Jerry Bruckheimer – $900m

Jerry Bruckheimer is an extremely successful Hollywood producer. To give you an idea of some of the hit films he produced Top Gun, Con Air, Bad Boys, Armageddon, Black Hawk Down, Pearl Harbor, and Beverly Hills Cop, as well as a number of TV shows like CSI and Cold Case. This man has some timeless classics to his name, and although not all of them were that intelligent, they all have a scale and epicness that is difficult to reproduce.

Jerry Bruckheimer – $850m

J.K. Rowling – $1bn

J.K. Rowling definitely has an inspiring rags-to-riches tale of success, and boy if those numbers are anything to go by, she really made it! She is the author responsible for introducing magic into so many people’s lives around the world when she wrote the Harry Potter books. Her enchanting stories of the lovable young wizards and their magnificent magical castle are the feel-good story of our generation, not to mention the amazing eight films made from these books.

J.K. Rowling – $1bn

Paul McCartney – $1.2bn

Paul McCartney is the height of success in the music world, and even though he doesn’t play much nowadays, he doesn’t really need to! If you do not know that he was a member of the world-conquering pop group, The Beatles, then you are probably too young to know any better. You do not crack the one billion dollar net worth mark without being part of a sensation bigger than most things in our world.

Paul McCartney – $1.2bn

Andrew Lloyd Webber – $1.2bn

Andrew Lloyd Webber is an extremely successful composer and probably the most successful still alive today. His show, Cats, is the fourth longest-running show on Broadway ever, and Phantom of the Opera is in the top spot. He definitely has the net value and the many prestigious awards to show for all his work. Webber has brought so many incredible and timeless musical hits into our world and has inspired whole movements in Broadway and Hollywood alike.

Andrew Lloyd Webber – $1.2bn