Forbes ranking: 14 billionaire celebrities who became the richest in 2024 (15 photos)

The main finance magazine has compiled a ranking of world celebrities whose net worth exceeds a billion dollars in 2024. The income of the richest star is almost 5 billion. The rating included four women and ten men from different professions. Some of them became rich thanks to their main activities, others - through profitable deals and collaborations.





The new star of the Forbes list is Taylor Swift, who has amassed a huge army of fans and almost $2 billion before taxes over the past year, as well as screenwriter Dick Wolf. Who else from the world of entertainment entered the rating, see below.

14th place. Taylor Swift



Net worth: $1.1 billion Age: 34

Taylor Swift has reached unprecedented heights, earning a billion just from music.

13th place. Dick Wolf





Net worth: $1.2 billion Age: 77 years old

The American producer and screenwriter, known for the TV series “Law and Order” and “Chicago PD,” was included in the Forbes list for the first time.

12th place. Magic Johnson



Net worth: $1.2 billion Age: 64

The American basketball player began earning billions not during his professional career, where he already achieved incredible success, but when he went into business. He owns several sports teams in Major League Baseball, the National Football League and the Women's National Basketball Association.

11th place. LeBron James



Net worth: $1.2 billion Age: 39 years old

And this basketball player continues to earn money both from sports and from business. In particular, a lot of his income comes from his own entertainment company, SpringHill.

10th place. Tiger Woods



Net worth: $1.3 billion Age: 48

The top ten is opened by another athlete - an American golfer. Part of his income comes directly from sports. The big one comes from Nike advertising, as well as sales of its own clothing line, Sun Day Red.

9th place. Rihanna



Net worth: $1.4 billion Age: 36 years old

The singer owns part of the cosmetics company Fenty Beauty and the lingerie business Savage X Fenty, of which she is the face.

8th place. Tyler Perry



Net worth: $1.4 billion Age: 54

The first actor in this rating who earned more than a billion dollars from his profession.

7th place. Peter Jackson



Net worth: $1.5 billion Age: 62

The New Zealand director, known for the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies, made most of his fortune from his visual effects company Weta Digital, which sold some of its assets to game maker Unity Software in 2021.

6th place. Kim Kardashian



Net worth: $1.7 billion Age: 43

No one has made as much money from reality TV as Kim Kardashian. Her current income comes from sales of her own brands of cosmetics and clothing, in particular, the Skims line of shapewear.

5th place. Jay-Z



Net worth: $2.5 billion Age: 54

The rapper has sold a 50% stake in his champagne brand Armand de Brignac, as well as a majority stake in his cognac brand D'Usse. In addition, he owns shares in Uber and Block.

4th place. Oprah Winfrey



Net worth: $2.8 billion Age: 70

The daytime talk show host became the first black female billionaire in 2003. She has since grown her brand into a business empire through real estate investing and producing.

3rd place. Michael Jordan



Net worth: $3.2 billion Age: 61

Jordan became the first billionaire athlete in 2015, not through his professional activities, but through collaborations with brands, the largest of which is Nike, and investments in sports teams.

2nd place. Steven Spielberg



Net worth: $4.8 billion Age: 77 years old

Spielberg became the first director to be included on such a list. For many years now, he has not received a salary in the traditional sense, but has grown rich from a percentage of the gross sales of his films and tickets sold at Universal theme parks.

1 place. George Lucas



Net worth: $4.8 billion Age: 79 years old

The famed director made a fortune by selling his production company LucasFilm to Disney for more than $4 billion in cash and stock.