Alex Cooper and Matt Kaplan have amassed a combined net worth of $110 million, driven by podcast revenue, film production deals and streaming partnerships, according to livemint.com.
The couple’s fortune crystallised after Cooper signed a reported $60 million exclusive licensing pact with Spotify for her podcast “Call Her Daddy” in 2021, livemint.com notes. Kaplan, founder of Ace Entertainment, simultaneously locked multi-picture agreements with Netflix and Amazon Prime, producing teen hits like “To All the Boys” and “Purple Hearts.” Together they funnel earnings into a portfolio that spans real estate in Los Angeles and New York, plus equity stakes in emerging creator-economy platforms.
The valuation places them among the top-earning duos in digital audio, rivalling Joe Rogan’s estimated $100 million Spotify deal and the $100 million valuation of the “SmartLess” network, per industry data cited by livemint.com. Their cross-format approach—podcast IP feeding film and television spin-offs—mirrors the playbook used by Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine, which sold to Candle Media for $900 million in 2021. For India’s creator economy, the model demonstrates how regional-language podcasters could leverage OTT platforms for downstream monetisation.
Cooper is expected to launch a new interview series under the Spotify umbrella later this year, while Kaplan has three YA features slated for 2027 release on Netflix, according to livemint.com. Investors will watch whether the couple expand into South Asian content, given Kaplan’s 2025 scouting trip to Mumbai and early talks with Jio Studios.