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hes

t-Ea

rnin

g…SUPERLATIVES

GW

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rese

nts

the

cele

brit

ies

wit

h th

e gr

eate

st a

nnua

l inc

ome

from

1 J

un 2

015

to

1 Ju

n 20

16,

acco

rdin

g to

For

bes.

The

low

est

earn

er li

sted

her

e ha

s an

ann

ual i

ncom

e so

me

500

tim

es g

reat

er

than

the

ave

rage

per

sona

l inc

ome

in t

he U

SA. B

ut f

or o

vera

ll w

ealt

h, o

ne m

an s

till

lead

s th

e pa

ck…

$6

0–$

75 m

Dav

id C

opp

erfie

ld

(US

A) e

arn

ed a

n es

tim

ated

$6

4 m

(£

43

.8 m

) in

2015

–16

. M

ost

of h

is

inco

me

com

es

from

his

lon

g-ru

nn

ing

show

in

Las

Veg

as,

Nev

ada,

US

A.

Dis

c J

ocke

y $

63

m

DJ

Cal

vin

Har

ris

(b. A

dam

W

iles,

UK

) ear

ned

$6

3 m

(£

43

.1 m

). H

arri

s h

ad

top

ped

th

e h

igh

est-

earn

ing

DJ

list

for

th

e p

revi

ous

two

year

s as

wel

l.

Mag

icia

n$

64

m

Dow

nlo

ad t

his

post

er: g

uinn

essw

orld

reco

rds.

com

/20

18

Act

or

$6

4.5

m

Wre

stle

r-tu

rned

-act

or

Dw

ayn

e J

ohn

son

(US

A,

aka

“Th

e R

ock”

) ear

ned

an

est

imat

ed $

64

.5 m

(£

44

.1 m

). S

an A

nd

reas

(U

SA

, 20

15) a

nd

Dis

ney

’s M

oan

a (U

SA

, 20

16) a

re t

wo

of t

he

mov

ies

to w

hic

h h

e le

nt

his

tal

ents

in

that

per

iod

.

Cou

ntr

y m

usi

c st

ar

Gar

th B

rook

s (U

SA

) ea

rned

$70

m (£

47.9

m)

from

Jun

20

15 t

o J

un 2

016

. His

inco

me

was

b

oost

ed c

onsi

der

ably

by

pro

fits

from

his

co

meb

ack

tou

r, w

hic

h en

tere

d it

s th

ird

year

in

Sep

20

16.

Mu

sici

an (m

ale)

$

70 m

RIC

HE

ST

PE

RS

ON

– $

86

.9 B

NN

o on

e h

as g

reat

er a

ccum

ulat

ed w

ealt

h th

an B

ill G

ates

(aka

Will

iam

H G

ates

III,

US

A).

A c

o-fo

unde

r of M

icro

soft

, Gat

es w

as t

he

wea

lthi

est

man

aliv

e in

199

5–20

07,

aga

in

in 2

00

9, a

nd

has

bee

n si

nce

20

14. A

s of

3

Apr

20

17, h

is f

ortu

ne s

tood

at $

86.

9 bn

(£

69.1

bn).

Sin

ce 1

999,

he

and

his

wif

e ha

ve

helm

ed t

he B

ill &

Mel

inda

Gat

es F

ound

atio

n,

whi

ch a

ims

to li

ft m

illio

ns o

f peo

ple

out

of

pove

rty,

wit

h a

focu

s on

elim

inat

ing

HIV

, m

alar

ia a

nd

oth

er in

fect

ious

dis

ease

s.

TV

per

son

alit

y (f

emal

e) –

$75

m

Elle

n D

eGen

eres

(U

SA

) – T

V s

tar,

actr

ess

and

hos

t of

h

er o

wn

self

-tit

led

chat

sh

ow s

ince

20

03

– ea

rned

an

esti

mat

ed $

75 m

(£

51.3

m).

> $

20

m

Gis

ele

Bü

nd

chen

(B

RA

) mad

e $

30

.5 m

(£

20.8

m) i

n th

e ye

ar t

o J

un

2016

. A

lon

gsi

de

dea

ls

wit

h th

e lik

es o

f C

han

el, B

ün

dch

en

own

s sk

inca

re a

nd

ling

erie

ran

ges

. Th

ese

con

tin

ue

to

boo

st h

er in

com

e,

des

pit

e th

e fa

ct t

hat

sh

e re

tire

d fr

om

mod

ellin

g in

20

15.

Ind

ia’s

Sh

ah R

ukh

Kh

an –

ak

a S

RK

– ea

rned

$3

3 m

(£

22.

5 m

) in

2015

–16

. S

ince

deb

uti

ng

in

Dee

wan

a (I

ND

, 19

92)

, h

e h

as a

pp

eare

d in

m

ore

than

80

film

s an

d co

nti

nu

es t

o en

joy

lead

rol

es in

h

it m

ovie

s su

ch a

s D

ilwal

e (I

ND

, 20

15).

Wit

h a

stri

ng

of

reco

rds

to h

is n

ame,

incl

udin

g th

e fa

stes

t 10

0 m

an

d 2

00

m, U

sain

Bol

t (J

AM

) h

as a

lso

seen

his

inco

me

esca

late

. Aro

und

$3

0 m

(£

20.5

m) o

f his

$32

.5-m

(£

22.2

-m) e

arn

ing

s ca

me

from

en

dor

sem

ents

. H

is b

igg

est

spon

sor

is

Pu

ma,

fro

m w

hom

he

earn

ed m

ore

than

$

10 m

(£6

.8 m

).

TV

act

ress

$

43

m

For

the

fifth

yea

r in

a r

ow, M

oder

n Fa

mily

sta

r S

ofía

V

erg

ara

(CO

L) is

th

e to

p-e

arn

ing

TV

act

ress

, wit

h an

est

imat

ed in

com

e of

$4

3 m

(£2

9.4

m).

Mod

el

$3

0 m

Bol

lyw

ood

acto

r

$3

3 m

Trac

k at

hle

te$

32

.5 m

Jim

Par

son

s (U

SA

), s

tar

of

CB

S s

itco

m T

he

Big

Ban

g Th

eory

(in

wh

ich

he

pla

ys

Sh

eld

on C

oop

er),

ear

ned

an

est

imat

ed $

22.

5 m

(£

15.4

m),

mak

ing

him

th

e ye

ar’s

top

-ear

nin

g T

V a

ctor

for

th

e se

con

d ye

ar in

su

cces

sion

.

TV

act

or $

22

.5 m

> $

90

m

Dea

d ce

leb

rity

$

82

5 m

The

“Kin

g of

Pop

” liv

es

on –

fin

anci

ally

, at

leas

t.

Mic

hae

l Jac

kson

(U

SA

, 19

58

–20

09)

ear

ned

$

825

m (£

63

6 m

) an

d h

as t

opp

ed F

orb

es’ T

op-

Ear

nin

g D

ead

Cel

ebri

ties

lis

t si

nce

20

12–1

3.

Au

thor

$

95

m

The

top-

earn

ing

auth

or in

20

16 w

as c

rim

e-th

rille

r wri

ter

Jam

es P

atte

rson

(US

A),

wit

h es

tim

ated

an

nua

l ear

nin

gs

of $

95 m

(£6

5 m

). Th

is a

lso

mak

es h

im t

he

hig

hes

t-ea

rnin

g liv

ing

cele

bri

ty

(mal

e, c

urr

ent)

.

CE

O

$13

1.2

m

In 2

015

–16

, Joh

n H

amm

erg

ren

(US

A) e

arn

ed

$13

1.19

m (£

89.

79 m

). H

e is

pre

sid

ent,

ch

airm

an

and

CEO

of M

cKes

son

Cor

pora

tion

, wh

ich

spec

ializ

es in

hea

lth

care

, med

ical

te

chn

olog

y an

d p

har

mac

euti

cals

.

On

e D

irec

tion

(U

K/I

RL)

ea

rned

an

esti

mat

ed

$11

0 m

(£75

.2 m

). M

ost

of t

hei

r in

com

e ca

me

from

th

e 20

15

On

the

Roa

d A

gai

n To

ur.

The

boy

ban

d ar

e cu

rren

tly

on h

iatu

s.

Ban

d

$11

0 m

Cel

ebri

ty

$17

0 m

Tayl

or S

wif

t (U

SA

) h

asn’

t re

leas

ed a

n al

bu

m s

ince

20

14, b

ut

the

pop

icon

’s T

he

198

9 W

orld

Tou

r g

ross

ed

$25

0 m

(£16

4.8

m),

b

oost

ing

her

ea

rnin

gs

to $

170

m

(£11

6.3

m).

Th

at’s

m

ore

than

dou

ble

h

er 2

015

inco

me.

Bri

tish

F1

star

Le

wis

Ham

ilton

ea

rned

$4

6 m

(£

31.4

m),

of

wh

ich

$4

2 m

(£28

.7 m

) ca

me

from

ra

ce w

inn

ing

s.

Ham

ilton

se

cure

d h

is t

hir

d F1

ch

amp

ion

ship

in

20

15.

Form

ula

On

e d

rive

r $

46

m

Bes

t kn

own

for

star

rin

g ro

les

in

lucr

ativ

e fr

anch

ises

Th

e H

un

ger

Gam

es a

nd

X-M

en, U

S a

ctre

ss

Jen

nif

er L

awre

nce

to

ok h

ome

arou

nd

$4

6 m

(£31

.4 m

) in

2015

–16

.

Film

act

ress

$4

6 m

Car

olin

a P

anth

ers

qu

arte

rbac

k C

am

New

ton

(US

A) e

arn

ed

$5

3 m

(£3

6.2

m) i

n th

e 12

mon

ths

to J

un

2016

. U

nu

sual

ly f

or a

sp

orts

st

ar, m

ost

of N

ewto

n’s

earn

ing

s ($

41.

1 m

; £

28.1

m) c

ame

from

h

is s

alar

y an

d g

ame

win

nin

gs.

“J

ust

” $

12 m

(£

8.2

m) c

ame

from

en

dor

sem

ents

.

Bes

t kn

own

for

his

cu

linar

y T

V s

how

s su

ch a

s H

ell’s

K

itch

en, M

aste

rCh

ef

US

A a

nd

Ram

say’

s K

itch

en N

igh

tmar

es,

Gor

don

Ram

say

(UK

) ea

rned

ap

pro

xim

atel

y $

54

m (£

36

.9 m

).

Ch

ef

$5

4 m

Am

eric

an f

ootb

all

pla

yer

– $

53

m

Kim

Kar

das

hia

n W

est

(US

A) e

arn

ed $

51 m

(£

34

.9 m

). M

uch

of

th

is in

com

e ca

me

from

her

mob

ile

gam

e K

im K

ard

ash

ian

: H

olly

woo

d, w

hic

h m

ade

$71

.8 m

(£5

8.3

m) i

n 20

15 a

lon

e.

Rea

lity

TV

sta

r

$5

1 m

$4

5–$

60

m

“Sh

ock

jock

” H

owar

d S

tern

(U

SA

) en

joye

d an

inco

me

of $

85

m

(£5

8.1

m).

In D

ec 2

015

, Ste

rn

ann

oun

ced

that

he

had

sig

ned

a

new

five

-yea

r d

eal w

ith

rad

io s

tati

on S

iriu

s X

M.

Rad

io h

ost

$

85

m

Bas

ketb

all p

laye

r

$77

m

Com

edia

n

$8

7.5

m

Kevi

n H

art (

US

A) p

laye

d m

ore

than

10

0 li

ve s

how

s, e

ach

wit

h an

ave

rage

gro

ss o

f mor

e th

an $

1 m

(£6

84

,45

3),

hel

pin

g h

im t

o an

nu

al e

arn

ing

s of

$

87.

5 m

(£59

.8 m

).

Cu

rren

tly

wit

h th

e C

leve

lan

d C

aval

iers

, Le

Bro

n J

ames

(U

SA

) ea

rned

an

esti

mat

ed $

77 m

(£

52.

7 m

). A

rou

nd

$5

4 m

(£

36

.9 m

) of

this

cam

e fr

om a

ran

ge

of h

igh

-en

d en

dor

sem

ents

wit

h b

ran

ds

such

as

Nik

e, C

oca-

Col

a an

d S

amsu

ng

.

Tied

wit

h D

r P

hil

in

Forb

es’ l

ist

of

the

hig

hes

t ea

rner

s is

Rea

l Mad

rid

sup

erst

ar C

rist

ian

o R

onal

do

(PR

T).

Som

e $

32

m (£

21.

9 m

) of

his

ea

rnin

gs

cam

e fr

om

end

orse

men

t d

eals

–

not

ably

wit

h N

ike.

Ath

lete

$

88

m

TV

per

son

alit

y $

88

m

Am

eric

an

tele

visi

on s

tar

Dr

Ph

il M

cGra

w

– b

est

know

n fo

r h

is C

BS

tal

k sh

ow

Dr.

Ph

il –

earn

ed a

n es

tim

ated

$8

8 m

(£

60

.2 m

) in

2015

–16

.

$75

–$9

0 m