Kim Kardashian

In 2007, Kim Kardashian and Her whole Kardashian family appeared in E! reality TV, Keeping Up With the Kardashians, which runs successfully to present and since the show, Kim has capitalized on her growing fame and social media presence that bloated her bank. Forbes reports that from 2014 to 2016, her Kim Kardashian: Hollywood mobile game generated $160 million in revenue to mean that an avatar Kim is making the real Kim $45 million richer and landed her on the cover of Forbes magazine. In 2017, Kim investment in makeup proved promising as Time reports that she made $14.4 million from selling kits in a matter of hours!! No, not bad at all.

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

This Danish actor, producer and screenwriter, who became widely known for his TV credit role as Jaime Lannister, Cersei’s twin brother, lover and father of her children, in the HBO fantasy TV drama series, Game of Thrones. His engaging character as a notorious knight who later on in the series was revealed to stem out from his real values of doing the necessary evil for the greater good, has captured the heart of the series followers. And for his hot and cold role, he gets a whopping One Million Two Hundred Thousand dollars ($1.2 M) per episode for the series than ran from 2011 to 2019. His rumoured net worth by the way is at around Sixteen Million dollars ($16 M).

50 Cent

Rapper 50 Cent who’s real name is Curtis Jackson III has this genuine love for Vitaminwater. And in 2004, being a healthy enthusiast that he is, he turned this passion into a lucrative personal investment. With the help of business partner, they were able come up with a good deal of being the face of the product in exchange for a 10% interest in the company. Come 2007, Vitaminwater’s parent company, Glaceau, was purchased by Coca-cola and since, it has exponentially increased 50 Cent’s income. In his The Washington Post interview, the rapper reported to pocket between $60 to $100 million in the sale and has brought up his net worth to half a billion dollars. Unfortunately in 2015, the rapper filed for bankruptcy for a $36 million debt with only $20 million in asset. However in 2017, he was able to pay off everything ahead of schedule and with remaining net worth still at around $20 million.

Bethenny Frankel

Bethenny Frankel of the Real Housewives of New York is a sharp businesswoman in her own right. In 2011, Frankel sold her Skinnygirl liquor business to Beam Suntory for a reported $100 million as reported by Forbes. But instead of just enjoying the lump sum amount, she was able to make a deal of still owning the rights to the brand and get the continuous pay outs in every sale. Now that is quite a return of investment money put in! In her 2016 interview with Forbes, she said, “It would be great for Beam to sell Skinnygirl shot glasses as a complement to the cocktail, But they can’t. Only I can.” In classic Housewives style, she added: “What’s the point of being on TV if you don’t have something to sell?” After all, she still owns the brand after selling it right? And that’s how a Real Housewife does business.

George Clooney

In 2017, CNN reports that Casamigos, a tequila brand owned by George Clooney was sold to Diageo for $1 billion. And it’s not ridiculous at all, to think that they had just launched this liquor company, Clooney and two other partners in 2013. For it to have a worth of $1 billion in a span of 4 years is not so much of a wonder, didn’t take much investment planning too! After all, Clooney did own it and he has it all; the looks, talents and an intelligent wife, two beautiful kids, and a good career with a business foresight that works as he will still be very much involved with Casamigos.

Matt Damon

From his 2016 movie, Jason Bourne, and for the title role of Jason Bourne, he was paid Twenty Five Million dollars ($25M). Matt Damon has always been a Hollywood big shot celebrity since the 90s. So it’s no surprise he gets paid big even for only 25 lines delivered in this movie! Also, for a 20 seconds Nespresso ad, he took home a $3 million check and it was just only aired in UK. That commercial credit score, he co-starred with George Clooney, must’ve been like a coffee date for the two except they both walk out a few more millions richer!

Brad Pitt

From a movie credit role in the 2019 comedy-drama, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Brad Pitt earned a pay check worth Ten Million dollars ($10 M). The movie had a large ensemble of US and UK Hollywood casts who starred alongside Pitt. Among him were, Leonardo DiCaprio, Margot Robbie, Emile Hirsch, Margaret Qualley, Timothy Olyphant, Austin Butler, Dakota Fanning, Bruce Dern and Al Pacino. The film sets in 1969 Los Angeles, following the life of an actor and his stunt double, as they travail the ever evolving film industry, also in the movie are featured and highlighted storylines to give tribute to the final moments of Hollywood’s golden age.

Emily Blunt

For the upcoming American horror film credit, A Quiet Place 2, Emily Blunt, an award winning British-American actress, is set to get a fat pay check of Twelve to Thirteen Million dollars ($ 12 – 13 M). The movie is a sequel to the first film in 2018, A Quiet Place, which she also starred and still written and directed by Blunt’s husband, John Krasinski. The same movie has grossed worldwide at Three Hundred Forty Million and Nine Hundred Thousand dollars ($ 340.9 M). The sequel is scheduled to be released in theatres on March 20, 2020 against a christian biographical drama film, I Still Believe.

Gal Gadot

For a title role of the upcoming American superhero film credit, Wonder Woman 1984, Gal Gadot, an Israeli actress and model, is set to earn a check of Ten Million dollars ($ 10 M). The movie is based on DC Comics character, Wonder Woman, and a sequel to 2017’s Wonder Woman making it the 9th instalment in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). With the previous movie grossing at Eight Hundred Twenty One Million dollars ($821 M) worldwide, even with Gal’s first solo experience, fans expect nothing less on this film as Warner Bros. Pictures scheduled its release in RealD 3D, Dolby Cinema, IMAX and IMAX 3D on June 5, 2020.

Dwayne Johnson

From the 2019 American action film The Fast and the Furious franchise, Hobbs & Shaw, Dwayne Johnson also known by his World Wrestling Federation (WWF) ring name, The Rock, earned Twenty Million dollars ($20 M) for the reprising movie credit role of Luke Hobbs. The film, known as Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw internationally, is a spin-off of the franchise from the main series. The latest Fast and Furious movie was theatrically released in the United States on August 2, 2019, grossed at $758 million worldwide and ranked eighth highest-grossing film of 2019. Johnson, on the other hand, is yet again included in Time’s 100 Most Influential people in the World, not only in 2016, but also of 2019.