Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are also successful off-screen. The power couple has these companies.
If there is a ranking of the hottest power couples in Hollywood, then Blake Lively (36) and Ryan Reynolds (47) are probably right at the top of the list. While Reynolds is currently conquering cinemas with “Deadpool & Wolverine”, Lively is celebrating her return to the big screen on August 15 with the Colleen Hoover adaptation “Just One More Time”. But the two have also built a real empire away from film, television and red carpets – together the couple is said to be worth around 400 million US dollars.
Hair, alcohol and more: Blake Lively as a businesswoman
Blake Lively introduced her latest business baby this week: the cosmetics brand Blake Brown. The actress launched shampoos, hair masks, a dry shampoo and other hair products. She says she worked on the products for seven years. At Target, the hair care products cost between $18.99 and $24.99.
Lively has also had a brand for canned cocktails since June 2023 – under the name Betty Booze she sells, among others, “Sparkling Tequila with Lime Shiso” or “Sparkling Bourbon with Apple Ginger Sour Cherry”. Because the actress herself does not drink alcohol, she also created a sister company in November 2023 that offers non-alcoholic mocktails – Betty Buzz. Twelve cans are available for the proud price of $34.99.
Football, films, gin: Ryan Reynolds is so versatile
Husband Ryan Reynolds is also successful in the alcohol business: the actor acquired a share in the company Aviation Gin in 2018. Two years later, the gin brand was sold for $845 million, but Reynolds is still a shareholder.
But Reynolds is not just good at alcohol: The actor also owns his own football club – in Great Britain. In 2020, he and a business partner bought the English Wrexham AFC for $2 million.
In 2018, he founded his own production company and marketing agency, Maximum Effort. Among other things, he and his partner produced “Deadpool 2” and the new “Deadpool & Wolverine”. Since 2019, he has also owned 25 percent of the shares in the US network operator Mint Mobile.
Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively: Their love story
Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds have an impressive seven business branches in addition to acting – and are also parents of four children and one of the most popular couples in Hollywood. Lively, who became known as Serena van der Woodsen in the series “Gossip Girl”, and Ryan Reynolds, who started his acting career in the 1990s on Nickelodeon, met in 2010 while filming their joint film “Green Lantern” and fell in love on a double date a year later. Wedding bells rang in September 2012.
In December 2014, Lively and Reynolds became parents for the first time to a daughter, followed by their second daughter in September 2016. Their third daughter was born in October 2019 and a son in February 2023. The couple keeps their children largely out of the public eye, the names of the first three children were revealed in 2020 through Taylor Swift’s (34) song “Betty”: James (9), Inez (7) and Betty (4). The couple announced the name of their son Olin (1) at the premiere of “Deadpool & Wolverine” in July 2024 in New York City.
Reynolds and Lively also regularly collect sympathy points with their sarcastic Instagram posts in which they publicly make fun of each other or post about each other. In 2015, Reynolds explained in an interview that he would use his wife as a human shield to protect their daughter James.
Source: Stern
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