Most celebrities are constantly in the business of turning their skills into genuine gold mines; that’s the reason you find most of them investing in multiple ventures at every given time. Here, we look at ten celebrities who have shown us that fame is not just about red carpets and glamor but also about seizing opportunities and creatively turning them into riches through hard work and resilience.
1. Rihanna
Forbes tells us that our lady, Rihanna, is worth about $1.7 billion. The magazine described the Fenty brand owner as “the wealthiest female musician in the world and second only to Oprah Winfrey as the richest female entertainer” in 2021. Aside from the money she makes from her music, she has her Savage-Fenty fashion line pumping millions of dollars.
2. Peter Jackson
Film lovers would probably recognize the name Peter Jackson from the credit roll of The Lord of the Rings films. Fortunately, he seems to be living up to the Lord title. In 2022, he was named one of the latest billionaires. For around $975 million, he sold a stake in his Wētā effects studio to Unity Software and entered the billionaire’s club.
3. Steven Spielberg
Film lovers would recognize the name Steven Spielberg from many successful blockbusters. With an estimated value of $3.7 billion, he is the most commercially successful movie director ever known. He is the pioneer of the modern blockbuster and a prominent figure in Hollywood, with many awards and recognition.
4. Kylie Jenner
Although Jenner could not renew her status in the billionaire club, she made it to the list for the second year in a row in 2020 as the youngest self-made billionaire. She lost this title after Forbes clarified that her business was not, in fact, worth as formerly claimed. In 2022, she was listed in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Hall of Fame. The young American is the CEO of Kylie Cosmetics, a fraction of which she sold out to publicly traded Coty, Inc. in 2020 for around $600 million.
5. Kanye West
Thanks to his Yeezy brand, Forbes’ most recent estimate (2021) values Kanye West’s net worth as $6.6 billion. The music icon was welcomed into the hall of billionaires in April 2020. Along with $1.7 billion in other holdings, including his ex-wife Kim Kardashian’s SKIMS company, West also owns $122 million in cash and stock and $110 million from his music catalog.
6. Tyler Perry
Argue if you will, but Tyler Perry is undoubtedly one of the most prolific creatives ever. With over 1200 episodes of television shows, 22 feature films, at least 24 stage plays, a 330-acre studio, and an annual hundred-million-dollar deal with Bet+, Perry has been estimated to be about one billion dollars rich. Perry would forever be grateful to Madea, his most famous character, who single-handedly gained him widespread popularity.
7. Jay-Z
Jay-Z is arguably the first hip-hop artist to make it into the billionaire club. Jay-Z made very conscious efforts to get to where he currently sits today. He owns several investments worth millions of dollars, including his art collection, real estate, his streaming service Tidal, the Bacardi partnership to create D’Ussé, and others. His net value as of 2022 was $1.4 billion.
8. George Lucas
George Lucas is that rich uncle you wish you had. The Star Wars creator’s real-time net worth is estimated to be $4.8 billion by Forbes. In 2012, he sold his Lucasfilm for $4.1 billion to Disney, both in cash and stock. He has resigned to focus on philanthropy, with about one billion dollars invested in its assets. Lucas and his wife, Mellody Hobson, own The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, founded in 2021.
9. Evan Spiegel
This name is worthy of note because Evan Spiegel was only 25 when he was inaugurated into the billionaires’ club. He is the co-founder of SnapChat and CEO of Snap, which was started in 2011 as a prototype project at Stanford University. On Forbes, his net worth as of 2023 was $2.7 billion.
10. Amancio Ortega
The 87-year-old Spanish billionaire businessman owns the Inditex fashion group, which is most famous for its chain of Zara and Bershka clothing and accessories shops. Forbes values him at $77.3 billion as of 2023. He owns 10% of the Spanish telecom company Telxius and 5% of the publicly traded natural gas grid operator Enag. Who knew he would go this far when he started his textile manufacturing business through a small family company in 1963?
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