Entertainment | Celebrity Net Worth

Before he was a movie star, Arnold Schwarzenegger was already a millionaire — not from acting, but from real estate deals in Los Angeles. By 25, he had flipped his way into a fortune, and decades later, he may have quietly made even more from a stake in an $800 billion investment firm.

In 1929, J. M. Barrie secretly gave Great Ormond Street Hospital the rights to "Peter Pan." Nearly a century later, that extraordinary gift has kept the hospital in the spotlight, fueled celebrity support, and generated millions for sick children.

From humble state college track coach to extremely wealthy accidental entrepreneur. This is the story of Nike co-founder, Bill Bowerman.

Who are the richest porn stars in the world? It's a $15 billion dollar per year industry but which actors and actresses have gotten extremely rich doing porn?

Back in February, Ilhan Omar clapped back at a viral rumor by telling a critic she "barely had thousands, let alone millions." Just months later, her own financial disclosure revealed a massive household fortune…

Lou Pearlman went from leasing blimps in Queens to creating the Backstreet Boys and *NSYNC, two of the biggest pop groups in history. At his peak he looked like a billion-dollar music mogul. Behind the curtain, though, he was running one of the largest Ponzi schemes in U.S. history.

In one of the wildest contracts in Hollywood history, Arnold Schwarzenegger earned a staggering fortune to come back for 2003's "Terminator 3." But it still might not even be his biggest single film payday…

Forget grinding through 100+ shows across the globe for a relatively measly payout, the Backstreet Boys have cracked the code on the greatest gig in music history.

From trillion-dollar oil dynasties to centuries-old European monarchies with secretive fortunes, these are the richest royal families in the world today. Their palaces, private jets, and sovereign wealth funds make even billionaire CEOs look modest by comparison.

"My next goal is $100 million." Sophie Rain made more than double LeBron James' NBA salary last year.

Charlie Chaplin rose from poverty in London to become the most famous entertainer in the world. But behind the bowler hat and mustache was a shrewd businessman who buried cash in his backyard, outsmarted exile, and left his wife a fortune worth $500 million today.

Seann William Scott may have been paid just $8,000 for his very first movie role as Stifler in "American Pie," but over two decades of steady paydays, royalties, and smart investments quietly earned him an impressive fortune…

You might be surprised to learn that when Steve Jobs died, very little of his surprisingly small (considering who he was) fortune actually came from Apple.

Let's say you hopped into a DeLorean, traveled back to 1919, and bought a few shares of Coca-Cola at the company's IPO. How rich would you be today?

Is it really possible to write one hit song then retire off the royalties? Just like Hugh Grant's character in the movie "About a Boy".