In this article we are going to list the 5 richest actors in the world. For a detailed coverage of this topic and a more comprehensive list please take a look at the 15 richest actors in the world.
5. George Clooney
Total earnings: $239 million
All of the top 5 richest actors in the world have earned a huge part of their fortune from businesses and George Clooney is no exception. A legendary actor in his own right, George Clooney sold his tequila company Casamigos to Diageo plc (NYSE:DEO) which earned the actor $239 million.
4. Reese Witherspoon
Total earnings: $440 million
The richest actress in the world by a country mile, Reese Witherspoon started her own production company over a decade ago which produced successful blockbusters including Gone Girl. She sold a majority stake in a more recent production company Hello Sunshine to a media company backed by Blackstone in a deal which valued the company at $900 million.
3. Ryan Reynolds
Total earnings: $493.5 million
Ryan Reynolds is easily one of the most popular actors out there, and while he’s earned tens of millions of dollars in recent years for movies such as Red Notice and Six Feet Under, his major earnings come from selling Mint Mobile to T-Mobile US, Inc. (NASDAQ:TMUS) which earned Reynolds $300 million, according to the BBC. He also sold his gin company Aviation Gin for $610 million to Diageo plc (NYSE:DEO), a move which earned him an additional $122 million, of which $67 million was a direct result of the sale and an additional $55 million in milestone payments.
2. Dwayne Johnson
Total earnings: $570.9 million
Dwayne Johnson started out as one of the most popular wrestlers in history in World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:WWE). He then moved on in an attempt to become a movie star and while it took a while to become the face of major blockbusters, Dwayne Johnson has been in every Forbes highest paid actors list since 2018. However, the vast chunk of his earnings in 2022 came from his tequila brand Teremana, considered to be the fastest growing tequila of all-time. which crossed 1 million cases sold in June 2023, just three years after its launch. Recent rifts behind the scenes in movie franchises seem to have hurt Dwayne Johnson’s invincible image, though it remains to be seen how this pans out.
1. Kim Kardashian
Total earnings: $1.8 billion
Topping the list of the 15 richest actors in the world is Kim Kardashian. More a social media personality than an actor, she has starred in Keeping up with the Kardashians for over a decade, and used that popularity to establish a massive empire. Among the businesses owned by Kardashian are KKW Fragrance and KKW Beauty, in addition to foundation garment company Skims, which was established in 2019. While she is known as being famous for being famous, it cannot be denied that she has used this fame to achieve generational wealth.
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