Vice Media has come a long way. First launched as an indie political magazine out of Montreal Canada, Vice is now a $1.4 billion media company that generates over $100 million in annual revenue from videos and other sources. It was a $70 million investment from Rupert Murdoch that pushed the company to its current valuation and gave CEO Shane Smith a net worth he claims to not care about.
source›› Forbes
“At this point, I don’t give a shit about money,” he said. “I’m worth more money than I can ever spend. The best piece of advice I ever got from anyone was when Spike Jonze said take money out of the equation. And that’s actually when Vice started making lots of money. That’s when I stopped worrying about money and started worrying about what I wanted to do.”
source›› Forbes