Forbes Named 2018’s Richest Celebrities – Well, Numbers Are Just Crazy!
Forbes has released its list of wealthiest celebrities of US in 2018, and, well, nothing really changed comparing to 2017.
Check out top 7 of them on Nexter.org.
#1 George Lucas, $5.4 billion
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He’s known for creating the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises and founding Lucasfilm and Industrial Light & Magic.
George Lucas sold it to The Walt Disney Company in 2012 and earned $4.1 billion.
#2 Steven Spielberg, $3.7 billion
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He’s famous for working on Jaws (1975), Close Encounters of the Third Kind(1977), the Indiana Jones series, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), and the Jurassic Park series.
Also, Spielberg co-founded Amblin Entertainment and DreamWorks Studios.
#3 Oprah Winfrey, $2.8 billion
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Winfrey has gained popularity and enormous influence on the entertainment industry as she is best known for her talk show The Oprah Winfrey Show.
She’s also television producer and philanthropist.
#4 Michael Jordan, $1.7 billion
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An American former professional basketball player that played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards.
NBA website states: “By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time.”
#5 Kylie Jenner, $900 million
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Forbes named Kylie Jenner one of its top 60 richest self-made American women thankfully to her $900M cosmetic fortune.
“At 21, she’s set to be the youngest-ever self-made billionaire. Welcome to the era of extreme fame leverage,” reads magazine’s cover. So far we know, Kylie Jenner launched her own cosmetic empire called Kylie Cosmetics in 2016, and has since sold more than $630 million worth of makeup, according to Forbes.
#6 Jay-Z, $900 million
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Jay-Z is a well-known rapper and a husband of Beyonce, who are currently on On the Run II Tour.
#7 David Copperfield, $875 million
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David Seth Kotkin aka David Copperfield is an American magician and illusionist.
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