Beyoncé: The Business of Queen B

How did the richest people on the planet make their billions?

Beyoncé started out as a little girl competing in local talent shows, but over the course of a 30-year career in music, she transformed herself into a mogul worth $1 billion.

Journalist Zing Tsjeng and BBC business editor Simon Jack trace Beyoncé’s early years in girl group Girls Tyme, the turbulent rise of Destiny’s Child and her breakout as a solo artist, before examining the strategic decisions that transformed her from performer to powerful businesswoman and entrepreneur.

Beyonce’s rise to billionaire features conflicts with family and friends, brand battles, and questions around feminism, capitalism and control. Is she a force for empowerment, a ruthless operator or simply one of the most effective wealth builders in modern entertainment?