Forbes Richest People 2024: George Lucas, the first person on the list+ family photos
Forbes Richest People 2024: Much like his futuristic Star Wars film franchise, director George Lucas has accumulated a bank balance so fantastical to most it might as well belong in a galaxy far, far away.
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Forbes Richest People 2024
Forbes Richest People 2024: The celebrated director, 79, tops the annual Forbes list of celebrity billionaires with a $5.5billion fortune, despite his filmmaking career effectively ending in 2005 with the release of science fiction epic Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge Of The Sith.
Lucas, who has since worked as an executive producer on the recently concluded Indiana Jones franchise, earned his money largely through production company LucasFilm – sold to Disney in 2012 for a reported $4 billion in cash and stock.
Forbes Richest People 2024: The American filmmaker tops an impressive list that includes close friend and fellow new wave director Steven Spielberg, basketball legend Michael Jordan, talk show queen Oprah Winfrey and rapper Jay-Z.
Spielberg sits in second place with a $4.8billion thanks to an impressive résumé of blockbuster films that includes Jurassic Park, Schindler’s List, Saving Private Ryan and Warhorse – despite insisting he hasn’t taken a salary since the mid-1980s.
The director, 77, has instead negotiated a percentage of the gross sales from each of his films while also taking a generous financial slice from tickets sold at Universal theme parks, courtesy of the enduringly popular Indiana Jones franchise.
Forbes Richest People 2024: Universal Orlando had previously hosted the Jaws ride, based on Spielberg’s 1975 classic about a marauding killer shark, before it was permanently closed in 2011.
The director’s last film, The Fabelmans, grossed $45.6million worldwide from a budget of $40million.
Further down the list American sporting icon Michael Jordan sits in third place, having amassed $3.2billion from a variety of business endeavors.
The 61-year old former basketball player was named the world’s first billionaire athlete in 2015, but much of his extraordinary wealth comes from lucrative brand partnerships.
Jordan has earned more than $1.8 billion from his popular Nike Air Jordan brand, while buying the Charlotte Hornets NBA team for $175 million in 2010 earned hi ma massive profit in 2023 when it was sold for $3billion.
Directly beneath Jordan, Oprah Winfrey, 70, occupies fourth place with a $2.8billion fortune, earned through a combination of media work and canny real estate investments.
Winfrey, who became the first black female billionaire in 2003, has developed her brand into a lucrative empire that encompasses property and her own production company.
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