What a joy for otakus all over the world! The world's richest celebrity isn't a famous singer/songwriter/producer/athlete turned makeup line entrepreneur – he's a fucking nerd who created the greatest fictional world of all time. We wish Kim Kardashian and Michael Jordan had come up with lightsabers instead of doing what they've always done. I mean, if Oppenheimer is a cinematic champion to Jeff D. Lowe, what the hell does that mean to me?!
Here's the complete list, courtesy of Forbes:
1. George Lucas ($5.5 billion)
2. Steven Spielberg ($4.8B)
3. Michael Jordan ($3.2 billion)
4. Oprah Winfrey ($2.8 billion)
5. Jay-Z ($2.5 billion)
6. Kim Kardashian ($1.7 billion)
7. Peter Jackson ($1.5 billion)
8. Rihanna and Tyler Perry ($1.4 billion)
9. Tiger Woods ($1.3 billion)
10. LeBron James, Magic Johnson, Dick Wolf ($1.2 billion)
11. Taylor Swift ($1.1 billion)
Some notes about this list:
～Meet George Lucas and Steven Spielberg～ Crazy kids who took a chance in the 70s/80s – Great to be on the list of richest living celebrities. They did.
Murray Close. Getty Images.-George Lucas is almost double michael jordan money (More than 3 times more money than Kim Kardashian and more than 5 times more money than Taylor Swift) It's crazy. I had no idea he had such thoughts, especially after all the donations to charity and building museums….
That makes sense. Mothafuckas bought Star Wars toys. That's for sure.
– A name you weren't expecting? Peter Jackson and Dick Wolf from Law & Order. Again, as you can see by actually looking at their resumes, I think of them every day on the same level as names like Michael Jordan, Jay-Z, Oprah, and Taylor Swift. Not that there are.
Good for George though. This is another indicator that geeks will be running the world in 2024, and I don't see that changing anytime soon.
If you haven't seen it yet, check out “American Graffiti” on Netflix this week. This is the great pre-Star Wars George Lucas movie starring Ron Howard/Harrison Ford/Richard Dreyfuss.
