11. Eric Roth
Eric Roth has earned himself an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Forrest Gump and has been credited for his work on a number of Oscar-nominated films like The Insider, Munich and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Hollywood screenwriter has also lost a substantial amount of money to Bernard Madoff’s schemes, but he hasn’t disclosed the actual figure.
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