Editing Bruce Springsteen (section)

===Wealth===
In a 2017 interview with [[Tom Hanks]], Springsteen admitted that he [[Tax evasion in the United States|evaded taxes]] early in his career since the government had not paid attention to his taxes prior to his 1975 appearance on the cover of ''[[Time magazine|Time]]''.<ref name="tax2017">{{Cite web |last=Melas |first=Chloe |date=April 29, 2017 |title=Bruce Springsteen explains why he used to not pay taxes |url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/29/celebrities/bruce-springsteen-taxes/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608021440/http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/29/celebrities/bruce-springsteen-taxes/index.html |archive-date=June 8, 2017 |access-date=June 24, 2017 |publisher=[[CNN]]}}</ref> Most of his income over the next several years went towards paying back his taxes; by his 30th birthday, he had only $20,000, despite multiple bestselling records and tours.<ref name="tax2017" />

''[[Forbes (magazine)|Forbes]]'' "conservatively" estimated Springsteen's net worth at US$ 1.1 billion in 2024.<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisettevoytko/2024/07/19/bruce-springsteen-is-now-a-billionaire/ Springsteen is now a billionaire], forbes.com. Accessed May 8, 2025.</ref>