According to Forbes, the wealthiest celebrities in 2024 are a mix of showbiz moguls, athletes, and entrepreneurs who have made their wealth in various ways like pushing their brands. Take Kim Kardashian and Rihanna for instance, both women have a dominant force in beauty and fashion. On the other hand, Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan’s fortune comes from their sports careers and partnerships.
From Oprah Winfrey to Steven Spielberg to George Lucas, here are celebrities who have capitalized on their brand and fame to become some of the richest people in the world today.
10 Wealthiest Celebrities in 2024
10. Tiger Woods
Legendary golfer Tiger Woods became a certified billionaire in 2022, becoming the second active athlete to earn over $1.8 billion in his pro golf career. Despite turning down a mind-blowing offer from the LIV Golf Tour, Woods has a PGA Tour record of over $121 million in prize money.
Currently worth $1.3 billion, Woods has other business ventures, such as a tech-focused venture, TMRW Sports. He has also invested in luxury real estate alongside Justin Timberlake and Joe Lewis.
9. Rihanna
Thanks to her brands, Fenty Beauty and Savage X Fenty, Rihanna has stakes in two billion in her brands. The Barbados-born singer became a billionaire thanks to her successful cosmetics line. She co-owns the cosmetics company, which doubled its revenue in 2022, with French luxury retailer, LVMH.
Rihanna also has an estimated 28% stake in the Savage x Fenty lingerie line. It raised $125 million in a funding round in January 2022.
8. Tyler Perry
The [age dob=”19690913″]-year-old media mogul caught his big break at 36 after he released Diary of a Mad Black Woman. Besides his numerous movie credits, Tyler Perry owns a 330-acre studio in Atlanta.
With a net worth of $1.4 billion, his career of about three decades has brought in about $1 billion in pretax earnings.
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7. Peter Jackson
Famous as the director of the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit franchises, Peter Jackson has made a fortune out of his visual effects company, Weta Digital. In 2021, he sold a portion of its assets to Unity Software, and he received almost $1 billion in cash and stock.
His net worth is $1.5 billion.
6. Kim Kardashian
Kim, worth $1.7 billion, has become a dominant force in the beauty and fashion industry. Her shapewear brand, Skims, was valued at $4 billion in 2023, and her KKW Beauty makeup company was sold for $200 million in 2020.
This makes her one of the richest reality stars in 2024.
5. Jay-Z
Jay-Z sold a stake in his champagne brand, Armand de Brignac in 2021 for about $300 million and also a majority stake in his cognac label D’Usse in 2023 for a reported $750 million. Besides owning stakes in Uber and Block, Hip-Hop’s first billionaire has other tech startups in which he had invested.
4. Oprah Winfrey
With several investments in production and real estate, Oprah Winfrey transformed her talk show success into a multimedia empire. She became the first black female billionaire in 2003.
According to Forbes, Oprah Winfrey’s net worth is currently $2.8 billion.
3. Michael Jordan
Worth 43.2 billion, the basketball legend first became a billionaire in 2015. Back then in 2010, he made a wise investment in buying the Charlotte Hornets NBA team for just $175 million and sold the team in August 2023 for $3 billion.
Michael Jordan’s fortune stems from his Nike partnership and the sale of his Charlotte Hornets NBA team.
2. Steven Spielberg
In 1994, Steven Spielberg made it to Forbes’ billionaires list after his films, Jaws, Jurassic Park, and Schindler’s List became hits at the box office. With so much influence on pop culture and the movie industry generally, Spielberg tops the list of the wealthiest celebrities in 2024 with a net worth of $4.8 billion.
The director has also made smart investments in media. According to the director, instead of receiving a salary, he opted for a percentage of gross sales from all his movies. Reports say he still receives a cut from every ticket sold at Universal theme parks thanks to the Indiana Jones series.
1. George Lucas
The top of the list is the Star Wars director, George Lucas. He made a fortune from his production company LucasFilm which he sold to Disney in 2012 for over $4 billion in cash and stock.
He first became a billionaire in 1997 and ever since, the has continued to soar higher. His net worth is currently $5.5 billion.
