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The article I got that $900M from mentioned the Facebook thing, but said that value was BEFORE counting the Facebook investment. So I assume he's worth even more. The jest of my point is that guys like Bono are worth a crap-ton more than Frey. Perhaps if he wasn't so selfish he'd be up there too. I'm pretty sure the top Eagles album sold more copies then the top U2 album. If true, then there is no reason that Frey shouldn't be worth a crap-ton too. 1/5th of a $1B is a lot more than 40% of $200M or whatever.
If I remember right, Eagles greatest hits volume 1 was the number one U.S. selling album of the 20th century.
One thing to remember about the Eagles too though is that because of the friction, there are something like 8 guys splitting the money instead of the 4 in U2 (though Frey likely protected his share all the way through). The Eagles also lost a decade and a half of touring money because of their fights, plus all the money they could have made had they released albums over those years.
Actually this isn't the case. Felder talked about it on Stern. The original Eagles are the only stockholders plus himself. So Henley, Frey, Felder, Bernie Leadon, and Randy Meisner. When Leadon and Meisner left voluntarily they forfeited their shares. Thus Henley, Frey, and Felder were the only 3 with any true power left in the band and had equal shares to the profits. When Henley and Frey decided they wanted to boot out Felder he sued them bigtime and they had to settle for an undisclosed amount with undisclosed terms, but almost certainly it was for a ridiculous amount of money because he had them by the nuts contractually. Frey and Henley weren't happy that Felder got an equal share since they were the "stars" of the band and really did the business side and they got their wish it cost them.
Walsh and Schmidt are essentially employees, they have no ownership. They still are mega millionaires though.