If Forbes's calculations are correct, the richest celebrity earned so much in the past year that they can afford to bathe in money as well as Scrooge McDuck. Their fees, and so not small, in 2017 grew by another quarter. And more than a dozen of them earned more than $ 100 million last year. If this fact has caused a fit of envy, let it comfort you a little that the taxes paid by celebrities have also increased proportionally.
Here Forbes Top 10 Highest Paid Celebrities of 2018.
10. Cristiano Ronaldo, footballer
Income - $ 108 million.
Football players and musicians are the clear favorites of the top 10 richest celebrities. The ranking opens with Cristiano Ronaldo, a swarthy Portuguese handsome man with big dark eyes, who scores goals with the regularity and regularity of the clockwork.
The past year turned out to be successful for him both on the football field and at the table for business negotiations. The signed contract with Real Madrid should bring him $ 50 million, and the contract with Nike will last until the end of Ronaldo's life and is potentially worth a billion.
But the recently ended 2018 World Cup did not bring any victories to Ronaldo. He only scored a hat-trick in the game with Spain. In the game with Iran, the Portuguese elbow hit his opponent in the face, for which he received a yellow card. After losing to Uruguay, the Portuguese national team dropped out of the championship, and Cristiano went home on the same day with Messi.
9. Ed Sheeran, pop musician, actor
Income - $ 110 million.
This red-haired Englishman at the age of 27 earned 110 million dollars in 2017. The career of the young man has rapidly gone uphill since the time he was noticed by Taylor Swift, and since then he has smoothly and confidently climbed the musical (and highly paid) Olympus, until he sat down on its top in splendid isolation. Currently, he is considered to be paid the most of all solo artists.
8. Lionel Messi, footballer
Income - $ 111 million.
And from the musician again we pass to the footballers. Lionel Messi is not only one of the richest celebrities in the world, but also the owner of one of the the most powerful kicks in football... He made his name in the golden tablets of football, becoming the first person in the world to score 100 goals in international matches, and last year he renewed his contract with Bareselona. Thanks to this agreement, Messi will receive $ 80 million annually over the next 5 years. And if you add contracts with manufacturers of sportswear, drinks and a Chinese smartphone company, a nice sum of 111 million dollars comes in.
An interesting fact: all of Lionel's contracts are still signed by his dad, who is the head of the Messi Foundation.
7. Coldplay, a music group
Income - $ 115.5 million.
Alternative rock has long moved from garages to the stage and turned into a goose that lays the golden eggs. You just need to submit it correctly. The British band Coldplay knows how to do it - it's not for nothing that their last tour brought in so much money that The Rolling Stones (once their tour fees were an unattainable peak for musicians) are probably turning green with envy.
6.U2, music group
Income - $ 118 million.
This Irish rock band is doing great. The recipe for good money: revive one of the old albums (already in 1987); season with nostalgia; to create the illusion among the ageless veterans that they are young again, playful and sexy - and voila! $ 118 million in a pocket.
5. Dwayne Johnson, actor
Income - $ 124 million.
On the list of the richest stars of 2018, among football players and musicians, "The Rock" stands proudly - Dwayne Johnson, a former wrestler and current profitable actor. The reason for the $ 124 million received in 2017 is two films, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and Skyscraper. By the way, the last film has just been released. You can see with your own eyes what the actor is paid for.
4. Judith Sheindlin, TV presenter
Income - 147 million dollars.
In fourth place on the list of famous and rich is American TV presenter Judith Sheindlin, who earned $ 147 million last year. Who would have thought that a legal show would become so popular. From 1996 to the present day, Judith confidently cuts coupons from him. Journalists have already dubbed her contract with an American television company, signed in 2017, "crazy", "incredible" and "obscene." Because you can't be so rich in the world!
3. Kylie Jenner, fashion model
Income - 166.5 million dollars.
The most popular of the Kardashian Family shows is obviously Kim; its outstanding fifth point seems to be known to everyone in all corners of the globe. But the richest of the famous family is Kylie Jenner. Starting with a modeling career, she got into reality TV and then developed her own line of cosmetics, Kylie Cosmetics.
Despite the scandal that erupted last year (an independent cosmetics firm accused Kylie of stealing their designs), Kylie earned $ 166.5 million from powders, rubbing and lotions.
2. George Clooney, actor
Income - $ 239 million
Money to one of the most beautiful actors in the world brought not the main profession, but the sale of the tequila company. Casamigos was founded by Clooney with businessman Randy Gerber and actor Michael Meldman.
George earned 239 million dollars selling alcohol business. And the total amount of the transaction was equal to 700 million dollars.
1. Floyd Mayweather, boxer
Income - $ 285 million.
Are boxers becoming a trend, displacing football players from the sports throne? The epic fight of Floyd, the never-defeated featherweight boxer, against Conor McGregor brought the winner (it is clear that he was Floyd) $ 275 million. Where he got another 10 million dollars, Forbes does not specify.