John Legend & Chrissy Teigen Plan To Quit LA For New York After Wildfires. They Can Take Their Pick With $100 Million Fortune

Singer-songwriter John Legend famously sang, “We’re just ordinary people,” but he and his wife, Chrissy Teigen, have far-from-ordinary bank accounts.

It’s just as well because after the L.A. wildfires, the soulful crooner, 46, told The Wall Street Journal, the family is considering saying goodbye to the West Coast and returning to New York.

Collective Trauma

“Watching TV in the family room, our fears grew. When the Sunset fire began to expand on Jan. 9, the danger felt too close for comfort,” he told The Journal. “That night, my wife and I gathered our four kids, four dogs, and bearded dragon and drove south to a hotel in Carlsbad. We didn’t return until the following week,” he said. “Our home was safe, but many weren’t so fortunate, and the threat still looms. The fires were a collective trauma that shook everyone, including our kids.”

Legend added, “Chrissy and I have always considered returning to New York, where we once lived. We probably will, once our youngest ones grow up a bit.”

$100 Million Couple

The Ivy League-educated singer, who graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, and his wife are estimated to have a net worth that hovers around $100 million, according to multiple websites, the accuracy of which cannot be verified. The following calculations help shed light on this lofty number.

Seven seasons as a judge on “The Voice,” earning about $60 million in total.

They have an expansive real estate portfolio, including a $5.1 million West Hollywood home and a $17.5 million Beverly Hills mansion. They sold their two New York City penthouses for $16.8 Million in June 2022.

Another source of income not usually mentioned in net worth round-ups is Legend’s music publishing. In 2022, he sold the rights to his music to an alliance of KKR & Co. and BMG. The financial terms were not disclosed.

In 2020, Variety estimated that Legend’s disparate income streams, including LVE, his Napa Valley wine brand, see he “earns between $50 million and $100 million per year from his various projects.”

One Of The World’s Highest Paid Models

In 2017, Forbes estimated that Teigen was one of the highest-paid models in the world, earning $13.5 million. The following year, she made $11.5 million—largely from endorsements, TV hosting, social media, and cookbooks. Based on her yearly revenue, her contribution to the family coffers is not insubstantial, which puts these ordinary people into a very extraordinary wealth bracket.