Fame and fortune often come hand in hand. But although many celebrities are wealthy, it’s rare for their net worths to stretch all the way to ten figures. Forbes estimates that less than two dozen people on the planet have accomplished that feat.
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00:00Fame and fortune often come hand-in-hand, but although many celebrities are wealthy,
00:05it's rare for their net worths to stretch all the way to ten figures.
00:09Forbes estimates that less than two dozen people on the planet have accomplished that
00:13feat.
00:14Most obtained their celebrity billionaire status in the last decade.
00:18The economics of their industries have been shifting.
00:21Sports has seen massive spikes in salaries and values of endorsement deals, and athletes
00:25are building companies now more than ever.
00:28In pop music, it's becoming more common to leverage fame to garner attention for other
00:32business ventures.
00:34Defining celebrity isn't always easy.
00:37For this list, Forbes chose to feature people who became famous first, then massively rich.
00:43That definition skews heavily in favor of entertainers and athletes.
00:47It doesn't include those who are famous for being wealthy, or for the success of their
00:52businesses, like Donald Trump and Mark Cuban.
00:56This year, we identified 18 celebrity billionaires worth a collective $39 billion, up from $14
01:03and $31 billion in 2024.
01:06From Taylor Swift to Steven Spielberg, here are four of the stars who've capitalized
01:10on their fame, enough to rank among the world's wealthiest people.
01:15Pop star Taylor Swift became a billionaire in 2023 after taking home an estimated $190
01:21million after taxes for just the first leg of her famous heiress tour.
01:26The rest of her fortune is based on the value of her music catalog, plus music royalties
01:30and additional touring.
01:32She's stashed about $115 million in a swath of homes from Rhode Island to Tennessee.
01:38Vincent McMahon started off as a TV announcer for his father's wrestling company, then
01:43called WWF, now called WWE, in the 1970s.
01:47He purchased the business in 1982 and transformed it into a global powerhouse.
01:53McMahon merged WWE with the UFC in 2023 to form TKO Group Holdings, over which he was
02:00briefly executive chairman before he stepped down last year amid sexual misconduct allegations,
02:05which he denies.
02:07He's been cashing out his stake in the company.
02:11Media mogul Oprah Winfrey came to fame as the host of The Oprah Winfrey Show, which
02:16aired from 1986 to 2011.
02:19By 2003, her hosting, acting, and production earnings had made her a billionaire, and she
02:24became the first-ever Black woman to reach that status.
02:28Winfrey continues to make money in entertainment, co-starring in the 2024 war drama The 6888.
02:35But these days, she's also parked much of her fortune in real estate in California and
02:39Hawaii, where she owns over 2,000 acres.
02:43Steven Spielberg got rich by making some of the most popular movies of the late 20th century,
02:48including Jaws, E.T., Indiana Jones, and Jurassic Park.
02:54He first appeared on Forbes' list of the wealthiest Americans in 1994, and he shows
02:58no sign of slowing down, continuing to direct hits like 2021's West Side Story remake.
03:05In addition to film earnings, Spielberg has negotiated to get 2% of ticket sales at Universal
03:10Theme Parks in perpetuity.