Part of the ex-Beatle's wealth (particularly Paul's) is savvy investments. McCartney bought up Michael Jackson's back catalog, for example. There's lots more he

Part of the ex-Beatle's wealth (particularly Paul's) is savvy investments. McCartney bought up Michael Jackson's back catalog, for example. There's lots more here and obviously the Stones didn't just bank their loot (and I'm not really arguing with you) but I think to have a decent comparison we would need to define terms and draw boundaries pretty carefully. I have a splitting headache so don't really fancy doing the research, but a proper apples-to-Apple comparison should probably be limited to tour revenue, LP/single sales revenues, and image, name, and catalog licensing. That's the money in, which is really the first order measure of wealth generated.