World celebrities not only build their careers in the field of cinema, music or television, they participate in socially significant events, are activists of various foundations and organizations. Due to their active life position, many of them have a constant high income.
The American magazine Forbes has once again compiled a list of the highest paid celebrities, estimated from May 2011 to May 2012. For the fourth year in a row, the leading position is occupied by the former TV presenter of the famous author's show Oprah Winfrey. According to the magazine, the 58-year-old TV personality earned $ 165 million in a year. Despite the fact that Oprah no longer hosts her TV show, her own satellite radio station Oprah Radio and the magazine "O" bring her a stable income.
In second place, with a margin of $ 5 million, is Michael Bay, a filmmaker and producer who directed Armageddon, Transformers, and The Rock. His income was $ 160 million.
The third leader is filmmaker Steven Spielberg, his earnings are estimated at $ 130 million. Experts believe that next year Spielberg, if he does not increase his position in the ranking, will definitely not fly out of the top of the list. Stay in it is guaranteed by the films "The Adventures of Tintin" and "War Horse" released on the screen and the upcoming release of "Lincoln" and "Robopocalypse".
The fourth place went to film producer Jerry Bruckheimer, his success was ensured by the release of the film "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides", which grossed over $ 1 billion worldwide. Bruckheimer's income was $ 115 million.
Rapper Dr Dre earned just under $ 115 million. Of these, he received about $ 100 million from HTC, selling her a controlling stake in the company that produces Beats by Dr Dre headphones.
In total, the list included 21 celebrities, as well as director George Lucas, Simon Cowell, British singer Elton John, actor Tom Cruise, singer Britney Spears, media mogul Donald Trump and others.
According to Forbes, most of all celebrities get in the film industry and show business (6 people in each category), on television (4 people), in sports (2 people), 2 people on the radio and 1 in writing.
