Sunday, October 5, 2014

Popular Celebrity Net Worth

Celebrity Net Worth
Celebrity Net Worth
Successful careers in sports, acting, singing, or business can lead to tremendous amounts of wealth and celebrity status.

Although jobs in the medical field typically pay the highest median salaries out of any profession as discussed in the highest and lowest paying jobs post, the potential upside is much greater as a celebrity.

Making it to the top is close to impossible
Making it to the top in sports, acting, singing, or business requires persistence, talent, and lots of hard work. Even with all of these, the likelihood of landing a spot is slim to none. For example, there are only:

  • 500 Chief Executive Officers - 1 CEO for each Fortune 500 company.
  • 150 NBA starters - 5 starters on each of the NBA's 30 teams.
  • 32 NFL quarterbacks - 1 starting quarterback on each of the NFL's 32 teams.
  • 30 lead actors - 1 to 2 leading actors for the 15 to 20 big budget movies released each year with production budgets over $100 million.
Once you make it to the top of these professions, life can be very good. Given how few people make it, those at the top can command outsized compensation, helping them qualify as part of the top 1% of earners in the world.

Popular Celebrity Net Worth

Name
Net Worth Estimate (USD)
Year
$270 million
2014
$300 million
2014
$81.3 billion
2014
$125 million
2011
$780 million
2014
$25 million
2012
$285 million
2014
$160 million
2014
$295 million
2014
$180 million
2014
$520 million
2014
$40 million
2014
$-100 million
2014
$200 million
2014
$90 million
2012
$1 million
2014
$110 million
2014
$65 million
2014
$270 million
2014
$135 million
2014
$50 million
2014
$1 billion
2014
$120 million
2012
$3 billion
2014
$25 million
2014
$40 million
2014
$120 million
2014
$170 million
2014
$200 million
2014
$25 million
2014