The Richest Oscar Winners of All Time

Random Celebrity Article By Brian Warner on February 24, 2013

On Sunday Seth MacFarlane will entertain millions of people around the world as the host of the 85th annual Academy Awards. Winning an Oscar is every entertainer's penultimate dream come true. Every year The Academy hands out Oscars to Hollywood's finest actors, writers, directors, singers, producers and everything in between. These same entertainers also happen to be some of the wealthiest and highest paid people on the planet. People have spent decades making tons of money and reaching the highest levels of success, but without an Oscar still feel like a failure. So who are the richest Oscar winners of all time?

Soon after publishing this article, a reader correctly pointed out that Paul McCartney and Oprah Winfrey were missing from our original list. McCartney won as a Beatle in 1971 for the song "Let it Be" from the movie of the same title and Oprah was given a Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 2011. Here are some more interesting facts we learned from our list of the richest Oscar winners:

Richest Oscar Winners Fun Facts:

1) They have a combined net worth of more than $18 billion.
2) Only 4 out of the 25 winners are women.
3) Ten of the 25 winners are musicians.
4) 21 out of the 25 are still living.
5) Being an actor is clearly not enough. In order to make this list you needed to produce, direct or compose something spectacular.

The 20 Richest Oscar Winners of all Time

The Richest Oscar Winners of All Time

#25: Robert Redford – Net Worth $170 Million
#24: Robert De Niro – Net Worth $185 Million
#23: Michael Douglas – Net Worth $200 Million (Producer of "One Flew over the Cukoo's Nest", Best Actor in "Wall Street")
#22: Lionel Richie – Net Worth $200 Million (Best Original Song "Say You, Say Me" from "White Nights")
#21 : Bruce Springsteen – Net Worth $200 Million (Best Original Song, "Streets of Philadelphia" from "Philadelphia")
#20: Phil Collins – Net Worth $250 Million
#19 : Prince – Net Worth $250 Million (Best Original Song Score "Purple Rain")
#18: Sean Connery – Net Worth $300 Million
#17: Cher – Net Worth $305 Million
#16: Quincy Jones – Net Worth $310 Million
#15: Peter Jackson – Net Worth $315 Million
#14: Elton John – Net Worth $320 Million
#13: Barbra Streisand – Net Worth $340 Million
#12: Tom Hanks – Net Worth $350 Million
#11: Clint Eastwood – Net Worth $375 Million
#10: Jack Nicholson – Net Worth $400 Million
#9: Mel Gibson – Net Worth $425 Million
#8: James L. Brooks – Net Worth $500 Million
#7: Elizabeth Taylor – Net Worth $600 Million
#6: James Cameron – Net Worth $650 Million
#4: Paul McCartney Net Worth $780 Million
#4: Andrew Lloyd Webber – Net Worth $1.2 Billion
#3: Oprah Winfrey – Net Worth $2.7 Billion
#2: Steven Spielberg – Net Worth $3 Billion
#1: Walt Disney – Net Worth $5 Billion

Not only is Walt Disney the richest Oscar winner of all time with a net worth of $5 billion, he's also won more Academy Awards than anyone in history. Walt Disney won an astounding 22 Oscars, including four in one year alone (another record). Do you think Spielberg can catch up?

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Brian Warner

Prior to launching Celebrity Net Worth, Brian spent seven years as the Managing Editor of one of the largest entertainment portals on the internet. Before that, Brian attended Georgetown University where he double majored in finance and marketing. A native of Northern California, Brian currently resides in Los Angeles. Follow him on Google+.

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