The 46-year-old actor is one of the highest paid in Hollywood, however, the ability to interpret Ryan Reynolds It’s not the only thing that pays off, their businesses are also an important source of income.
So important that although he is seen less and less in film productions, many dare to name him the richest actor in the industry.
One last business positioned him like this, this because Blake Lively’s husband is not afraid to experiment and lend his face to publicity, something that gave him a special plus that now ranks him among Hollywood millionaires.
But, the question of many is how he came to realize so many businesses that, in addition, are far from his trade, acting.
Ryan Reynolds The business genius?
Forbes named him the second highest-paid actor in the world in 2020, earning more than $20 million, behind Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, who topped the list that year.
However, Ryan Reynolds He is not dedicated exclusively to acting or the business derived from it, such as being an advertising face or ambassador of a brand.
The protagonist of films like “Deadpool”, “Detective Pikachu”, or the failed “Green Lantern”, is a businessman as such and ventures into various fields, although almost always with the same formula, investing in everything he thinks could go good in the future
Like many Hollywood personalities, Ryan has his own brand of alcohol. In this case it is specifically a gin called Aviation American Gin.
The interpreter placed his bet on the Portland company, pointing to Oregon Live “Aviation is the best tasting gin in the world. Once I tried it, I knew I wanted to be involved in the company in a big way.”
David Glickman and Rizwan Kassim founded the low-cost telecommunications company, Mint Mobile, in 2015. For 2019, Rynolds saw that the company could be a good investment option, so it acquired 25%, he highlighted. vanity.
The Rynolds acquisition worked out perfectly for the company that quickly began to pay off, I feel the fastest growing company in 2021.
One of his latest big deals is the one he announced in September 2020. It is about the business group that he formed together with actor Rob McElhenney, McReynolds, would acquire the Welsh football team Wrexham AFC.
Thus Ryan Reynols He affirmed that he was someone who, in addition to enjoying acting, had an ability that few knew about for business, but something more important, also for advertising, something of which he is fundamental for his brands.
Advertising and production
Another of the ryan reynolds businessbut that is more linked to his acting career is “Maximum Effort”, a production company that he co-founded with George Dewey.
The latter came to be the company’s marketing executive, something that is unusual in Hollywood, but which undoubtedly brought Reynolds good numbers.
Dewey collaborated on the advertising campaign for Deadpool, one of Reynolds’ most important roles in his career, the one that transported him to the category of superhero in the cinema, although a superhero quite different from the ones we usually see.
However, they did not stop at the campaign for the film, but expanded the business and began to work with the brands that Reynolds acquired.
In this way they began to create advertising campaigns that with a lot of humor quickly became viral and that had the actor as the main face.
“If Ryan had a master plan all along, he did a great job of hiding it,” Dewey told the Wall Street Journaladding: “All he tries to do is create things that bring a little joy, fun or something unexpected to people’s lives.”
work with little, earn a lot
Later, they expanded the work to other brands using the same system of Hollywood productions, presenting an idea that enchants and then, the ideal client for that idea, being a model that prioritizes creativity over profit.
“Everything we do is rudimentary… It’s fast, it’s cheap, character over show. I think you are capable of much greater things when you use fewer resources, you just are, “he said. Ryan Reynolds to the American magazine.
In this way, the actor became the face of his brands, as reflected through his social networks where he is full of his videos for Mint, Gin and his soccer team, all made by his production company.
It even became a family business, when his wife, also an actress Blake Lively, dabbled in some ads to support her husband on the path of doing everything with few resources.
However, the fruits came, that is why the interpreter is becoming a little more millionaire, literally.
Vanity Fair reported that in 2020 the actor sold his stake in Aviation American Gin to Diageo, the leading brand of alcoholic beverages, for $610 million.
And now, it will take 300 million dollars thanks to the acquisition, by T-Mobile of Mint Mobile and it was the same one who announced it.
We are very pleased that T-Mobile has outbid an aggressive last-minute offer from my mother, Tammy Reynolds, as we believe that the excellence of their 5G network will benefit us more than their Mahjong-playing skills,” the actor said.
However, he and his partners will continue to work with T-Mobile to manage brands under the Ka’ena corporation.
Is Ryan Reynolds still an actor?
With all this business going, the growth of his Welsh football team climbing higher and higher in the standings, many would think that the actor would simply step aside in Hollywood.
However, the actor signed a 4-year agreement with Netflix in 2020 for various productions such as “The Adam Project” or “Red Notice”.
He is also working on Deadpool 3, the expected film with which he will once again fascinate with a particular superhero humor, where Hugh Jackman will also be present, which for many promises to be one of the highest-grossing films of 2024.
Thus, Ryan Rynolds He states that he can work in all the fields he wants, without leaving his passion for acting and business.
