Almost halfway into the year and most people may already be forgetting about their New Year’s Resolutions. The gym herd is starting to thin, every day is a cheat day for dieters, smokers are back to a pack a day, and professionals have become discouraged from finding new jobs. However, there may be one resolution you should fulfill no matter what – protecting your family’s financial future by buying life insurance. Unless you have the net worth of the richest celebrities, you probably need to research the best life insurance companies to buy term coverage, as advised by this NY Times piece highlighting “Financial Advice for People Who Aren’t Rich”.
Nonetheless, if you’re curious about how much money it would take to get on the list of top richest celebrities, here’s one list:
- George Lucas – $5.1 Billion
- Dina Merrill – $5.0 Billion
- Steven Spielberg – $3.5 Billion
- Oprah Winfrey – $2.9 Billion
- Jami Gertz – $2.0 Billion
- Paul McCartney – $1.2 Billion
- Slavica Ecclestone – $1.2 Billion
- JK Rowling – $1 Billion
- Jacqueline Gold – $860 Million
- Herb Alpert – $850 Million
- Dre – $810 Million
- Madonna – $800 Million
- Jerry Seinfeld – $800 Million
- David Copperfield – $800 Million
- Jim Davis – $800 Million
- James Cameron – $700 Million
- Diddy – $700 Million
- Jay-Z – $650 Million
- Celine Dion – $630 Million
- Candy Spelling – $600 Million
- Shahrukh Khan – $600 Million
- Bono – $600 Million
- Howard Stern – $550 Million
- Simon Cowell – $550 Million
- Mariah Carey – $520 Million
