P Diddy Net Worth: How Sean Combs Built His Fortune and What It Is Worth Now

P Diddy’s net worth is estimated at $275 million as of October 2026, well below the figures that once put Sean “Diddy” Combs near billionaire status. The Bad Boy Records founder built his fortune from music, the Sean John clothing line, a long Ciroc vodka partnership and a stake in Revolt, but most of those income streams ended between 2023 and 2024, and his federal criminal case and civil lawsuits have added heavy costs since.

Published estimates for Combs range from $300 million to $400 million, and none of them fully reflects the money spent on his 2025 trial, his 2026 appeal and dozens of civil cases. The Radar Readout below shows how the published figures compare and how we model what he likely still holds.

P Diddy Net Worth at a Glance

How P Diddy’s $275 Million Net Worth Is Built

No current filing lists Combs’s assets, so this table is our working model. It starts from the asset breakdown Forbes published in June 2024, when the magazine put his fortune at $400 million and his cash at about $200 million, and then accounts for what has happened since.

The cash lane carries the most uncertainty. Combs has been in federal custody since his September 2024 arrest, went through a criminal trial in 2025, is pursuing an appeal and is defending a long list of civil suits. Those costs, the $500,000 fine and ongoing living and property costs have not been disclosed, so our low case assumes they took a much larger bite than our central case does. The property lane follows Forbes, which said his two Miami homes and his Los Angeles compound were each worth more than $40 million, with roughly half of that value tied up in mortgages.

The Criminal Case and What It Cost

On July 2, 2025, a federal jury in New York found Combs guilty on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution under the Mann Act and not guilty of racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking, the charges that carried a possible life sentence. On October 3, 2025, he was sentenced to 50 months in prison, five years of supervised release and a $500,000 fine, with credit for the year he had already spent in custody.

His lawyers appealed. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit heard arguments in April 2026, with the defense asking for the conviction to be overturned or for a shorter sentence, and prosecutors arguing the sentence was below federal guidelines. The panel did not rule at the hearing. In March 2026 the Federal Bureau of Prisons listed a projected release date in April 2028, and TMZ reported in October 2026 that he had lost 41 days of good-time credit and had been moved from FCI Fort Dix in New Jersey to FCI Allenwood in Pennsylvania.

The financial effect goes beyond the fine. A trial of that length, plus an expedited appeal, points to substantial legal fees, although the amounts have not been disclosed.

Civil Lawsuits and Settlements

The legal pressure began with a civil suit. Cassie Ventura sued Combs in November 2023 and the case settled the next day. The amount was confidential until she testified at his 2025 trial that the settlement was $20 million, according to ABC7. That payment came before Forbes’s June 2024 estimate, so it is already reflected in the $400 million starting point.

Since late 2023, dozens of other civil lawsuits have been filed against Combs making claims of sexual misconduct. These are allegations that have not been proven in court. Some cases have been dismissed or dropped, and in 2024 a Michigan judge overturned a $100 million default judgment against him, ruling that he had not been properly served. Any future settlements or judgments would reduce the figure on this page, which is one reason our range is wide.

How He Built the Fortune: Bad Boy Records

Combs started as a talent director at Uptown Records before founding Bad Boy Records in 1993. The label’s early roster included The Notorious B.I.G., Faith Evans, 112 and Total, and his production team, The Hitmen, worked on records for artists such as Usher, Lil’ Kim, TLC, Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men. His 1997 debut album, No Way Out, won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. Parade reports that Bad Boy Records was worth north of $100 million at its height.

In 2005 he sold half of the record company to Warner Music Group. Forbes once valued the Bad Boy catalog at up to $125 million, but said in 2024 it would likely sell for much less, partly because Combs had returned publishing rights to artists including the estate of The Notorious B.I.G., which reduced his royalty income.

One of his biggest hits also became a long-running cost. His 1997 single “I’ll Be Missing You” was built on a sample of Sting’s “Every Breath You Take,” and the royalties flow largely to Sting. Sting said in a 2018 interview that Combs pays him $2,000 a day, while Combs replied online that the figure is $5,000 a day, as Hello! Magazine reported.

Sean John: Sold, Bought Back and Pulled From Macy’s

Combs founded Sean John in 1998, and in 2010 Macy’s became the exclusive retailer of its sportswear. Forbes says the brand once had annual sales above $400 million. In 2016 he sold a large stake to Global Brands Group, and Forbes named him the highest-paid entertainer of 2017 with about $130 million in pretax earnings, a total driven mainly by an estimated $70 million from selling a third of Sean John, as the Florida Times-Union noted.

When Global Brands Group went through bankruptcy, Combs purchased the company back for $7.5 million at auction in 2021. In late 2023, Complex reported that Macy’s was phasing the line out of its stores, and Forbes later wrote that his eyewear brand had been pulled from opticians and was considered virtually worthless.

Ciroc and DeLeon: The Diageo Years

His most valuable deal was with spirits giant Diageo. Business Insider described how Combs turned Ciroc into a major vodka brand through a profit-sharing arrangement rather than an ownership stake. Fortune reported that he was not technically an owner, though the agreement paid him like one. Forbes calculated that he earned an average of $66 million a year from Ciroc between 2007 and 2023.

The relationship ended in a dispute. Diageo ended the partnership in 2023, and Combs sued the company that year before withdrawing the suit in January 2024. Diageo’s interim results that month showed it paid him $200 million for his equity in DeLeon tequila, the brand the two had owned through a joint venture. That payment is the largest single source of the cash Forbes counted in mid 2024.

Revolt: From Majority Owner to No Stake

Combs co-founded the music network Revolt in 2013. That year, Forbes reported on its Time Warner Cable carriage deal, estimated the network could be worth $375 million and put his net worth at $580 million. Forbes later noted that he held just over 50 percent of Revolt and that a 2022 valuation put the company at $405 million.

After lawsuits were filed against him, he agreed in January 2024 to begin separating from the company, and in June 2024 Revolt announced that all of his shares had been redeemed and retired, leaving employees as the largest shareholder. The price was not disclosed, so we do not count a specific sum from Revolt beyond what Forbes already included in its cash estimate.

Film, TV and Real Estate

Combs also worked in front of the camera. Yahoo lists film credits including Made, A Raisin in the Sun, Get Him to the Greek and Draft Day, along with his role as executive producer of MTV’s Making the Band and his VH1 series I Want to Work for Diddy. These added to his profile more than to his fortune.

Property is a larger part of what he still owns. He bought his Holmby Hills estate in Los Angeles in 2014 for about $39 million to $40 million, and it was listed for $61.5 million in September 2024 before being taken off the market with no sale reported. Fortune said in December 2024 that his Miami Beach mansion was appraised at $48.5 million, that he had repaid an $18 million mortgage on his South Florida home to use it as collateral for a proposed bail package, and that his private jet was worth roughly $20 million. He also bought a Kerry James Marshall painting for $21 million in 2018.

Why Other Sites Say $400 Million

Forbes noted in 2024 that Combs and his team had claimed he was a billionaire without documentation, and its own figure was well below that. The gap between the $400 million estimates and ours comes almost entirely from more than two years of legal bills, the fine and living costs with little new income, none of which has been disclosed. If his appeal succeeds or his civil exposure proves small, the true figure would sit toward the top of our range. If he pays large settlements or judgments, it would fall toward the bottom.

How P Diddy Compares

Combs belongs to the same generation of hip-hop executives and entrepreneurs who turned music careers into business empires. For context, see the profiles of Jay-Z, Dr. Dre, Master P, 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg and Kanye West, each of whom built income from labels, brands or spirits alongside their records.

Frequently Asked Questions About P Diddy’s Net Worth

What is P Diddy’s net worth in 2026?

We estimate Sean “Diddy” Combs’s net worth at $275 million as of October 2026, within a likely range of $190 million to $365 million. Other published estimates sit between $300 million and $400 million.

Is Diddy still a billionaire?

Not by any recent estimate. Forbes put him at $740 million in 2019 and $400 million in June 2024, noting that claims from Combs and his team that he was a billionaire came without documentation.

Why did Diddy’s net worth drop?

His Ciroc partnership with Diageo ended in 2023, his Revolt shares were redeemed in 2024, Macy’s phased out Sean John, and his legal costs have climbed since his September 2024 arrest. He also paid a $20 million settlement to Cassie Ventura in 2023.

How long is Diddy’s prison sentence?

He was sentenced on October 3, 2025, to 50 months in federal prison and fined $500,000, after being convicted on two Mann Act counts and acquitted of racketeering and sex trafficking. His appeal was argued before the Second Circuit in April 2026.

Does Diddy still own Revolt?

No. Revolt announced in June 2024 that all of his shares had been redeemed and retired, and he no longer holds a board seat or any equity in the company.

How much did Diddy make from Ciroc?

Forbes estimated he earned an average of $66 million a year from the Ciroc deal between 2007 and 2023. Diageo also paid him $200 million for his stake in DeLeon tequila in early 2024.