George Lucas tops the list of richest celebrities
Star Wars creator George Lucas once again topped the list of richest celebrities. According to Forbes, Lucas's personal fortune reached $ 5.5 billion in 2017. Recall that in 2012, the director sold his Lucasmovie studio and the entire Star Wars franchise to Walt Disney. The deal was valued at $ 4.1 billion. Since then, Lucas stopped receiving royalties from the exploitation of images and plots invented by him, but this did not affect the growth of his well-being. Steven Spielberg, a close friend and partner of George Lucas, was in second place on the list, whose fortune increased up to $ 3.6 billion. In addition to, in fact, cinematographic activity, Spielberg is successfully engaged in business. In particular, in 2016, he sold his DreamWorks Animation studio to Comcast Corporation for several billion dollars. Popular American TV presenter Oprah Winfrey, whose fortune is estimated at $ 2.8 billion, closes the top three. Winfrey earned most of this amount from her own show. The fourth place with a fortune of $ 1.4 billion was taken by the legendary basketball player Michael Jordan, and the fifth place was taken by the illusionist David Copperfield, who earned $ 875 million. The Topic of Article: George Lucas tops the list of richest celebrities. |
