Celebrity Billionaires 2025: Who Made The Forbes List?

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Fame and fortune often come hand in hand. But although many celebrities are wealthy, it’s rare for their net worths to stretch all the way to ten figures. Forbes estimates that less than two dozen people on the planet have accomplished that feat.  Read the full story on Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/monicahunter-hart/2025/04/01/the-worlds-celebrity-billionaires-2025/  Subscribe to FORBES: https://www.youtube.com/user/Forbes?sub_confirmation=1  Fuel your success with Forbes. Gain unlimited access to premium journalism, including breaking news, groundbreaking in-depth reported stories, daily digests and more. Plus, members get a front-row seat at members-only events with leading thinkers and doers, access to premium video that can help you get ahead, an ad-light experience, early access to select products including NFT drops and more:  https://account.forbes.com/membership/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=growth_non-sub_paid_subscribe_ytdescript  Stay Connected Forbes newsletters: https://newsletters.editorial.forbes.com Forbes on Facebook: http://fb.com/forbes Forbes Video on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/forbes Forbes Video on Instagram: http://instagram.com/forbes More From Forbes:  http://forbes.com  Forbes covers the intersection of entrepreneurship, wealth, technology, business and lifestyle with a focus on people and success.

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00:00Who are the five richest billionaire celebrities? This year Forbes identified 18 celebrity billionaires worth a collective $39 billion.

00:08That's up from the 14 billionaires last year worth a collective $31 billion.

00:13The number four spot is shared by two TV personalities. Vincent McMahon has a net worth of $3 billion.

00:19He started off as a TV announcer for his father's wrestling company, then WWF and now WWE in the 1970s.

00:28He purchased the business in 1982 and transformed it into the global powerhouse it is today.

00:34Sharing the spot is Oprah Winfrey with a net worth of $3 billion.

00:37The media mogul came to fame as the host of The Oprah Winfrey Show which aired from 1986 to 2011.

00:45By 2003 her hosting, acting and production earnings had made her a billionaire, the first ever black woman to reach that status.

00:53Michael Jordan takes third place with his $3.5 billion net worth.

00:57The NBA legend became the first athlete to rank on Forbes' list of the 400 wealthiest people in the U.S. in 2023,

01:06eight years after becoming the first ever billionaire athlete.

01:09The runner-up is George Lucas who can thank Star Wars for his $5.1 billion net worth.

01:15He sold the Star Wars IP back in 2012 when Disney bought his Lucasfilm for $4 billion in cash and stock.

01:23The richest celebrity on Forbes' billionaires list is Steven Spielberg with a $5.3 billion net worth.

01:30He secured his fortune long ago but he first appeared on Forbes' list for the wealthiest Americans in 1994.

01:37In addition to his film earnings, Spielberg has negotiated to get 2% of ticket sales at Universal theme parks in perpetuity.

01:45Read all about the celebrities at Forbes.com.

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