- - 30 Celebrities Who Have Reached Billionaire Status — Including Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and LeBron James

Diane J. Cho, Katie Labovitz, Michelle DarrisawJanuary 18, 2026 at 5:30 PM

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Oprah Winfrey, Taylor Swift and Beyoncé

Less than 5,000 people in the whole world can call themselves billionaires — and at least 30 of them are celebrities we know and love.

The stars on this list, including Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, LeBron James and Kim Kardashian, have amassed a large amount of money — at least 1,000 million — and reached a level of wealth that only 3,028 people in the world have, according to Forbes.

Compiled from data from March 7, 2025, the publication's 2025 World's Billionaires List indicates that the U.S. has the most billionaires (902) and that the list as a whole saw a $2 trillion bump up from 2024.

In addition to its yearly static list of billionaires, Forbes offers a real-time list, tracking the ups and downs of how many more millions or billions these billionaires are making — or losing — daily.

From building eponymous fashion labels to dominating industries such as sports, music, movies and commerce, these celebs and public figures have joined the ranks of the wealthiest people in the world.

Read on to discover their net worth and how they made their money, per Forbes' 2025 list.

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Beyoncé

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Beyoncé

Queen Bey became the fifth musician ever — after Swift, Springsteen, Rihanna and husband Jay-Z — to achieve billionaire status. Forbes gave her the distinction in December 2025.

Although she has expanded her business empire into industries such as fashion (Ivy Park), hair care (Cécred) and whisky (SirDavis), much of her wealth comes from her decades-long music career. From her hits with Destiny's Child to her legendary solo career, the all-time great has cultivated a catalog of smash singles and timeless, best-selling albums.

With her foray into country music on her Album of the Year-winning LP Cowboy Carter and its supporting stadium tour, the highest-grossing of 2025, Beyoncé crossed the billionaire threshold. Per Pollstar, the Cowboy Carter Tour grossed $400 million in ticket sales, and Forbes estimated it earned another $50 million in merchandise sales alone.

Most of the 35-time Grammy winner's ventures are accomplished in-house, under Parkwood Entertainment, which she founded in 2010. Parkwood manages her career and produces her documentaries, music videos and tours.

Beyoncé holds a net worth of $1 billion.

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Jerry Seinfeld

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Jerry Seinfeld attends the 'Clean Slate' screening at the Crosby Street Hotel in N.Y.C. on Jan. 29, 2025.

Jerry Seinfeld is reportedly laughing all the way to the bank after joining the Billionaires Club in April 2025.

Despite his Emmy-winning sitcom, Seinfeld, ending its nine-season run in 1998, Forbes reported the bulk of his wealth stems from the show, with Seinfeld and co-creator Larry David earning 15% of all its profits. In October 2021, the comedian also inked a five-year streaming deal with Netflix worth more than $500 million that covers global rights, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Per a 2014 Vulture report (via New York Magazine), the beloved NBC comedy has generated over $3.1 billion since its syndication in 1995. According to TIME, it was the No. 1 primetime series by its final season and raked in approximately $200 million a year for the network. For his part, Seinfeld received $1 million an episode in 1998 — a significant increase from his salary of $40,000 for season 2.

He has continued to earn millions touring as a comedian and through his TV shows like Comedians in Cars and stand-up specials, including 23 Hours to Kill. As part of a 2017 deal with Netflix, Business Insider reported the streaming giant paid him $20 million for the 2020 hour-long special.

Seinfeld holds a net worth of $1.1 billion.

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Bruce Springsteen

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Bruce Springsteen performs during a charity concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City on March 26, 2025.

Forbes previously estimated Bruce Springsteen's net worth was $1.1 billion in July 2024.

At the time, Springsteen dismissed the figure, telling The Telegraph, "I'm not a billionaire. I wish I was, but they got that real wrong," adding that he "spent too much money on superfluous things."

However, in April 2025, the New Jersey native — who grew up in a working-class family — was officially named as the latest member of the three-comma club. According to Forbes, The Boss has his music catalog to thank for the valuation after selling the publishing rights to his label, Sony, in December 2021 for a (pretax) lump sum of approximately $500 million.

"I am one artist who can truly say that when I signed with Columbia Records in 1972, I came to the right place," Springsteen said in a statement issued to Sony Music Group in 2021. "During the last 50 years, the men and women of Sony Music have treated me with the greatest respect as an artist and as a person. I'm thrilled that my legacy will continue to be cared for by the Company and people I know and trust."

The acquisition included two separate agreements that covered Springsteen's recorded music and songwriting catalog, featuring hits such as "Born to Run" (1975), "Thunder Road" (1975), "The River" (1980), "Dancing in the Dark" (1984), "Born in the U.S.A." (1984), "Glory Days" (1985), "Streets of Philadelphia" (1994) and more. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee has released 21 studio and 23 official live albums, per Billboard.

In addition to selling over 150 million albums in the U.S. and grossing approximately 1.53B in touring revenue with the E Street Band (via Asbury Park Press), the Special Tony Award recipient achieved critical and commercial success with his concert residency Springsteen on Broadway. Netflix released the sold-out, one-man show, which began in 2017 and extended through 2021, as a documentary in 2018. The Grammy- and Oscar-winning musician later earned an Emmy nomination for outstanding variety special (pre-recorded).

Springsteen holds a net worth of $1.2 billion.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger

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Arnold Schwarzenegger attends 'An Evening with Arnold Schwarzenegger' at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles on June 28, 2023.

Arnold Schwarzenegger reached billionaire status in April 2025, along with Springsteen and Seinfeld.

The action star and former California governor amassed his fortune from his long list of credits over the years, including multiple film franchises such as Conan, Terminator and The Expendables. According to Forbes Australia, he has earned an estimated $500 million from movies, largely due to negotiating deals for flicks like the 1988 comedy Twins, where he opted to take home a percentage of the box office gross instead of a salary upfront.

"It became such a historic deal that the studio would never, ever make that deal again," Schwarzenegger told journalist Graham Bensinger during a 2016 interview.

Schwarzenegger has also added to his wealth by making smart investments in commercial real estate, Google's Series A, Starbucks, private equity and the stock market, as well as through product endorsements and cameos in commercials.

"I wanted big investments that were interesting, creative and different," the actor reportedly wrote in his 2013 book, Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story. "Conservative bets — the kind that would generate 4% a year, say — didn't interest me."

Schwarzenegger holds a net worth of $1.1 billion.

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Taylor Swift

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Taylor Swift performs onstage for the opening night of her Eras Tour at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., on March 17, 2023.

Swift joined the billionaire's list in October 2023 during her Eras Tour. Per Forbes, "Swift is the first musician to make the billionaire ranking primarily based on her songs and performances."

It's her fans that put her there.

Alongside new records, the "Fortnight" singer-songwriter has been re-recording her entire catalog, releasing her versions of her first six albums after producer Scooter Braun bought Big Machine (Swift's former label, and with it, the masters of her music). Four Taylor's Version albums have been released since 2021, with Taylor Swift (Taylor's Version) and Reputation (Taylor's Version) still to come. On May 30, 2025, Swift announced that she now owns her musical catalog, which was sold to Braun's company, Ithaca Holdings, in 2019.

According to The New York Times, the Eras Tour sold a total of $2,077,618,725 in tickets, with the outlet reporting that's "double the gross ticket sales of any other concert tour in history," citing the singer's production company, Taylor Swift Touring.

Swift wasn't just raking in money, though — she gave $197 million in bonuses to those who worked on the tour, including drivers, dancers, sound staff, security, make-up artists and more.

Swift holds a net worth of $1.6 billion.

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LeBron James

Kevin Winter/Getty LeBron James attends the premiere of 'Space Jam: A New Legacy' at Regal LA Live on July 12, 2021, in Los Angeles.

James hit the billionaire valuation in June 2022 (via Forbes) after pocketing $121.2 million in 2021. This made him the first active NBA player on the list. Although basketball legends and entrepreneurs Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson are also billionaires, they didn't hit the milestone until after retirement.

He got drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers right out of high school in 2003. He's become as prolific off the court as he has been on it, endorsed by PepsiCo and Nike and starting the LeBron James Family Foundation, which focuses on educating kids and paying to send them to college.

In addition to lucrative NBA contracts from his time playing with the Cavaliers, Miami Heat and the Los Angeles Lakers, off the court, the father of three has displayed his business savvy as an entrepreneur.

Spearheaded by childhood friend and business partner Maverick Carter, James has a stake in both Apple's Beats by Dre and Fenway Sports Group — owners of Liverpool Football Club. In 2020, they co-founded the entertainment development and production media venture SpringHill Company, raising $100 million.

"He's the most committed and dedicated person that I've ever seen, and that's why he's such a high achiever," Carter told PEOPLE in 2024. "I think there'll be much more for fans to learn about him as his [NBA] career winds down and he goes into the next chapters of his life and career."

James holds a net worth of $1.3 billion.

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Elon Musk

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Elon Musk attends the VivaTech fair in Paris on June 16, 2023.

According to Forbes, Elon Musk is the richest person in the world, having amassed his wealth as the co-founder of companies such as Tesla, SpaceX, Starlink and Neuralink.

In 2022, he spent $44 billion to buy X (formerly Twitter). Per CNN, Musk also spent another $290 million on President Donald Trump and other Republican candidates during the 2024 election cycle. He later assumed the roles of senior adviser to the president and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) before departing from the roles in May 2025.

Though the wealthiest person on the planet, Musk's companies have received ample funding from federal contracts totaling tens of billions of dollars since 2015, reported ABC News.

Musk holds a net worth of $342 billion.

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Steven Spielberg

Michael Loccisano/Getty Steven Spielberg attends 'The Fabelmans' premiere during the Toronto International Film Festival at the Princess of Wales Theatre on Sept. 10, 2022.

Beloved director Steven Spielberg has his megahit films to thank for his billionaire status — but not in the way one might think.

While Spielberg does make money from directing (he's responsible for the Indiana Jones franchise and launching the Jurassic Park movie series, among Oscar darlings like 1993's Schindler's List and 1998's Saving Private Ryan), he also has a hand in producing. He co-founded DreamWorks Studios in 1994 with Jeffrey Katzenberg, which is behind the Shrek franchise, among other blockbuster films.

However, Spielberg's wealth has amassed to billionaire status largely due to taking in "annually, two percent of the box office receipts from Universal's theme park in Orlando," reported TheWrap in 2009.

When this story broke, Spielberg's contract had already been in effect for 20 years; it was signed "in perpetuity" and included other Universal theme parks that were to open. So if you've ever ridden the Jaws ride, E.T. Adventure or Jurassic Park: The Ride (now Jurassic World: The Ride, as of July 2019), that's additional money in Spielberg's pocket from attractions based on his movies.

Spielberg holds a net worth of $5.3 billion.

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Rihanna

Dimitrios Kambouris and Anna Webber, Getty Images Rihanna celebrates the launch of Fenty at Bergdorf Goodman in N.Y.C. on Feb. 7, 2020.

Though famous for being a singer first, Forbes crowned Barbados-born Rihanna a billionaire in August 2021, thanks to her wildly successful Fenty Beauty line that she initially launched in 2017.

At the time, the outlet reported the "Lift Me Up" singer was worth $1.7 billion, making her "the wealthiest female musician in the world and second only to Oprah Winfrey as the richest female entertainer."

In addition to her many chart-topping hits and tours, the self-proclaimed boy mom and entrepreneur's Savage x Fenty size-inclusive lingerie, sleepwear and loungewear line have also raked in millions. She also expanded her beauty empire in 2024 by launching Fenty Hair.

Rihanna holds a net worth of $1.4 billion.

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Peter Jackson

Gregg DeGuire/WireImage Peter Jackson arrives at the premiere of 'The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies' at the Dolby Theatre in L.A. on Dec. 9, 2014.

Lord of the Rings franchise director Peter Jackson joined the billionaires club in November 2021, with Forbes attributing his financial status to selling a stake in his company, Weta Digital, for $975 million.

In 1993, Jackson co-founded Weta Digital. The computer animation company is responsible for various digital effects, including the motion capture technology used in the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies along with the Planet of the Apes movies. Unity, a software and video games company, bought Weta Digital's VFX tools development division for $1.6 billion, per fxguide.

Jackson and his co-founders retained their visual effects and animation company, launching the newly named Wētā FX in 2022. The deal between Unity and Wētā FX was terminated in late 2023, as reported by Reuters, but Jackson remains on the billionaire list.

Jackson holds a net worth of $1.7 billion.

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Oprah Winfrey

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Oprah Winfrey poses backstage during the 35th annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Beverly Hilton on March 14, 2024, in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Winfrey has maintained her billionaire status since reaching the milestone in 2003. This accomplishment was decades in the making, but Winfrey also had the distinction of being the first Black woman on the billionaire list, reported The Ledger.

The star's ongoing wealth can be attributed to her hit talk show, which transitioned into a media empire: her OWN cable network, former partnership with WeightWatchers and her 2018 deal with Apple's streaming service, which allowed her to create original content — including a book club, documentaries and TV series — until the partnership concluded in 2022, per Variety.

Winfrey holds a net worth of $3.1 billion.

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Mark Zuckerberg

AMY OSBORNE/Getty Mark Zuckerberg delivers the opening keynote at the Facebook F8 Conference at McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, Calif., on April 30, 2019.

Sitting at No. 2 on the 2025 Forbes Billionaires List, Mark Zuckerberg is best known for co-founding Facebook, which was launched in 2004 as a means to connect with college classmates.

Zuckerberg — whose rise to fame was dramatized in David Fincher's Aaron Sorkin-penned 2010 drama, The Social Network — has since expanded his social media empire, with Facebook falling under the Meta umbrella as of 2021 along with Instagram, WhatsApp and other connection-based platforms.

Along with his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, Zuckerberg is the co-founder and co-CEO of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, which was founded in 2015 with the mission of "building a better future for everyone."

However, in early 2025, Zuckerberg rolled back policies on Facebook and Instagram, ending fact-checking and re-allowing hate speech targeting marginalized groups, citing "free expression."

Zuckerberg holds a net worth of $216 billion.

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Michael Jordan

Isaac Brekken/Getty Michael Jordan attends the 13th annual Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational gala at the ARIA Resort & Casino at CityCenter in Las Vegas on April 4, 2014.

Jordan became a billionaire in 2014. Though not active in the NBA at the time (he retired in 2003), he was the first professional athlete to join this exclusive list.

His wealth was mostly amassed off the court, with endorsements from brands like Hanes, Nike and Gatorade. Jordan also has an investment with DraftKings (a sports gambling company) and co-owns NASCAR's 23XI Racing team. Jordan sold his majority stake in the Charlotte Hornets for $3 billion in 2023 after buying the franchise in 2010, though he still has minority ownership.

Jordan holds a net worth of $3.5 billion.

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Jay-Z

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Jay-Z attends 'The Harder They Fall' world premiere during the 65th BFI London Film Festival at the Royal Festival Hall in London on Oct. 6, 2021.

Jay-Z became hip-hop's first billionaire in 2019.

Throughout his career, the rapper and entrepreneur has expanded his empire exponentially by focusing his efforts on building an art collection worth $70 million, purchasing real estate worth $50 million, having shares in Tidal — a music streaming service that earned him north of $300 million when he sold his majority stake in the company in 2021 (via Revolt).

He also partnered with Bacardi to create D'Ussé, a cognac for which his majority share reportedly sold for at least $750 million in 2023, according to Bloomberg Law. In 2008, the Songwriters Hall of Fame and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee founded Roc Nation, a media company representing the world's top artists and athletes, which Forbes reported in 2021 was valued at $140 million.

Jay-Z holds a net worth of $2.5 billion.

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Sheryl Sandberg

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Sheryl Sandberg was the Facebook/Meta COO from 2008 to 2022. She's among the 406 women on the Forbes billionaires list.

Since stepping down from the Meta board in May 2024, Sandberg has continued serving as an advisor to the company. She also co-owns Sandberg Bernthal Venture Partners with her husband, Tom Bernthal.

An activist for equal pay for women, Sandberg has written books, including Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead and Lean In for Graduates, and takes on public speaking engagements.

Sandberg holds a net worth of $2.3 billion.

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Kim Kardashian

Stefanie Keenan/Getty Kim Kardashian attends The Promise Armenian Institute event at UCLA at Royce Hall in L.A. on Nov. 19, 2019.

When Kardashian's net worth crossed $1 billion in April 2021, it earned the fashion and beauty mogul a continued spot on Forbes' World's Billionaires List.

This was an impressive yet destined leap from the reality star's estimated net worth of $780 million in October 2020. Apart from endorsement deals and investments, her membership in the billionaires club is largely due to her business ventures — such as KKW Beauty, KKW Fragrance and SKIMS — and her Keeping Up with the Kardashians paychecks.

Though her KKW beauty and fragrance lines were discontinued in 2021 and Keeping Up with the Kardashians ended that same year, Kardashian launched her SKKN by Kim cosmetics line and Hulu debuted The Kardashians in 2022. Her SKIMS shapewear line has continued to be a success. In 2025, Kardashian partnered with Nike to launch a new women's activewear brand, per Reuters.

Kardashian holds a net worth of $1.7 billion.

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Tiger Woods

Augusta National/Getty Tiger Woods holds up the trophy during the Green Jacket Ceremony following the final round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on April 14, 2019.

In June 2022, Forbes anointed golf star Tiger Woods a billionaire, owing his impressive status to his various championship wins and numerous endorsements, including Gatorade and Nike.

The outlet estimated at the time that Woods — one of the most famous athletes across all sports — had earned $1.7 billion in salary over 27 years. He is only the second active athlete ever to make the billionaire list.

Woods holds a net worth of $1.4 billion.

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Michael Bloomberg

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Michael Bloomberg attends the launch of the book 'Climate of Hope' by Bloomberg and Carl Pope at The Ned in London on June 5, 2017.

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg used his fortune toward his 2020 presidential campaign.

After dropping out of the race that March, he pledged to use his funds to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Keeping his promise, his Bloomberg Philanthropies announced a $40 million coronavirus global response initiative to help prevent or slow the spread of COVID-19 in low- and middle-income countries, according to a statement from the organization.

Bloomberg is the co-founder and majority owner of Bloomberg LP, a global media company that has its own publications, television network and radio service, among other services.

A noted philanthropist via Bloomberg Philanthropies, Bloomberg was the top American donor to nonprofits in both 2023 and 2024, per the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s Philanthropy 50 list.

Bloomberg holds a net worth of $105 billion.

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Jeff Bezos

Greg Doherty/Getty Jeff Bezos arrives at Amazon's Emmy celebration at the Sunset Tower Hotel in West Hollywood, Calif., on Sept. 18, 2016.

Since founding his hugely successful e-commerce company Amazon in 1994, Jeff Bezos has accumulated a net worth that warrants his title as the third richest man on the planet. The entrepreneur and businessman first became a billionaire in 1997.

Apart from his achievements as Amazon's founder, Bezos launched the aerospace company Blue Origin in 2000 and bought The Washington Post in 2013 for $250 million. In April 2020, he pledged to help stresses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic by donating $100 million to Feeding America. The entrepreneur has also pledged to give another $10 billion of his net worth to Bezos Earth Fund by 2030.

Bezos topped the Forbes billionaire list from 2017 to 2021 and holds the No. 3 slot in 2025. He stepped down as Amazon CEO in July 2021 and took over as its executive chairman.

Bezos holds a net worth of $215 billion.

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MacKenzie Scott

Evan Agostini/Invision/AP/Shutterstock MacKenzie Scott arrives at the 'Vanity Fair' Oscar afterparty at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, Calif., on March 4, 2018.

Bezos' ex-wife, MacKenzie Scott, became the world's richest woman in September 2020 after the couple's divorce settlement, which was valued at $68 billion at the time. That December, she shared that she'd given away more than $4 billion to 300-plus charitable organizations in the months prior.

"This pandemic has been a wrecking ball in the lives of Americans already struggling," Scott wrote in a Medium blog post. "Economic losses and health outcomes alike have been worse for women, for people of color, and for people living in poverty. Meanwhile, it has substantially increased the wealth of billionaires."

Scott promised she was "far from completing" her pledge to give back and encouraged others to donate to any of the 384 organizations researched by her advisers and listed at the end of her post.

Scott joined the Giving Pledge in 2019 — a campaign started by Warren Buffet, Bill Gates and Melinda Gates in 2010. It includes a list of billionaires who pledged to donate half of their fortune. However, because of her purposeful philanthropy, Scott has dropped on the billionaires list and is no longer the richest woman in the world.

The philanthropist has given millions to important causes and donated $640 million to 361 nonprofit groups nationwide in March 2024.

Scott holds a net worth of $28.2 billion.

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Tyler Perry

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Tyler Perry attends the 'Vanity Fair' Oscar afterparty at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, Calif., on March 4, 2018.

Tyler Perry officially joined the billionaires club in September 2020, when Forbes reported that the entertainment mogul had earned more than $1.4 billion in pretax income since 2005.

Perry is the owner of Tyler Perry Studios, a 330-acre lot in Atlanta valued at $280 million, per Forbes, where he films his TV shows and movies — all of which he owns. According to the outlet, the actor, director and producer has a stake in the streaming service BET+, $300 million in cash and investments and $40 million in homes and various possessions. However, Perry doesn't keep all of his fortune to himself.

The Madea filmmaker has become one of the most charitable celebrities. In 2023, he donated $750,000 to help prevent the displacement of low-income seniors in the Atlanta area. Years prior, he gifted 1,000 Kroger gift cards to those living in the city with help from the Atlanta Police Department.

Additionally, he paid for the funeral of Rayshard Brooks, the Atlanta man killed by a police officer in June 2020, as well as his four kids' college educations.

Perry holds a net worth of $1.4 billion.

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Christian Louboutin

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Christian Louboutin attends the 81st annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton in California on Jan. 7, 2024.

The French fashion designer known for his red-soled footwear reached billionaire status in April 2024, reported Fashion United.

Christian Louboutin started his eponymous brand in the early '90s, with his first store opening in Paris in 1992. Forbes reported that he and his co-founders, Bruno Chambelland and Henri Seydoux, sold a 24% stake in the company in 2021 to Exor for approximately $650 million.

His shoes have been featured on Sex and the City and worn by A-listers on red carpets. Beyoncé and Swift even wore custom Louboutins for their respective Renaissance and Eras world tours in 2023.

Louboutin holds a net worth of $1.2 billion.

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Warren Buffett

Taylor Hill/FilmMagic Warren Buffett attends the 'Forbes' Media Centennial Celebration at Pier 60 in N.Y.C. on Sept. 19, 2017.

Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffet is as known for his wealth as he is for his generosity. He gave away $3 billion in 2020 alone, according to CNBC. In addition to running Berkshire Hathaway, he established his fortune through owning several other businesses, including Geico and Dairy Queen.

Co-founder of the Giving Pledge with Bill and ex-wife Melinda, Buffett has made it a mission to donate, giving annually to the Gates Foundation and his family's charities in the amount of tens of billions of dollars.

As reported by the in June 2024, Buffett announced that, upon his death, he would "donate his fortune … to a charitable trust managed by his three children." They would then have 10 years to divvy up the money to charities of their choosing.

In May 2025, Buffett announced he was stepping down as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway at the end of the calendar year but would remain chairman of the board, reported The Wall Street Journal.

Buffett holds a net worth of $154 billion.

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George Lucas

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George Lucas poses during a photo call before receiving the Honorary Palme d'Or at the 77th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, on May 24, 2024.

In a galaxy right here, Star Wars creator George Lucas built his empire of sorts from the ground up.

He began his production company, Lucasfilm, in the early 1970s and began amassing wealth from his movies and their merchandise. The Star Wars franchise holds the Guinness World Record for most successful film merchandising. It achieved the record in February 2012 with a valuation of over $30.57 billion.

Lucas sold Lucasfilm to Disney in 2012 for $4.1 billion in stock and cash, reported Forbes. Though additional Star Wars movies, TV series and theme park attractions (Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge at Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World in Florida) have come out since the acquisition, Lucas has shifted his focus to philanthropy.

The George Lucas Educational Foundation aims to help improve education for kids ranging from pre-K through high school. Lucas and his wife, Mellody Hobson, are on the foundation's board of directors.

Lucas holds a net worth of $5.1 billion.

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Ralph Lauren

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Ralph Lauren at the Fall 2013 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at St. John's Center Studios in N.Y.C. on Feb. 14, 2013.

American designer Ralph Lauren, the founder and CCO of his eponymous fashion empire, became a billionaire in 1996 after nearly 30 years of being in business for himself.

Born as Ralph Lifshitz in New York City, he changed his last name to Lauren. A polo match inspired him to start the brand that would later be known as Polo Ralph Lauren, per Business Insider.

As a departure from the era of plain skinny ties, Lauren's wide, colorful neckties broke the mold, and his company grew from there. His fashion is featured on runways, in retail stores and at the Olympics and Paralympics. Lauren has been outfitting Team USA since 2008, designing their opening and closing ceremony looks and Olympic Village gear.

In addition to fashion, Lauren is known for his philanthropy. He co-founded the Nina Hyde Center for Breast Cancer Research in 1989 in honor of his friend, Washington Post fashion editor Nina Hyde, who died from the disease the following year. Started in 2000, Ralph Lauren's Pink Pony Campaign aids in cancer care and access to early treatment.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation donated 1.5 million pieces of clothes to frontline workers and others who needed help, in addition to a $10 million commitment split among several charitable organizations.

Lauren holds a net worth of $10.7 billion.

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Mark Cuban

Neilson Barnard/Getty Mark Cuban attends DIRECTV Super Saturday Night in New Orleans on Feb. 2, 2013.

Shark Tank's Mark Cuban got his start by getting fired from a software store. He eventually went out on his own, starting MicroSolutions from the ground up and selling it to CompuServe in 1990 for $6 million, according to Mark Cuban Companies.

Intrigued by what the internet could do, he and his college friend, Todd Wagner, began an online streaming company (initially called Audionet.com and later Broadcast.com) in 1995. It started as audio-only and then expanded to include video. Yahoo bought Broadcast.com in 1999 for $5.7 billion in stocks.

Cuban purchased the Dallas Mavericks in 2000 for $285 million, selling his majority stake in the NBA team in late 2023 for $3.5 billion. He is also the co-founder of Cost Plus Drugs, which aims to provide people with access to affordable prescription medication.

Cuban holds a net worth of $5.7 billion.

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Bill Gates

Paul Best/Getty Bill Gates attends the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado on Aug. 31, 2019.

Bill dropped out of Harvard in the mid-1970s to found Microsoft with Paul Allen. The academic gamble paid off — literally.

In 1987, the year after Microsoft's stock went public, Bill became the youngest self-made billionaire at age 31 and held that record until Facebook co-founder Zuckerberg broke it in 2008 at age 23.

Gates and his ex-wife Melinda, who divorced in 2021, ran the philanthropic Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (founded in 2000) together until she resigned from her role as co-chair in 2024. Bill remains the chairman of the foundation (renamed the Gates Foundation), which donates millions annually, notably to the development of a COVID-19 vaccine in 2020.

Gates holds a net worth of $108 billion.

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Magic Johnson

Magic Johnson Instagram Cookie Johnson and Magic Johnson (right) pose outside of Agios Dionisios in Zakynthos, Greece, during a 2021 vacation.

The NBA legend joined Forbes' Billionaires List in October 2023.

While a minority owner of the NFL's Washington Commanders, MLB's Los Angeles Dodgers, WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks and MLS' Los Angeles Football Club, Forbes reported that Johnson's spot on the list is from his majority ownership in EquiTrust. Johnson's Magic Johnson Enterprises took a controlling interest in the life insurance company in 2015, per Business Record.

In 2023, the former Laker point guard revealed on the All The Smoke podcast that he missed a chance to become a billionaire in 1979 when turning down an offer from Nike to be paid in shares.

"My family didn't come from money, that's one thing that hurt us sometimes. When you don't come from money, you don't know. I didn't even know what stocks [were] at that time," Johnson said on the podcast.

Johnson holds a net worth of $1.5 billion.

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Evan Spiegel

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Evan Spiegel attends the 'Vanity Fair' Oscar afterparty at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, Calif., on March 2, 2025.

Evan Spiegel was attending Stanford University in 2011 when he and his classmates, Bobby Murphy and Reggie Brown, worked on a disappearing photo message app called Picaboo.

Spiegel and Murphy later moved on without Brown (who received a $158 million settlement, per the Los Angeles Times) and ultimately released Snapchat, leading Spiegel and Murphy to become the world's youngest billionaires (at the time) in their 20s — Spiegel was just 25.

In addition to being the co-founder of Snapchat and Snap CEO, Spiegel has used his wealth to help those facing the student loan debt crisis. Spiegel and his wife, Australian model and KORA Organics beauty brand CEO Miranda Kerr, reportedly donated more than $10 million to pay off all student loans for the graduating class of 2022 from Otis College of Art and Design, according to Forbes.

He had taken classes at Otis before attending Stanford. Though Spiegel had dropped out of college to start Snapchat, he finished his Stanford coursework in 2018, earning his bachelor's degree in product design.

Spiegel holds a net worth of $2.9 billion.

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Kylie Jenner

Kevin Mazur/Getty Images Kylie Jenner attends the Tom Ford AW20 Show at Milk Studios in Hollywood, Calif., on Feb. 7, 2020.

In 2019, at age 21, Kylie Jenner was named the youngest self-made billionaire in the world by Forbes. Although some online critics questioned whether the term "self-made" could apply to the Kardashian-Jenner family member, Forbes explained that "despite a lot of help from her famous family, she didn't inherit her business — she built it."

She held the title for a second year in 2020 before she was removed from the list altogether.

"Kylie's business is significantly smaller, and less profitable, than the family has spent years leading the cosmetics industry and media outlets, including Forbes, to believe," Forbes reported.

As of June 2025, the beauty businesswoman holds a net worth of $670 million.

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