Carly Simon Net Worth: How Much Money Does He Have at the Moment?

By Jivika Last updated Oct 29, 2022

Carly Simon is a musician who has also written a number of successful children’s books. She rose to prominence in the 1970s with hit songs such as “Nobody Does It Better,” “You’re So Vain,” and “That’s the Way I’ve Always Heard It Should Be.”

As a child, she developed an interest in performing, and she and her two sisters even performed together at first. The group disbanded when her oldest sister went on to become a professional opera mezzo-soprano, but Carly and her older sister formed The Simon Sisters and signed a contract with Kapp Records in 1963. When her sister married, the couple split up.

Carly began writing children’s books in the 1980s, with Amy The Dancing Bear being the first to be published in 1989. Her soundtrack work continued into the 1990s, with her songs appearing in a number of films, including Mike Nichols’ Postcards from the Edge in 1990, Nora Ephron’s This Is My Life in 1992, and Primary Colors in 1998.

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Quick Info

Net Worth:	$80 Million
Date of Birth:	Jun 25, 1945 (77 years old)
Gender:	Female
Height:	5 ft 10 in (1.79 m)
Profession:	Guitarist, Singer-songwriter, Writer, Musician, Actor, Film Score Composer, Author
Nationality:	United States of America

Early Life

Carly Simon was born on June 25, 1945, in New York City’s Bronx borough. Richard Simon, co-founder of Simon & Schuster, was her father. Andrea Heinemann Simon, her mother, was a civil rights activist and singer. Carly grew up in the Bronx’s Riverdale neighbourhood with her two older sisters and younger brother. Simon began singing and song writing when she was eight years old due to a severe stutter.She attended Sarah Lawrence College for a short time after graduating from Riverdale Country School before dropping out to pursue her music career.

What is Carly Simon’s net worth?

Carly Simon is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and children’s book author with an estimated net worth of $80 million. She rose to prominence in the 1970s with a string of hit songs. “You’re So Vain,” “Anticipation,” “Nobody Does It Better,” “You Belong to Me,” “That’s the Way I’ve Always Heard It Should Be,” “Coming Around Again,” and her famous duet with ex-husband James Taylor “Mockingbird” are among her 13 Top 40 hits.

Career

Simon began her career with the Simon Sisters, a short-lived music group she formed with her sister Lucy. In 1964, they signed with Kapp Records and released two albums, beginning with “Meet the Simon Sisters.” The lead single “Winkin’, Blinkin’, and Nod” was a minor hit for them. “Cuddle bug,” their second album, was released shortly after. They released one more album together, “The Simon Sisters Sing the Lobster Quadrille and Other Songs for Children,” in 1969, before Lucy left to marry and start a family.

Simon went solo and was signed to Elektra Records in 1970. “Carly Simon,” her self-titled debut album, was released in March 1971. “That’s the Way, I’ve Always Heard It Should Be,” her breakthrough top-ten hit, was included on this album. Simon received a Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for the song, which peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard charts. Her sophomore album, “Anticipation,” was released in November of the same year.

It peaked at No. 30, and its lead single “Anticipation” was a huge success, reaching No. 3 on Easy Listening Radio and No. 13 on Billboard’s Pop Singles chart. It earned her a second Grammy nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Simon claims that she wrote the song in 15 minutes while waiting for Cat Stevens to pick her up for a date. They met shortly after she opened for Stevens at L.A.’s Troubadour around the time her first album was released.

Carly Simon had a No. 1 hit with “You’re So Vain” in 1972. It helped propel her breakthrough album, “No Secrets,” to the top of the US album charts. With “Nobody Does It Better,” Simon shot to international fame in 1977. In 1994, Carly Simon was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. She has 22 studio albums and numerous compilation albums to her credit. “Boys in the Trees” and “Touched by the Sun,” her memoirs, detail her friendship with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

Personal Life

In the 1960s, Simon was briefly engaged to William Donaldson. From 1972 to 1983, Simon was married to James Taylor. Sarah Taylor and Ben Simon Taylor, their two children, are both musicians and political activists. Despite having two children together, Simon and Taylor have reportedly not seen or spoken to each other since their divorce in 1983.

Simon married James Hart in December 1987, after a brief engagement to musician Russ Kunkel. They divorced in 2007. Simon began dating a ten-year-old surgeon named Richard Koehler.

Real Estate

Carly first visited Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, in the early 1970s with her then-husband James Taylor, who owned a small cabin on the island’s 145 acres. Carly fell in love with the area and, following her divorce from Taylor, purchased her own home, which she still owns today. Carly’s property encompasses more than 25 secluded acres and is currently valued at around $5 million based on comparable sales. Taylor retains ownership of his land, which is only a 25-minute drive across the island.

The co-op board famously denied Carly ownership of a unit in NYC’s Dakota building. She eventually purchased two West Village apartments that were combined into one. She sold this property for $2.3 million in 2013. At one point, she had it listed for $3.8 million.