The richest celebrities in history, according to Forbes magazine (20 photos)
Forbes magazine is sharp with its ratings and lists of the richest celebrities. And the first such TOP was compiled back in 1982. Then only two celebrities got into it - Yoko Ono and Bob Hope. Those At times, a fortune of 150 million dollars was enough for this. Today, this amount will go only to pocket expenses, but in those years it was comic money. For more than forty years, the list is noticeably replenished. Here you will meet both representatives of the "old school" and stars of the younger generation. Some of them eventually dropped out of the TOP-100 the richest people on the planet, but they still deserve a mention.
Artist and singer Yoko Ono 
Ranking debut: 1982
Net worth: $150 million
Dropped out of the rankings: 1986
Yoko Ono, like some other celebrities, over time I had to say goodbye to my place in the ranking, as they were replaced by richer and more successful stars came.
Host Dick Clark 
Ranking debut: 1986
Net worth: $180 million
Dropped out of the rankings: 1988
Comedian, theater and film actor Bob Hope 
Ranking debut: 1982
Net worth: $280 million
Dropped out of the rankings: 1984
Film director and producer Steven Spielberg 
Ranking debut: 1987
Net worth: $225 million
Current fortune: 4 billion
Some celebrities made their debut in the rankings with quite "modest" amounts, in the future significantly increasing them. For example, Steven Spielberg was able to turn his 225 million into as much as 4 billion.
Media mogul, broadcaster and crooner Merv Griffin 
Ranking debut: 1988
Net worth: $300 million
Dropped out of the rankings: 1990
Actor, director, producer and screenwriter Bill Cosby 
Ranking debut: 1992
Net worth: $300 million
Dropped out of the rankings: 1995
TV presenter Oprah Winfrey 
Ranking debut: 1995
Net worth: $340 million
Current fortune: $2.5 billion
Film producer, screenwriter, director George Lucas 
Ranking debut: 1997
Wealth: $2 billion
Current fortune: $5 billion
Writer JK Rowling 
Ranking debut: 2004
Wealth: $1 billion
Dropped out of the rankings: 2012
Basketball player Michael Jordan 
Ranking debut: 2015
Wealth: $1 billion
Current fortune: 2 billion
Businesswoman and model Kylie Jenner 
Ranking debut: 2019
Wealth: $1 billion
Dropped out of the rankings: 2021
Rapper Jay-Z 
Ranking debut: 2020
Wealth: $1 billion
Current fortune: $2.5 billion
Reality star, actress and fashion model Kim Kardashian 
Ranking debut: 2021
Wealth: $1 billion
Current fortune: $1.2 billion
Actor and director Tyler Perry 
Ranking debut: 2021
Wealth: $1 billion
Rapper and music producer Kanye West 
Ranking debut: 2021
Wealth: $1.8 billion
Dropped out of the rankings: 2023
Singer Rihanna 
Ranking debut: 2021
Wealth: $1.7 billion
Current wealth: 1.4 billion
Film director and screenwriter Peter Jackson 
Ranking debut: 2022
Wealth: $1.5 billion
Musician Jimmy Buffett 
Ranking debut: 2023
Wealth: $1 billion
Current state: unchanged
Basketball player LeBron James 
Ranking debut: 2023
Wealth: $1 billion
Current state: unchanged
Golfer Tiger Woods 
Ranking debut: 2023
Wealth: $1.1 billion
Current state: unchanged
