Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot has an estimated net worth of $30 million in 2013. He is noted for his international success in country, folk and folk-rock music. Internationally, he is considered as a folk-rock legend, while in Canada, he is named as the country's greatest songwriter.

Some of Gordon's most successful songs that hit the U.S. Charts include "Steel Rail Blues", "Early Morning Rain",  "Ribbon of Darkness" and "For Lovin' Me". His songs that made a significant impact on international music charts include "Carefree Highway", "Sundown", "If You Could Read My Mind", "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" and "Rainy Day People."

Many of Gordon Lightfoot's albums actually received multi-platinum and gold records. Furthermore, many of his songs were recorded by some world renowned artists like Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, Barbra Streisand, The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Make, Glen Campbell, The Irish Rovers, Olivia Newton-John and Judy Collins.

Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, Jr. was born on November 17, 1938  in Orillia, Ontario, Canada.