$550 Million
Simon Cowell is a British music executive and television producer who has a net worth of $550 million. Simon Cowell was born in Lambeth, London, England on October 7, 1959. When you total up all of Simon's various business venture incomes, his annual salary regularly exceeds $95 million.
After a smattering of odd jobs in his youth, Simon went to work for his father, Eric Philip Cowell, who was an executive at EMI Music Publishing. Initially starting out in the mail room, Simon worked his way up at the company before leaving to form his own label, E&S Music. He then went work at a company called Fanfare Records for eight years until its parent company was sold to BMG. Cowell then formed another label of his own called S-Records.
No.4: Shahrukh Khan Net Worth:
$600 Million
Best known as “The King of Bollywood”, awarding-winning Indian film actor, Shahrukh Khan, has an estimated net worth of $600 million. With over 80 Hindi films in his acting career, along with many other business ventures on the side, Khan is considered as India’s richest actor.
A fourteen-time Filmfare Awards winner, the Bollywood King Shah Rukh Khan, also known as SRK, was awarded the Padma Shri for his outstanding work in Indian films by the Indian government.
SRK is also a grand-television-presenter, a stage performer, and a social activist. He has since become the most successful Indian actor, owning production companies, such as Red Chillies Entertainment and its subsidiaries, and Dreamz Unlimited. He also co-owns Indian Premiere League (IPL) Cricket team Kolkata Knight Riders together with Juhi Chawla and Jay Mehta or Mehta Group.
No.3: Jami Gertz net Worth:
$2 Billion
Jami Gertz is an American actress and philanthropist who has a net worth of $2 billion dollars. Jami Gertz's net worth is mostly derived from her marriage to LA based billionaire Tony Ressler. Ressler is the co-founder of Ares Management which has over $40 billion under management. Ressler is a former owner of the Milwaukee Brewers and was once in the running to purchase the Dodgers.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Jami Gertz attended NYU and began her professional acting career in the early 80s. She first gained notice appearing in such popular 80s programs as "Square Pegs", "Different Strokes", "The Facts of Life", "Family Ties", and "Dreams". In the mid-80s, she began appearing in film projects, including co-starring roles in "Sixteen Candles", "Solarbabies", "Less Than Zero", and "The Lost Boys".
No.2: Oprah Winfrey net Worth:
$3.2 Billion
Oprah Winfrey is a media mogul, television host, and author who has a net worth of $3.2 billion. Oprah Winfrey rose from poverty, abuse, and prejudice to become one of the most influential people on the planet. Today she earns an annual salary of $315 million thanks to her highly lucrative media empire. A dedicated scholar, she excelled at school and earned a scholarship to Tennessee State University.
Her career in media began in her teens when she was hired by a local radio station to announce the news. From there she moved on to television with The Oprah Winfrey Show debuting in 1984. It quickly rose to the number one talk show in Chicago, displacing Phil Donahue. When Oprah began to broadcast nationally two years later, Donahue's show was once again surpassed in ratings.
No.1: Dina Merrill net Worth:
$5 Billion
Dina Merrill is an American heiress, socialite, philanthropist and actress who has a net worth of $5 billion. She attended the prestigious Miss Porter's School and she studied at the George Washington University for a time before dropping out to enroll at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. They divorced in 1966. That same year she married actor Cliff Robertson and had a daughter with him. They divorced in 1986. In 1989, she married actor Ted Hartley.
Dina is one of the wealthiest actress in the world, but it should be noted that the majority of her wealth comes from inheritance. Dina's mother, Marjorie Merriweather Post, was at one time the richest woman in the United States. At the age of 27 in 1914, Marjorie's father died and left her with a $250 million fortune. Her fortune is equal to $5 billion after adjusting for inflation.