'All Money Isn't Good': Pharrell Williams' 5 Tips for Business and Life

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Most people know Pharrell Williams as a singer, songwriter and recording studio wizard who—as one half of production powerhouse The Neptunes—gave us some of the biggest hit songs of the last 25 years.

Fewer are aware that Williams is also an influential, if low-key, entrepreneur. The 13-time Grammy winner has not only partnered with a who’s who of fashion brands (Adidas, Louis Vuitton and Chanel among them), he’s also created a coterie of his own labels such as Billionaire Boys Club and, most recently, Humanrace.

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