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The following is a list of billionaire celebrities (from fields like music, cinema, sports, or television), based on calculations by reputable publications such as Forbes and The Sunday Times Rich List. Through its history, Forbes have included among their "Celebrity Billionaires" lists, tech moguls such as Steve Jobs, or former celebrity U.S. president Donald Trump. The list doesn't include former celebrities like Trump or Ion Țiriac, as well music and media proprietors and executives such as Richard Desmond and Clive Calder (The Sunday Times Rich List).

Reports from others business-related publications such as Bloomberg L.P. could differ; for instance, they valued David Geffen at US$9.1 billion in 2023, while Forbes estimated his net worth at $8.6 billion as of 2024. Some milestones include, J. K. Rowling, labeled as the first author to achieve a billionaire status according to Forbes in 2004.

Forbes

The following celebrities have become billionaire at some point, either during their lifetime or through posthumous earnings, according to Forbes estimations.

Artist	Nationality	Industries	Net worth	As of	Peak	Namesake photo	Ref.
David Geffen	United States	Cinema/Diversified	$8.6 billion	2024
Mark Cuban	United States	Television/Diversified	$5.7 billion	2024
George Lucas	United States	Cinema	$5.3 billion	2024	$6 billion
Steven Spielberg	United States	Cinema	$5.3 billion	2024
Michael Jordan	United States	Sports	$3.5 billion	2024
Oprah Winfrey	United States	Television	$3 billion	2024
Jay-Z	United States	Music	$2.5 billion	2024
Kim Kardashian	United States	Fashion/Television	$1.7 billion	2024
Taylor Swift	United States	Music	$1.6 billion	2024
Peter Jackson	New Zealand	Cinema	$1.5 billion	2024
Rihanna	Barbados	Music/Fashion	$1.4 billion	2024	$1.7 billion
Tyler Perry	United States	Television/Cinema	$1.4 billion	2024
Tiger Woods	United States	Sports	$1.3 billion	2024	$1.7 billion
Dick Wolf	United States	Television/Cinema	$1.2 billion	2024
Magic Johnson	United States	Sports	$1.2 billion	2024
Bruce Springsteen	United States	Music	$1.2 billion	2024
LeBron James	United States	Sports	$1.2 billion	2024
Jerry Seinfeld	United States	Television/Cinema	$1.1 billion	2024
Jimmy Buffett	United States	Music/Others	$1 billion	2023 †
Kylie Jenner	United States	Television/Fashion	$710 million ‡	2024	$1 billion
Kanye West	United States	Music/Fashion	$400 million ‡	2024	$2 billion
J. K. Rowling	United Kingdom	Publishing/Cinema	N/A ‡	2007	$1 billion

Other publications

The following celebrities have become billionaire at some point, either during their lifetime or through posthumous earnings, according to estimations by other reputable business-related publications, such as Bloomberg and Sunday Times Rich List.

Artist	Nationality	Industries	Net worth	As of	Peak	Namesake photo	Estimated by	Ref.
Michael Jackson/Estate	United States	Music	$2 billion	2024			Various
Paul McCartney	United Kingdom	Music	£1 billion ($1.3 billion)	2024			Sunday Times Rich List
Selena Gomez	United States	Music/Fashion	$1.3 billion	2024			Bloomberg
Andrew Lloyd Webber	United Kingdom	Music	£504 million ($626 million) ‡	2023	£820 million ($1.05 billion)		Sunday Times Rich List

Notes

1. The 2021 Sunday Times Rich List estimated Rowling's fortune at £820 million.
2. Combined during his life and after his dead
3. Paul McCartney's estimation includes his wife Nancy Shevell's wealth, hence Forbes disputed McCartney's status as a billionaire. Shevell's family owns a trucking company which generates over $300 million per year in revenue. In 2008, McCartney disclosed personal net assets of £387,012,000 (about $600 million) as part of divorce proceedings with ex-wife Heather Mills. In 2013, Forbes estimates his net worth roughly at $650 million. As of 2024, McCartney has yet to appear on Forbes's world's billionaires list.

See also

• The World's Billionaires
• Bloomberg Billionaires Index
• Forbes Top 40 (1987–1998)
• Forbes Celebrity 100 (1999–2020)
• Forbes list of the world's highest-paid musicians
• Forbes list of the world's highest-paid dead celebrities
• List of music artists by net worth

References

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External links

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