Forbes 2024 Celebrity Billionaires: Forbes officially releases its latest list of the world’s richest celebrity billionaires, including Taylor Swift, Steven Spielberg, Kim Kardashian, JAY-Z, Rihanna etc. are included. The richest celebrity billionaires are reportedly worth a total of $31 billion, including No. 1 Taylor’s net worth of $1.1 billion. 14. Rihanna is number one. 9th place is $1.4 billion, and Kim is 6th place with a net worth of $1.7 billion. Also read: Kylie Jenner tops Forbes’ list of highest-paid celebrities of 2020
Below is a list of celebrities featured on Forbes’ Celebrity Billionaires List 2024.
Taylor Swift, no. 14
The 34-year-old American singer became a billionaire last October, having had one of the most culturally influential years in music history. Her estimated after-tax income from the historic Elas Tour was $190 million, propelling her onto the billionaire list. According to Forbes magazine, she is the first person to achieve that status solely through songwriting and performance.
Net worth: $1.1 billion
Dick Wolf, no. 13
The American producer is the mastermind behind some of the most-watched crime shows of all time, including “Law & Order” and “FBI.” Mr. Dick, 77, debuted on the 2024 billionaires list thanks to about $2 billion in pre-tax income from his 30-year career in television, according to Forbes magazine.
Net worth: $1.2 billion
Rihanna, no. 9
The 36-year-old Barbados-born singer, whose real name is Robin Fenty, has stakes in the $2 billion brands Fenty Beauty, the cosmetics company, and the Savage X Fenty lingerie business, which she owns with luxury goods giant LVMH.
Net worth: $1.4 billion
Tyler Perry, no. 8
According to Forbes magazine, the 54-year-old American actor and filmmaker has earned well over $1 billion before taxes over his 30-year career in television, film, and theater. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle famously rented out one of their Los Angeles homes when they stepped down as working members of the British royal family.
Net worth: $1.4 billion
Peter Jackson, no. 7
The 62-year-old New Zealand director, who worked on the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit series, made most of his fortune from his visual effects company, Weta Digital, which accounts for only a portion of his assets. division was sold to game maker Unity Software. 2021, by Forbes Magazine. The deal reportedly netted Peter nearly $1 billion in cash and stock.
Net worth: $1.5 billion
Kim Kardashian, no. 6
The 43-year-old American reality TV star became a billionaire with her beauty and clothing brand. Her shapewear line Skims was valued at $4 billion in a 2023 funding round, according to Forbes, and she sold a 20 percent stake in makeup company KKW Beauty to Coty in 2020 for $200 million. She has since shut down KKW Beauty.
Net worth: $1.7 billion
Jay-Z, no. Five
Hip-hop’s first billionaire will sell a 50% stake in his champagne brand Armand de Brignac to luxury goods giant LVMH for at least $300 million in 2021, and will open his own cognac brand in 2023. It is reported that the company has sold a majority stake in Dusse for $750 million. According to Forbes magazine, Bacardi. He also owns shares in Uber and Block. His net worth does not include the singer and his wife Beyoncé’s own $500 million fortune.
Net worth: $2.5 billion
Oprah Winfrey, 4th place
The 70-year-old prominent American talk show host became the first black female billionaire in 2003. Since then, she has built her own brand into a media and business empire over the years, including investing in her real estate and her own production company.
Net worth: $2.8 billion
Steven Spielberg, no. 2
The American film director first entered Forbes’ list of billionaires in 1994 after a string of blockbusters including Jaws, Jurassic Park and Schindler’s List. “I’m a gambler. I haven’t had a paycheck in almost 10 years,” he told Forbes that same year. Instead, the 77-year-old negotiated to get a cut of the gross sales of his films and, thanks to his Indiana Jones series, a cut of every ticket sold at Universal’s theme parks. I still get it.
Net worth: $4.8 billion
George Lucas, no. 1
The Star Wars director, 79, who debuted as a billionaire in 1997, became the richest celebrity thanks to his production company Lucasfilm, which he sold to Disney for more than $4 billion in cash and stock in 2012.
Net worth: $5.5 billion
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