In its list 'The New Celebrity Entrepreneurs', Forbes has tagged Justin Bieber as 'a budding venture capitalist'. Here are some other celebrities who are known for their entrepreneurship
In its list 'The New Celebrity Entrepreneurs', Forbes has tagged Justin Bieber as 'a budding venture capitalist'. The pop star has invested in Silicon Valley start-ups like Spotify and Tinychat.
Hollywood actor Ashton Kutcher, who portrayed Steve Jobs in the biopic on the Apple co-founder, invested in Skype, Spotify and FourSquare.
According to Forbes, in November actress and singer Selena Gomez joined an angel-investment round for photo-sharing app Postcard on the Run. A Los Angeles start-up, this app lets mobile users snap pictures on their phones and turn them into physical postcards.
Pop singer Lady Gaga invested in Backplane, a social networking start-up, along with former Google CEO Eric Schmidt's Tomorrow Ventures, according to Forbes.
Another celebrity who has been recognised by Forbes for her entrepreneurship is American television reality star, model and actress Kim Kardashian, who is also the co-founder of online subscription shoe company ShoeDazzle.com.
Spider-Man fame Tobey Maguire is another celebrity in the Forbes 'New Celebrity Entrepreneurs' list. He has invested in photo and video sharing website Mobli.
Singer-songwriter and actor Justin Timberlake is an investor in Stipple, a photo advertising start-up, says Forbes. He also put his money in Miso Media, a music education start-up.
American television and film actress Jessica Alba owns a significant stake in 'The Honest Company', a website that offers monthly deliveries of non-toxic diapers and cleaning products to new moms, according to Forbes.
Actress-musician Zooey Deschanel along with two friends founded entertainment and lifestyle website Hellogiggles.com, according to Forbes.
Retired basketball player David Robinson along with his business partner Daniel Bassichis founded investment enterprise Admiral Capital Group. According to Forbes, he also invested in Thrive15, an online platform showing video lessons on entrepreneurship.