Forbes’ List of Highest-Paid Celebrities is Out and We Have a Winner!
Mandatory Credit: Photo by NINA PROMMER/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (10373379ar) Kylie Jenner attends the premiere of Netflix' Travis Scott: Look Mom I Can Fly at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, USA 27 August 2019. The movie traces the Houston rapper's rise to super-stardom, focusing on the months surrounding the release of his album ASTROWORLD and is opening in the US on Netflix 28 August 2019. Premiere of Netflix' Travis Scott: Look Mom I Can Fly, Santa Monica, USA - 27 Aug 2019
New York, 15th November: The famous American publication ‘Forbes’ has announced its list of the world’s highest-paid celebrities of the year 2020 and guess who tops the list?
Baaghi TV: According to reports, socialite, model, businesswoman and social media star Kylie Jenner made it to the top slot, as ‘World’s Highest-Paid Celebrity of the Year 2020’.
Bringing in $590 million, Jenner’s payday came from selling a 51% stake in her cosmetics firm, Kylie Cosmetics to Coty in January.
“While she had exaggerated over the years about the size of her business, the money she pulled in from the deal was real, enough to rank as one of the biggest celebrity cashouts of all time,” reported the American business publication.
As per news from the Dawn Images, Kanye West, US rapper and husband to famous socialite Kim Kardashian, followed in second place with a total of $170 million, who collected most of his earnings from his Yeezy sneakers deal with Adidas.
Roger Federer with a net worth of $106.3 million came third, being the first tennis player to be on the list among athletes.
Cristiano Ronaldo with a sum of $105 million and bagging fourth place, became the first team player to earn $1 billion during his career, with Argentinian footballer Lionel Messi following in fifth.
Director Tyler Perry ($97 million), Neymar ($95.5 million), world’s highest-paid radio host Howard Stern ($90 million) and Four-time NBA MVP LeBron James ($88.2 million) came in sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth on the list respectively.
Number ten was none other than Dwayne Johnson, better known as ‘The Rock’ and who is the world’s highest-paid actor thanks to his big forthcoming films ‘Black Adam’ and ‘Red Notice’.
Three streaming giants distributed $300 million to stars on the list, including Ryan Reynolds (No. 18, $71.5 million), Billie Eilish (No. 43, $53 million) and Jerry Seinfeld (No. 46, $51 million), with Netflix paying out more than two-thirds of that.
The world’s highest-paid celebrities earned a combined $6.1 billion before taxes and fees, a $200 million drop from 2019 after the global pandemic forced lockdowns around the world.
