Entertainment | Celebrity Net Worth

In under five years, Oleksandr Yanukovych has gone from humble dentist earning $14k a year to running an empire with a personal net worth of $500 million. What an inspirational rags to riches story! Oh wait. Never mind. His dad is brutally corrupt Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.

Not long ago one of WhatsApp's founder Jan Koum waited on line at a welfare office for food stamps. The other founder Brian Acton was rejected by a dozen major tech firms. Yesterday the duo sold their company to Facebook for $19 billion.

Earlier today Facebook announced that it was buying an app that you've probably never heard of for $19 billion in cash and stock. Why didn't I create an app instead of a website!!?? Damn you cruel world!

Kobe Bryant and Tiger Woods are living proof that a little time and a few big wins will get anyone back on top of the pro-athlete money mountain. No matter how big the PR disaster.

How much was Michael Jackson worth when he died? The amount of money the IRS just demanded from his estate is absolutely shocking.

All aspiring musicians better listen up… in order to avoid becoming a long forgotten one-hit-wonder, you better make Gary Barlow your personal idol.

Not only is Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal the richest person in Saudi Arabia, he's the richest person in the entire Middle East and the 17th richest person in the world. He's even richer than his uncle, King Abdullah! How'd he become so enormously wealthy?

Shirley Temple was the first major Hollywood child star and the biggest box office draw in the 30s. Like many child stars, her career eventually disappeared. However, what she did after leaving Hollywood is worth a movie of its own.

Why, in the name of Zeus' BUTTHOLE, would someone decide to shutdown a game that was earning him $50,000 a day? The saga of Dong Nguyen and his game "Flappy Birds" is truly shocking.

Jorge Paulo Lemann is pretty much Homer Simpson's personal God because his entire fortune comes from the following three sources: Beer, cheese burgers, and ketchup. He's also the richest person in Brazil.

Tom Hanks spent most of his school years as an anti-social, painfully shy, loner. Luckily, he found theater, and then audiences found him. Here's how a he went from being a "theater geek" to Oscar-winning box office gold.

I think we can all agree that becoming a millionaire at any age would be awesome, but hitting the jackpot before the age of 25 would be freaking insane.

Duck Dynasty is everywhere and A&E is making a mint off of their "rags-to-riches" story. Here's how one family made millions peddling the American Dream.

Stevie Wonder beat the odds and went on to become one of the most enduring and prolific American music artists ever. Here's how a blind musical prodigy has churned out hits for 40 years and influenced everyone from Daft Punk to KISS.

Fort Knox is famous as one of the largest depositories of gold in the world. But how much is in Fort Knox, exactly?