Codie SanchezFounder @ Contrarian Thinking

How Ryan Reynolds ACTUALLY Made His Money…

10 May 2024 · 1 min

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Ryan Reynolds made far more from selling his Mint Mobile stake for $337 million than from acting. He grew the wireless carrier through "fastvertising," rapid meme-based ads, and positioning it as the underdog against big carriers. His $40 million Deadpool paycheck looks small next to that deal.

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About 25% in 2019.

$40 million.

Approximately $337 million.

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Ryan Reynolds made $40 million with Deadpool. But that's not how he made all his money. This is Mint Mobile. He bought a big chunk of it, 25% in 2019. And that business grew through three things nobody ever talks about fastvertising. That means you turn a meme into advertising fast. Like he did with this and this. Ryan Reynolds is a genius at it. It's called free marketing. The second is transparency. Mint Mobile shows you how they save all their money by not spending a ton on advertising. So you get to keep it. Have a villain. Mint Mobile hero. Big wireless villain. Anytime you can root for the underdog and make your company the underdog, you can win. How much did Ryan make? Enough to buy a lot of these. $337 million for his stake. So Deadpool, not even close to the Ferraris he could buy with Mint.