Katy Perry vs Justin Trudeau: Whose Fortune Reigns Supreme?

Katy Perry has ignited fresh romance buzz after reportedly being spotted on a Montreal date with former Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau months after her split from Orlando Bloom — and now the pair have stepped out hand in hand, stoking talk they’re officially an item.

Pop queen and a former prime minister walk into a cabaret — not a joke setup, just Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau making things official in the wildest celebrity-political crossover we did not have on our bingo cards.

So, what actually happened?

After months of quietly popping up together — a Montreal hang, then a yacht off Santa Barbara in September where they were photographed hugging and kissing (that was PEOPLE) — Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau stepped out hand-in-hand in Paris. TMZ ran the photos of them leaving the Crazy Horse Paris on Katy's birthday, both smiling and attached at the palms.

Trudeau has also been spotted at Perry's Lifetimes Tour stop at the Bell Centre in Montreal. Perry is on the road right now backing her new album, '143.' And yes, for context: Trudeau and wife Sophie Grégoire announced their separation in 2023 after 18 years of marriage.

"I'm not middle class. I don't pretend I am."

That line is Trudeau in 2013, when he disclosed his personal finances while still years away from the top job. Keep it in mind as we dive into the money part, because it gets a little wonky.

The money, because everyone is Googling it

• Justin Trudeau's net worth is not publicly listed anywhere credible. A $96 million figure has bounced around online, but there is no solid sourcing for it, and plenty of people have pushed back on that number.
• In 2013, Trudeau said he had a $1.2 million family inheritance and that his speaking gigs earned more than $450,000 in his highest-earning year.
• His family background: grandfather Charles-Émile Trudeau owned gas stations, real estate, part of an amusement park, and a Montreal baseball team. Father Pierre inherited that wealth and later split it with Justin and his brother Alexandre.
• Justin and Alexandre received shares in a family investment corporation (90562 Canada Inc.) that managed stocks. Justin used to get up to $20,000 a year in dividends, then moved his holdings into a blind trust in 2013 while running for Liberal leader.
• Government paychecks: as an MP, $167,400 base; as party leader, an extra $56,800 (so $224,000 at the time). As prime minister, roughly $406,000 a year.
• Back-of-the-envelope online math puts his decade as PM at about $4 million in salary, roughly $2.5 million after taxes. That guess, plus investments, has some people estimating him in the $5–$10 million range. The true value of the family stocks is the big unknown. There are also claims of two pensions totaling $8.5 million and a $104,000 severance; if accurate, that nudges things higher. Still, $96 million feels like a stretch to most observers.
• Katy Perry, meanwhile, is on a different planet financially. Forbes pegs her at about $360 million, one of America's richest self-made musicians.
• She sold her music catalog to Litmus Music in September 2023 for a reported $225 million.
• Career arc: started in gospel as Katy Hudson in 2001, then hit global liftoff with 'I Kissed a Girl' in 2008.
• Earnings snapshots (pre-tax, where noted): 2009–2014, $30–$50 million per year; June 2014–June 2015, a massive $135 million; June 2018–June 2019, $60 million; June 2019–June 2020, $40 million.
• American Idol: guest judge in 2010; joined as a full-time judge in 2018 (Season 16), reportedly at $15 million for that first season and $25 million per season after, until she exited in 2024.
• Documentary money: 'Katy Perry: Part of Me' pulled in $32.7 million worldwide.
• Touring hauls before the current Lifetimes Tour: California Dreams Tour ($59.5 million), Prismatic World Tour ($204.3 million), Witness: The Tour ($124.2 million), and her Play residency ($46.4 million).
• Real estate adventures: lengthy legal battle with Dana Hollister over an 8.5-acre former convent with a 1920s mansion — Perry won, and Hollister was ordered to pay $6.5 million in damages, though the actual sale has remained in limbo.
• With Orlando Bloom, there was another legal tussle over a $15 million Montecito home; they prevailed but never lived there, ultimately buying another Montecito place for $14.2 million.
• In 2023, Perry also bought a 3-bedroom LA penthouse for $11 million and has cycled through multiple LA properties over the last decade.

Is Trudeau the richest person Katy Perry has dated?

Short answer: no. If you buy the $5–$10 million estimate for Trudeau, he sits below several of her famous exes.

Katy and Orlando Bloom were a thing from 2016 to 2025 (brief split in 2017, back on in 2018), welcomed a daughter in 2020, and called it off in 2025. Bloom's estimated net worth is about $40 million, driven by tentpoles like The Lord of the Rings and Pirates of the Caribbean, plus real estate.

Before that, she married Russell Brand in 2010; he filed for divorce in December 2011, finalized in 2012. Brand's estimated net worth hovers around $20 million.

The most deep-pocketed ex appears to be John Mayer. They dated on and off, and he's sold over 20 million albums worldwide. His estimated net worth is around $100 million — still well south of Katy's, but higher than Bloom, Brand, and likely Trudeau.

Where this leaves the new couple

They've gone from rumors to linked arms in public, with receipts from Montreal to Paris. She's touring and promoting '143'; he's post-separation and post-PM life. The relationship is real enough to move in public, and the money conversation is louder than it is accurate — especially that $96 million figure floating around for Trudeau, which does not pass the sniff test.

Curious to see where this goes? Same. For now, consider it Hollywood-meets-Politics, officially hand-in-hand.