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Rihanna's Billion $ Business

Name: Rihanna's Billion $ Business
Uploaded: 2025-01-29T01:15:02+00:00
Duration: 1 min 8 s
Channel: Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP
Description: In this monologue, the speaker explains that Rihanna’s billionaire status stems largely from her lingerie brand, which, together with her other…

29 Jan 2025 · 1 min

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In this monologue, the speaker explains that Rihanna’s billionaire status stems largely from her lingerie brand, which, together with her other companies, is valued at over $3 billion. The key to this valuation is a unique subscription model that sells credits—essentially a prepaid gift‑card system—rather than a traditional recurring service. Unused credits generate pure margin, acting like a customer‑funded loan that boosts profitability. The brand has amassed more than 5 million subscribers, each paying roughly $60 per month, yielding over $350 million in annual revenue. The speaker argues that products typically bought infrequently can be transformed into recurring revenue streams by pricing aggressively, allowing credit accrual, and encouraging repeat purchases.

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Rihanna became a billionaire not because of her amazing music, which she does have more hits than just about anybody, but because of her amazing lingerie. And so this company right here, her companies together are worth over $3 billion. And one of the brilliant things that they did was they actually turned it into a subscription, but not just any kind of subscription. They actually did a subscription for credits. So it's almost like having a subscription for a gift card. And so one of the beautiful parts about this is that it drives even more margin than a traditional subscription, because if someone doesn't use the credit, then all of that money is just pure margin, just like gift cards during the holidays. A bunch of cards never actually get used. Sometimes they get lost and they get stolen, whatever. And all of that excess cash is just profit. It's almost a loan to the business from customers for the future. She has the same thing. And just to give you context of how many people she has, she has over 5 million people on subscription that pay about $60 a month. It's over $350 million a year. And so if you have a product that traditionally people just buy on a whim or on special occasions, If you can price it more aggressively, allow them to accrue credit over time, then sometimes you can create more recurring purchases from customers who otherwise might not have.