 120 million dollars in real estate
01:39including the 17 million dollar rhode island mansion she wrote about on her 2020 album folklore
01:45and a private jet worth some 23 million dollars while kelsey could afford to buy her a diamond
01:51engagement ring worth an estimated 650 000 his fortune is nowhere close to hers forbes estimates the three
01:59time super bowl champion is worth 70 million dollars across his 12-year career as a tight end for the
02:05kansas city chiefs the 35 year old kelsey has earned 111 million dollars on the field and forbes estimates
02:12he has brought in another 190 million dollars in off-field earnings including the three-year 100
02:18million dollar contract he and his brother jason signed with wondery for their podcast new heights
02:25and it's the podcast that brought kelsey and swift together in the summer of 2023 kelsey said on new
02:32heights that he wanted to gift the singer a friendship bracelet a swifty staple with his
02:36number on it during her concert in his home stadium in kansas city but he wasn't actually able to meet
02:42her in her new heights appearance announcing the release of her 12th album the life of a showgirl
02:48swift revealed quote he knows the elevator lady and thought that he could talk to her about getting
02:53down to my dressing room kelsey joked quote i got denied that episode generated more than 20 million views on
03:01youtube alone in addition kelsey has ventured into the world of film and television including hosting
03:08the amazon prime video show are you smarter than a celebrity and a recent cameo in adam sandler's
03:14movie happy gilmore 2. his other ventures include investments in the alpine formula one racing team with
03:20chiefs teammate patrick mahomes with whom he also owns a restaurant in kansas city kelsey has also tried
03:26his hand at entrepreneurship he is the founder of the sportswear brand true colors and launched
03:32nutritional supplements brand ilo gummies in 2018 which was eventually acquired by a private equity
03:37firm he has also monetized his fame through numerous endorsement deals with several brands
03:43including bud light pfizer and nike and brings some valuable assets to the marriage as well he owns a
03:50six million dollar mansion in kansas city and rolled up to the premiere of netflix's new series on the
03:54chiefs this past week in his four hundred thousand dollar rolls royce phantom the swift kelsey love
04:01story gives the pair a combined net worth of 1.67 billion dollars which puts them in rather elite
04:07company among celebrity power couples only jay-z whose estimated net worth is 2.6 billion dollars and
04:14beyonce who is worth 780 million dollars are worth more and rival the pair in terms of fame and power
04:21for full coverage check out martina de la costa's piece on forbes.com this is kieran meadows from forbes
04:30thanks for tuning in
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