Cliff Williams Net Worth

Cliff Williams net worth is
$100 Million

Cliff Williams Wiki Biography

Clifford Williams, a retired musician, was born on the 14th December 1949, in Romford, Essex, England. He is best known as the bassist of the Australian cult hard rock band AC/DC from 1977 to 2016.

According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Cliff`s net worth is as high as $100 million, earned mostly through his successful career as a musician, as of early 2017.

Cliff Williams Net Worth $100 Million

Cliff spent his early days in his hometown. When he was 12 years old, his family moved to Hoylake near Liverpool. Influenced by the Merseybeat movement, Cliff fell in love with rock music. The following year, he and his friends formed a band. Three years later, he quit school to primarily focus on music and played in numerous bands before forming the band Home, which signed with Epic records, released an album and an LP, and hit the charts with the single “Dreamer” before splitting up.

Cliff then played in the band Stars and soon formed his own band, Bandit, with musicians such as Jim Diamond and Graham Board. They released two albums, “Bandit” in 1977 and “The Lost Album” the same year, before disbanding.

Following the breakup of his most recent band, Cliff wanted to retire from music. However, Jimmy Litherland, one of the guitarists from his group, convinced him to audition for AC/DC as they were looking for a new bass player after letting Mark Evans go. Cliff became a member of AC/DC and went on tour through Australia with them in support of their album “Let There Be Rock” (1977).

From that point on until 2016, Cliff was a member of AC/DC, which has been the main source of his net worth. Until the end of the 1970s, the band released “Powerage” (1978), followed by one of their most successful albums – “Highway to Hell” (1979) – which achieved multiple platinum status in the US and Australia.

In 1980, they released their third album with Cliff as bassist, entitled “Back in Black”, which topped the charts in Australia and the UK and peaked at No. 4 on the US Billboard 200 chart, achieving double platinum status and significantly increasing Cliff`s net worth.

They continued to dominate the music scene through the ‘80s with albums such as “For Those About to Rock We Salute You” (1981), “Flick of the Switch” (1983), and “Blow Up Your Video” (1988), solidifying their place in the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame. In 1995, they released “Ballbreaker”, which topped the Australian chart and achieved triple platinum status there and double in the US, further increasing Cliff`s net worth. Five years later, their next album, entitled “Stiff Upper Lip”, was also immensely popular, encouraging the members to continue making music, even after 30 years. Their latest album came out in 2014, entitled “Rock or Bust”, followed by another No. 1 album, “Black Ice”, which topped the charts in several countries and sold more than six million copies worldwide. After the release of “Black Ice”, Malcolm Young left the group due to dementia, and after “Rock or Bust”, Brian Johnson also departed. All of this led Cliff to contemplate his own retirement, and after the tour “Rock or Bust” ended, he also left the group.

Regarding his personal life, Cliff has been married to Georganne since 1980, and the couple has two children.

Cliff is also a well-known philanthropist. He often performs at the Classic Rock Cares charity project and has participated in events that serve as fundraisers for victims of hurricanes and other natural disasters.