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The London-born entrepreneur who discovered and promoted Bob Marley through Island Records still continues to work hard despite his age.
Blackwell Fine Jamaican Rum is his latest project, along with five boutique hotels, including GoldenEye, the former Jamaican home of Ian Fleming. Blackwell sold his record label in 1989, netting about £70m for his stake. He later went into Miami hotels, which were sold to finance Palm Pictures, a multimedia venture that he says was a “big mistake”. But he has recovered, and aside from the rum and boutique properties, he has a 2,500-acre estate and organic farm.
Earnings & Financial Data
|
Date |
Category |
Description |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2000 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Third World Cop as the film's executive producer |
$42,330 |
|
1997 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movies Mandela and Dancehall Queen as the films' executive producer |
$265,310 |
|
1995 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie The Basketball Diaries as the film's executive producer |
$2,380,000 |
|
1989 |
Sale of Asset |
Sale of Chris Blackwell's wildly influential label Island Records to Polygram |
$300,000,000 |
|
1987 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Slamdance as the film's executive producer |
$406,880 |
|
1984 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Choose Me as the film's executive producer |
$2,490,000 |
|
1962 |
Box Office Sales |
Box office sales of the movie Dr. No as a Henchman jumping off dock into water |
$59,500,000 |
|
1958 |
Asset |
Investment in the start-up venture Island Records that got its name from Alec Waugh’s novel Island in the Sun. Radio character Graeme Goodall |
$10,000 |