Production power station Tyler Perry landed on the Forbes billionaires list for the first time, with $ 1 billion. The prolific filmmaker behind the Made it franchise, A Fall of Grace and recently announced A Jazzman’s Blues – both for Netflix – is billionaire no. 2 677.
TV series from Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta include Sistas and The oval. He’s working on it All the queen’s men for BET +, the streaming service joint venture between Perry and ViacomCBS.
Perry joins Kanye West and Kim Kardashian – who happen to be in the middle of a divorce – among 493 additions to Forbes’ 35th annual list, which totals 2,755 billionaires – 660 more than a year ago. Musician and entrepreneur Kanye West, who has a multi-year deal to design sneaker brand Yeezy for Adidas, is number one billionaire with $ 1.8 billion. Kim Kardashian West, who turned the reality TV star into a fortune with a mobile game, cosmetics and recently shapewear, is 2,674 with $ 1 billion.
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Jeff Bezos, worth $ 177 billion, is the fourth consecutive list. Elon Musk, who briefly passed Bezos during the year when Tesla shares rose, is number two with $ 151 billion. Bernard Arnault, CEO of LVMH Must Hennessy – Louis Vuitton, is rounded off by the leaders. Microsoft founder Bill Gates; Mark Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg; Berkshire Hathaway Founder, Warren Buffett; Orry founder Larry Ellison; Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin; and Mukesh Ambani, chairman of India’s Reliance Group.
All in all, the billionaires are worth $ 13.1 billion – up from $ 8 billion in 2020, Forbes said. Most – 724 – were in the US, followed by China (Hong Kong and Macao included) with 698. Forbes used share prices and exchange rates from March 5 to determine the net worth.
Others in the American media and entertainment space include:
-Michael Bloomberg, no. 20 with $ 59 billion
-Rupert Murdoch and family, no. 71 with $ 23.5 billion
-Donald Newhouse, no. 109 with $ 17.6 billion
-Jack Dorsey, no. 173 with $ 12.5 billion
-Charlie Ergen, no. 241 with $ 9.6 billion
-David Geffen, no. 245 with $ 9.5 billion
-John Malone, no. 316 with $ 7.8 billion
-George Lucas, no. 339 with $ 7.4 billion
-Charles Dolan and family, no. 440 with $ 6.1 billion
-Clive Calder, no. 502 with $ 5.5 billion
-Reed Hastings, no. 550 with $ 5.1 billion
-Barry Diller, no. 680 with $ 4.2 billion
-Steven Spielberg, no. 807 with $ 3.7 billion
-Arnon Milchan, no. 891 with $ 3.4 billion
-Haim Saban, no. 1,008 with $ 3 billion
-Oprah Winfrey, no. 1,174 with $ 2.7 billion
-Ted Turner, no. 1,362 with $ 2.3 billion
-Brian Roberts, no. 1,664 at $ 1.9 billion
-Jay-Z, no. 2,141 with $ 1.4 billion
-Thomas Tull, no. 2,378 at $ 1.2 billion
Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss (the identical twins in The social network) was also new on the list at no. 1,008 with $ 3 billion. The brothers founded the Gemini Exchange of Gemini in 2014.
Former President Donald Trump has at no. 1,299 with $ 2.4 billion – less than no. 1 001 last year.