- Source of Wealth: Music
- Age: 68
- Birth Place: Wallsend, England, United Kingdom
- Height: 6′ 0″ (1.83 m)
- Marital Status: Married (Trudie Styler)
- Full Name: Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner
- Nationality: British
- Date of Birth: October 2, 1951
- Ethnicity: English-Irish
- Occupation: Musician, Singer-Songwriter, Producer
- Education: Northern Counties College of Education, St Cuthbert’s Grammar School
- Children: 6 (Eliot Paulina, Fuchsia, Mickey, Giacomo, Joe, Jake)
For the past several years, one of Sting’s album has sold fewer than 20,000 copies despite his touring with an orchestra to promote it. His fortune is currently valued at $300 million.
His road to stardom started when Sting moved to London from Newcastle and joined The Police, along with Stewart Copeland and Henry Padovani in 1977. Afterwards, the band has numerous chart-topping hits such as Every Breathe You Take, Roxanne, and Message In a Bottle, among others.
Sting’s solo career went into heights when he released his first album, The Dream of the Blue Turtles in 1985. He conquered the Billboard chart several times, did concert tours around the world and received numerous accolades.
Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner was born on October 2, 1951 in Wallsend, Tyne & Wear, England.