9 Celebrities Turned Successful Entrepreneurs

4. Paul Newman (Estimated net worth: $600 million)

Paul Leonard Newman is known for his Academy Award-winning role in “The Color of Money.” Not only that, he is one of the four actors who have been nominated for an Oscar in five different decades. It’s an accomplishment he shares with Jack Nicholson, Michael Caine, and Laurence Olivier. He won Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival for “The Long Hot Summer.” Aside from being a film legend, he is also known as “the man with the most famous blue eyes in movie history.”

In 1982, Newman founded his food company called Newman’s Own. They initially began selling salad dressing which later on expanded to pasta sauce, salsa, popcorn, lemonade, wine, and more. What’s more impressive is that he donates all his company’s after-tax earnings to charity. His total giving as of January 2016 has amounted to $460 million. In 2008, Newman passed away at the age of 83 due to lung cancer. At the time of his death, the actor’s estate was valued at over $600 million. For all of his acting and charity legacy, Newman truly deserves a spot in our list of 9 celebrities turned successful entrepreneurs.