He sold half the shares of the catalogue to Sony in 1991. When his Invincible CD spectacularly flopped, the rumor was that Sony was demanding the remainder of the shares as compensation for the disappointing proceeds from Jacko's latest, especially considering the long production time and hefty cost overruns. Jacko held firm, and started that laughable "Tommy Mottola is a devil" campaign.
In short, he still has what he had in 1991.