George Lucas topped the ranking of the richest celebrities in the United States
Forbes magazine has published an annual list of the richest stars of the United States. Thanks to the Disney company, the first place in this rating was taken by the creator of the Star Wars saga, George Lucas, whose fortune has grown to 5.5 billion US dollars this year.
At the end of each year, Forbes publishes a ranking of the richest celebrities in the United States. The distribution of seats takes into account the income of the stars' companies and the value of their real estate and art objects. According to the approved rules, only US citizens who "got rich because of their fame, and did not become famous because of their wealth," can get into the coveted list.
The first in 2017 was director George Lucas, who in 2012 sold his company Lucasfilm for $ 4.05 billion to the conglomerate The Walt Disney Company along with the rights to the fantastic saga "Star Wars".
Since 2016, his fortune has increased by a billion dollars and this year is estimated at 5.5 billion.
On the second line is another cult director — Steven Spielberg. The fortune of the author of the Indiana Jones saga is estimated at $ 3.6 billion.
The third place was taken by TV presenter and founder of her own TV company OWN (The Oprah Winfrey Network) Oprah Winfrey with a capital of $ 2.8 billion.
In addition to them, the top 10 richest famous people according to Forbes magazine included: rapper and music producer Sean Combs ($ 820 million), golfer Tiger Woods ($750 million), another rapper Andre Romell Young, better known by the stage name Dr. Dre (740 million), and a writer in genres thriller and detective James Patterson (730 million).