Reese Witherspoon: “World’s Richest Actress” by Deal

Reese Witherspoon (45, “Walk the Line”) is the “richest actress in the world”. It should now be “worth $ 400 million (about 337 million euros),” it said. That is what the magazine appreciates after it became known on Monday that a media company (Blackstone) has secured a majority stake in its production company Hello Sunshine. The deal values ​​her company at $ 900 million.

Witherspoon will retain at least an 18 percent stake and “raise an estimated $ 120 million after tax” through the sale of approximately half of its previous stake. The rest of her fortune comes from the income she has earned during her 30-year career as a successful actress and producer.

Witherspoon founded Hello Sunshine in 2016 to tell women-led stories. This resulted in hits like “Big Little Lies”, “The Morning Show” and “Little Fires Everywhere”. Other promising projects and book adaptations are in progress.

“What a great day!”

Reese Witherspoon also expressed her delight with the deal. To a newspaper clipping with the corresponding message, she wrote: “What a great day!”

The American said: “I founded Hello Sunshine to change the way women are seen in the media. In recent years we have seen our mission in books, on television, in films and flourished on social platforms. Today we’re taking a big step forward by partnering with Blackstone that will enable us to tell even more fun, impactful and insightful stories about the lives of women around the world. “

She will continue to work to ensure that “filmmakers, authors and creatives of all backgrounds and experience have the opportunity to tell their stories in their own way and to reach a larger audience that recognizes that their stories are important”.