- Source of Wealth: Songwriting, Music
- Age: 67
- Birth Place: New York, NY, USA
- Marital Status: Married Nancy Hunt
- Full Name: Nile Gregory Rodgers
- Nationality: American
- Date of Birth: September 19, 1952
- Ethnicity: African American
- Occupation: Singer, Musician. Songwriter
Nile Rodgers is a well known American song writer, guitarist, singer and producer. His net worth is $70 million. He was born in New York City on September 19th 1952. Nile Rodgers started his colourful profession playing guitar with the Sesame Street band, which comprised of famous artists like Aretha Franklin, Parliament, Funkadelic as well as Maxime Brown.
All throughout the 70s, with his bands known as The Big Apple Band, as well as The Boys, Nile Rodgers tried to secure a deal, but people told him that nobody would purchase rock which is produced by a black band. In the mid 80s, after he met Luther Vandross his pal, and changing the name of their band to Chic, Nile together with Bernard Edwards, his band mate, finally broke through. During that time, they scored several Top ten hits with their first album, “Chic.” They then became very successful producers in music industry.
Nile has produced tracks or albums for various artists, including Sister Sledge, Madonna, Sheena Easton, Cyndi Lauper, Daft Punk, David Bowie, Mick Jagger, Peter Gabriel, Adam Lambert and Pharrell Williams.