Entertainment | Celebrity Net Worth

Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland scammed $27.4 million from investors. Where did that money go? Certainly not to catering, villas, or the bands.

Kendall Jenner, Bella Hadid, Emily Ratajkowski, and other models, artists, and Instagram influencers who helped promote the Fyre Festival will be forced to disclose the terms and information about payments they received from Billy McFarland.

Sergey Petrossov launched JetSmarter, the Uber for private jet travel in 2013. In April 2018, JetSmarter was valued at $1.5 billion and had 15,000 subscribers paying at least $5,000 a year to book flights on private jet. Today, the company is mired in lawsuits and worth about a fifth of that $1.5 billion. It's 30-year-old founder is scrambling to explain himself.

A Pasadena mansion with a very interesting history recently sold quietly for just over $8 million to the CEO of LegalZoom and his wife. The former owner, Nancy Yih, was the owner an apparel company called LA Idol. It turns out, however, that Yih was involved in a far shadier business on the side. One that changed the rules for buying real estate in cash in the U.S.

The world_record_egg account has 9.6 million Instagram followers in its worldwide "EGG GANG," and that kind of influence is bound to be worth a lot to advertisers looking to hit so many eager eyeballs.

Hulk Hogan and Linda Bollea's divorce was a drawn out, nine year legal battle. Y'all, this has been going on since 2008. Yet here we are, in 2019, and Hulk Hogan is taking his ex-wife to court to attempt to avoid paying her what was agreed upon in their divorce.

One cup of coffee in 1981 inspired Howard Schultz to launch an empire and change the world. Oh, that cup also earned him a massive fortune…

Former Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto put his net worth at about $3.3 million in 2014. That's just not enough money to pay for the house he lives in… so who did buy it for him and his wife?

Everything Rihanna touches turns to gold. That's not an exaggeration. Now, reports are surfacing that Ms. Fenty is poised to make the move into fashion via a deal with luxury conglomerate LVMH.

Gene Autry epitomized the straight shooting hero, in the 95 films he appeared in from 1934 to 1953. He was a singer, songwriter, actor, musician, and rodeo performer. At the time of his death in 1998 at the age of 91, Autry was worth the equivalent of $500 million.

The infamous drug kingpin El Chapo evaded authorities for eons. He escaped from jail a number of times. Watching this from north of the border was somewhat amusing. Were the Mexican authorities that bumbling or was El Chapo that cunning? It turns out, he had $100 million reasons not to fear Mexican authorities

In May 2017, Richelieu Dennis was dining with the U.S. president of Unilever. Dennis is the co-founder of Sundial Brands, a $240 million in revenue maker of shampoos, conditioners, and lotions targeted at African American and Latino customers. Unilever had been chasing Dennis for a long time.

The 10 highest-paid comedians in the world made a combined $292 million. One very familiar name is once again the highest-paid comedian in the world.

Look, Kylie Jenner is a savvy 21-year-old businesswoman and model. But she is NOT anywhere close to being worth the $900 million certain other publications put her at. She has a net worth of $300 million.

In 2008, Sean Quinn was the richest person in Ireland with a net worth of about $6 billion. Just three years later, he filed for bankruptcy. Sean Quinn went from being worth $6 billion to $0 in just four years.