Entertainment | Celebrity Net Worth

Apparently if you want to become a billionaire, all you need to do is start an energy drink company. Just ask the founders of Red Bull, Rockstar and now Monster.

A lot of people like to joke that Social Security is a Ponzi Scheme. Is that a joke, or is a valid complaint?

The world of fantasy football can very lucrative if you're willing to step into the big leagues. We're not talking about $5 leagues with your co-workers, how do you make real money playing a fantasy sport?

Girl group, AKB48 is one of Japan's most popular pop acts, and with 140 members it's turned into one of Asia's most successful money-making machines.

This 21-year old singer went from obscurity to pop star seemingly overnight, with the help of an unlikely mobile platform – the dating app, Tinder.

Outside of being a champion on the football field, NFL Hall-of-Famer Derrick Brooks is a self-taught financial and philanthropic champion who is changing his community one child at a time.

Not long ago, 50 Cent and Floyd Mayweather were inseparable bosom buddies. For some reason they had a huge falling out a while back. 50 just took the feud to a very public and slightly embarrassing new level…

There's a rumor floating around that former NBA All-Star Allen Iverson was seen begging for change outside of an Atlanta area mall this weekend. It's not true. I'll explain where this came from…

Action Comics #1 from April 1938 featured the very first appearance of a little character by the name of Superman. Today it is considered the most valuable comic book of all time, and one of the very few known copies just went up for auction.

Woolworth's retail chain heiress Barbara Hutton blew a fortune equivalent to around $898 million today, and shamed the Woolworth name in ways that would make Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton blush.

Leona Helmsley was a high school dropout who married her way into a billion dollar fortune… broke the law… served time in Federal prison… and then left a small fortune to her dogs. Just your typical American rags to riches story.

Fred Franzia is the CEO of one of the biggest wine makers in the United States, but he's probably most famous for helping popularize "Two Buck Chuck". A cheap wine that has made Fred very rich.

Just because BMW heiress Susanne Klatten is one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in the world, doesn't mean she's immune to getting caught up in an extremely embarrassing (and expensive) sex scandal.

A career in the movies can net an actor millions, but how much does Hollywood make off these extremely high earning stars?

Step 1: Sell your website for $850 million. Step 2: Buy the site back five years later for $1 million. Step 3: Collect your "Winner of Life" trophy. This is the story of Bebo.com founders Michael and Xochi Birch.