5 richest Coldplay members in 2024 – net worths, ranked: from Chris Martin to Guy Berryman

Jul 8 , 2024

British indie rock band Coldplay just impressed crowds at Glastonbury Festival, headlining for the fifth time – but which member is the richest? Photo: @coldplayxtra/Instagram

When Coldplay took to the Pyramid Stage on June 29 at Glastonbury, they made history as the only band in the world to ever headline the festival for a fifth time.

Chris Martin and his indie rock bandmates also impressed crowds after they brought Michael J. Fox onto the stage with them. The actor played guitar with the group during the performance of their classic track “Fix You”.

British rock band Coldplay was formed in 1997 and is still going strong. Photo: @coldplay/Instagram

Coldplay is considered one of the most successful bands of all time, with more than 300 awards to its name, over nine billion streams of its songs – and more than 100 million albums sold across the world. They’ve also raked up a variety of collabs and friendships with stars, from Bruce Springsteen and U2 to Frank Ocean, Kanye West and Jay-Z.

From a group of guys who met at university and played music in the hallways to superstardom and mega-wealth, here’s a breakdown of its members’ fortune, according to Celebrity Net Worth:

5. Phil Harvey, manager and creative director, 47

Estimated net worth: US$50 million

Phil Harvey has been with Coldplay since its early days. Photo: @coldplayxtra/Instagram

Harvey, the band’s manager and creative director, is widely regarded as the fifth member of the group. Although he doesn’t perform on stage, Harvey’s relationship with Coldplay goes back to the late 90s, according to Client Earth. Harvey has been with the band from the time it was doing merch sales outside shows to becoming the global sensations it is today. In an interview, Harvey once said that his biggest achievement in the music business was “staying close with the guys”.

4. Will Champion, drummer, percussionist and keyboardist, 45

Estimated net worth: US$100 million

Will Champion studied anthropology at University College London where he met the rest of his band mates. Photo: @coldplayxtra/Instagram

Born and raised in Southampton in the UK, like his bandmates, Champion met the group at University College London while studying anthropology. About the beginning of their musical journey together, Champion said in an interview with the BBC: “I remember in the first week or so people sitting around and playing music, and I remember specifically jamming with Chris.”

Champion also made a cameo in Game of Thrones as one of the musicians at the Red Wedding.

3. Jonny Buckland, lead guitarist, 46

Estimated net worth: US$100 million

Martin has said “Jonny is the silent brains in Coldplay” with his other band members echoing the sentiment. In an interview on Ellen, Martin and Buckland joked that the longest relationship they had ever had was with each other. Martin said that the first time he heard Buckland play guitar, it was like “love at first sight, but in a musical way”. The lead singer of the band has openly spoken of how it was Buckland that changed his musical trajectory because he was “the guy I had been looking for my whole life”.

2. Guy Berryman, bassist, 46

Estimated net worth: US$100 million

Guy Berryman may be a bassist for Coldplay, but he also has his own fashion label. Photo: @guyberryman/Instagram

Berryman met his fellow band mates at university while studying engineering and architecture. Recently, the Scot’s been experimenting with his other loves like launching his Amsterdam-based men’s fashion label, Applied Art Forms. He told Vogue Singapore that his inspirations include Martin Margiela, Helmut Lang and Raf Simons.

1. Chris Martin, lead singer, 47

Estimated net worth: US$160 million

Chris Martin is the richest Coldplay member. Photo: @coldplayxtra/Instagram

It’s no surprise that lead singer Martin, who has also been called “the most popular man in showbiz” by British media, is the richest member of the band. Martin co-founded the group in 1996, but back then it was called Pectoralz. The group was renamed Starfish in 1997, then eventually renamed to Coldplay.

Martin has solidified his spot in the music business, collaborating with influential artists like West, Rihanna, Jay-Z and Avicii. He was famously married to Gwyneth Paltrow for more than 10 years and the couple have two children together. Martin is currently engaged to actress Dakota Johnson.

In 2015, Martin took on a 15-year gig as the curator of the Global Citizen Festival, a music festival held once a year to rally people together to end world poverty.

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British rock band Coldplay just impressed crowds at Glastonbury Festival, headlining for the fifth time – but did you know they all met at uni?