Net Worth
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Claim to Fame
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Celebrity
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$5.1 billion
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Star Wars director and merchandising mogul
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George Lucas
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$5 billion
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Post Cereals heiress; Operation Petticoat actress
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Dina Merrill
|
$3.5 billion
|
Jurassic Park director
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Steven Spielberg
|
$2.9 billion
|
TV host and media mogul
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Oprah Winfrey
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$2 billion
|
Twister actress; wife of Tony Ressler
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Jami Gertz
|
$1.2 billion
|
Beatle
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Paul McCartney
|
$1.2 billion
|
Model; Formula One trophy wife
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Slavica Ecclestone
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$1 billion
|
Harry Potter author
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JK Rowling
|
$860 million
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British sex toys tycoon
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Jacqueline Gold
|
$850 million
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"Whipped Cream and Other Delights" musician
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Herb Alpert
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$810 million
|
"Straight Outta Compton" rapper
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Dr. Dre
|
$800 million
|
Garfield cartoonist
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Jim Davis
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$800 million
|
"Like a Virgin" singer and author of the book "Sex"
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Madonna
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$800 million
|
Comedian and star of sitcom about nothing
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Jerry Seinfeld
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$800 million
|
Magician who romances European supermodels
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David Copperfield
|
$700 million
|
Rapper who can't settle on just one silly name
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P Diddy
|
$700 million
|
Avatar director
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James Cameron
|
$650 million
|
Rapper with 15 platinum records; Beyonce's husband
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Jay-Z
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$630 million
|
Canadian singer of Titanic soundtrack fame
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Celine Dion
|
$600 million
|
Heiress and wife of 90210 producer Aaron
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Candy Spelling
|
$600 million
|
Bollywood star of "My Name is Khan"
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Shahrukh Khan
|
$600 million
|
Irish pop star and philanthropist
|
Bono
|
$550 million
|
Radio shock jock
|
Howard Stern
|
$550 million
|
Wiggles record producer; rude American Idol judge
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Simon Cowell
|
$520 million
|
Diva with 5 octave vocal range
|
Mariah Carey
|
$500 million
|
New York socialite disfigured by plastic surgery
|
Jocelyn Wildenstein
|
$500 million
|
Country music singer with enormous jugs
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Dolly Parton
|
$500 million
|
She married a Beatle
|
Yoko Ono
|
$500 million
|
Cuban singer of Miami Sound Machine
|
Gloria Estefan
|
$500 million
|
Simpsons creator
|
Matt Groening
|
$500 million
|
Brazilian author of "The Alchemist"
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Paul Coelho
|
$450 million
|
Destiny's Child frontwoman
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Beyonce Knowles
|
$450 million
|
"Hobbit" director
|
Peter Jackson
|
$450 million
|
Pop star who sometimes dresses as waterfowl
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Elton John
|
$450 million
|
Intense actor who jumps on couches
|
Tom Cruise
|
$430 million
|
Probably the worst director since Ed Wood
|
Michael Bay
|
$425 million
|
Braveheart actor and director
|
Mel Gibson
|
$400 million
|
Comedian who loves that jiggle
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Bill Cosby
|
$400 million
|
Edward Scissorhands and Capt. Jack Sparrow
|
Johnny Depp
|
$400 million
|
Musclebound actor with speech impediment
|
Sylvestor Stallone
|
$400 million
|
Producer, actor, friend of Jerry Seinfeld
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Larry David
|
$400 million
|
Musician of choice for drunk college girls in the 90s
|
Jimmy Buffett
|
$400 million
|
Author of "Cujo" and "The Stand"
|
Stephen King
|
$400 million
|
Actor/director who likes to dress in drag
|
Tyler Perry
|
$400 million
|
"Easy Rider" and "As Good As It Gets" actor
|
Jack Nicholson
|
$400 million
|
Celebrity chef
|
Jamie Oliver
|
$400 million
|
"Misty" singer
|
Johnny Mathis
|
$400 million
|
"Worst Person in the World" multiple winner
|
Rush Limbaugh
|
$400 million
|
Talk show host succeeded by Stephen Colbert
|
David Letterman
|
$375 million
|
Best-selling living author of all time
|
Danielle Steele
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