Seeing a lot of celebrities on screen might have made you wonder a lot of questions. These questions might be how much net worth they would have, and how much earnings they are making to have such a lavish life. Here we are with the top 9 richest celebrities you would want to know about.
1. George Lucas
The creator of Star Wars George Lucas stands on top of our list of the richest celebs with a net worth of 10 billion dollars. Not only Star Wars he also has created other famous franchises like Indiana Jones, Lucas Arts, Industrial Light, and Magic, etc. He also directed some famous American Graffiti in 1973 which was nominated for five domains in the Academy Awards. Out of all his great works, Star Wars was his greatest work which brought him 6 Academy Awards and obviously much money.
2. Steven Allan Spielberg
Steven Spielberg is an American national screenwriter and film producer and director. He has a net worth of 3.75 billion dollars and has successfully won two Academy Awards for the best director and an AFI Life Achievement Award. His famous work as a director includes the Indiana Jones series, Jurassic Park, Jaws, Saving Private Ryan, etc. He is the co-founder of DreamWorks and Amblin Entertainment.
His directed films have been so good and marketed so well that out of all the films, nine of them have been called historically, aesthetically, or culturally significant by the Library of Congress.
3. Oprah Gail Winfrey
Oprah Gail Winfrey is a well-known American author, host, actor, and producer. Winfrey has a net worth of 3.5 billion dollars. She hosts a show of her name i.e., The Oprah Winfrey Show for 25 years which is a very big source of her popularity. The show started in 1986 and lasted till 2011. She is known to be the richest African American of the 20th century. Also, she is called the Queen of All Media. She is also listed as the most influential person in the world.
Even being born into a poor family she through her hard work and unbreakable will made it to the world's richest people.
4. Jami Gertz
Jami Gertz is an American philanthropist, actress, and business investor. Gertz has a net worth of 3 billion dollars currently. In terms of business, she partially owns a team of NBA called the Atlanta Hawks. Moreover, she also owns a few stakes in the Milwaukee Brewers, which also serves a part in her this high net worth. Other than in the past days she majorly owned the Dodger which made her a great lot of revenue. She acted in a lot of shows in the 80s from where she had her initial career boost. These shows include The Lost Boys, less than Zero, Sixteen Candles, etc.
5. Michael Jeffery Jordan
Michael Jeffery Jordan also known as MJ has a current net worth of 2.2 billion dollars. He formerly served as United States basketball player and at current is an American businessman. He participated in 15 NBA events out of which his team Chicago Bulls won 6 NBA championships. Also, for his very famous slam dunks he has been called the name Air Jordan.
He now owns a team in NBA called the Charlotte Hornets. His source of popularity has been basketball through which he earned a lot of money the way of his career. Also, he multiplied his worth by investing his hard-earned money in further businesses.
6. Kanye Omari West
Kanye West is known to be a famous American rapper, fashion designer, and songwriter. His great work and contribution to hip-hop music brought him a lot of fame and money. Kanye released his first album named The College Dropout in his early days and begin producing music records.
Other than being a musician Kayne is also known for his straightforward remarks and views about anything on social media. He has won 24 Grammy Awards for his work so far. This is the greatest number of Grammy awards any rapper has won so far other than Jay-Z.
7. Paul McCartney
James Paul McCartney is an English songwriter, musician, and singer. He earned his popularity through the band The Beatles. He served as the bass guitar player in the Beatles. He is said to be the all-time best performer and composer. The best of his written works includes Band on the Run, Silly Love Songs, My Love, etc. With all that, his net worth is calculated to be 1.2 billion dollars currently. Out of all his work 32 of his songs have been listed on the Billboard Hot 100.
8. David Copperfield
David Seth Kotkin as known as David Copperfield is an American national magician. He is known to be the greatest and most famous magician of all time. He has already been nominated for 38 Grammy awards so far. Out of 38, he has won 21 awards. Other than Grammys he has also made 11 world record all of which are listed in the Guinness Book and have himself placed on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame. The very famous of his magic arts include the disappearance and reappearance of one of the wonders of the world i.e., the Statue of Liberty, hovering on the main stage for a few minutes, passing through the great wall of China, etc. He has a current net worth of 1 billion dollars.
9. JK Rowling
Who wouldn’t have heard about the all-time greatest Harry potter series? And we all know that it is written by none other than the very talented Joanne Rowling (as known as JK Rowling). But to your surprise, JK Rowling is way richer than you would have imagined and has a current net worth of 1 billion dollars. If we talk about Harry Potter independently, the 7-booked series has 500 million copies sold worldwide and the numbers are still counting. Other than that, she is also the author of Harry Potter’s series extension i.e. Fantastic Beasts and where to find them.
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