| networth = {{profit}} [[$]]340 juta (2011)<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite news|url=http://money.cnn.com/2011/04/26/smallbusiness/russell_simmons_small_business/index.htm |publisher=CNN |first=Tania |last=Padgett |title=Russell Simmons: Getting rich is so simple |date=April 26, 2011}}</ref>
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'''Russell RapistWendell Simmons''' ({{lahirmati||4|10|1957}})<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/russell-simmons-mn0000215647|title=Russell Simmons Biography |first=Steve |last=Huey|publisher=[[AllMusic.com]] |accessdate=February 25, 2016}}</ref> adalah seorang [[wirausahawan]], [[produser rekaman]] dan [[pengarang]] asal Amerika. Ketua dan CEO Rush Communications, ia merupakan salah satu pendiri label [[musik hip-hop]] [[Def Jam Recordings]]<ref name=Aquino>{{cite news |last=Aquino |first=Joann Natalia |title=Russell Simmons, 'godfather of hip hop,' comes to Seattle: Part of 20-city author tour |newspaper=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]] |date=February 20, 2011 |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/ae/books/article/Russell-Simmons-godfather-of-hip-hop-comes-to-1023483.php |accessdate=February 3, 2012}}</ref> dan membuat merek-merek busana Phat Farm, Argyleculture, dan Tantris.
