American singer, songwriter, musician, recording artist, and actor, Wayne Penniman "Little" Richard has an estimated net worth of $40 million. Little Richard began performing while in his teens and had a meteoric rise to stardom in the mid-50s. He is considered to be the first artist to truly fuse rhythm and blues and boogie-woogie into what we now call “rock and roll”, and he has won numerous awards and honors over the course of his sixty-year career. Born Richard Wayne Penniman on December 5, 1932 in Macon, Georgia, United States.
Little Richard
- Birthname
- Richard Wayne Penniman
- Birthdate
- December 5, 1932
- Birthplace
- Macon, Georgia, United States
- Height
- 5' 10" (1.78 m)
- Profession
- Musician
- Net worth
- $40,000,000
- Source of Wealth
- Music
- Nationality
- American
- Country
- United States
- Marital Status
- Divorced (Ernestine Campbell)
- Children
- 1 (Danny)