Richie Sambora is an American rock guitarist, producer, musician, singer, and songwriter who has a net worth of $150 million. Richie Sambora earned his fortune as the lead guitarist and one of the primary songwriters for the highly successful rock band Bon Jovi. He has also released several solo albums and performed as a guest artist on multiple records.
He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2009. In the spring of 2020, Sambora entered into a deal to sell the rights to his 200-song catalog to song-acquisition company Hipgnosis Songs Fund for an undisclosed amount of money.
Early Life
Richard Stephen Sambora was born on July 11, 1959, in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. The first instrument the future rock star learned to play was the accordion, which he picked up at 6. At 12, he started learning to play the guitar after Jimi Hendrix died. Sambora also plays the piano, bass guitar, saxophone, and drums. His first performance was at a Catholic Youth Organization dance during his teen years. Sambora attended Woodbridge High School, where he was on the basketball team. In 1975, when Sambora was a sophomore, his high school team won the New Jersey State Title. Sambora graduated from high school in 1977.
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