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| Celebrity Net Worth |
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
|
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$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
|
Sources: Celebrity
Net Worth, Forbes, Freebase, Wikipedia
