Taylor Swift has joined the world's richest people on Forbes' rich list as her net worth passes
Taylor Swift has made it onto Forbes' World Billionaires list.
The 34-year-old pop superstar became the first person in history to reach a net worth of $1bn solely through their music or performances and now she has joined the likes of SpaceX founder Elon Musk on the annual ranking for the very first time as her 'Eras' tour continues to break box office records around the world.
Forbes said: "Celebrities are getting richer, too. Taylor Swift ($1.1 billion) joins the 2024 ranks—the first musician to do it based solely on songwriting and performing—after the record-breaking first leg of her 'Eras' tour. TV producer Dick Wolf ($1.2 billion), the mastermind behind shows such as 'Law and Order' and 'Chicago', is also new to the billionaires list, as is Magic Johnson, the NBA hall-of-famer who really made his stash after retirement, through savvy business deals and stakes in several sports teams, one of the best paths to getting rich(er).
"They join nearly a dozen other famous A-list billionaires, including George Lucas ($5.5 billion), Michael Jordan ($3.2 billion) and Kim Kardashian ($1.7 billion)."
The 'Anti-Hero' songstress currently has a net worth of $1.1bnm and has joined Sam Altman on the list, who made $1bn through his AI chatbot ChatGPT.
Topping the overall list was LVMH French luxury goods titan Bernard Arnault and his family, who have a net worth of $233bn whilst Amazon founder Jeff Bezos came in second place with a fortune worth $197.9bn.
Just below Elon was Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg, who bagged fourth place on the list with a net worth of $172.1 bn.
In describing what has been a record-breaking year for the list, Forbes said: "It’s been a banner year for the mega-wealthy. Forbes found an unprecedented 2,781 billionaires around the globe for this year’s World’s Billionaires list—141 more than in 2023 and 26 more than the previous record, set in 2021. The super-rich are also richer than ever, with their combined wealth hitting $14.2 trillion—$2 trillion more than just a year ago and $1.1 trillion above the previous record, also set in 2021."
On the same day that Glastonbury welcomed back Margate's adopted sons, The Libertines, Margate itself put on it's very own Leisure Festival as it...
Oasis fans hoping to get tickets for the band's reunion shows are being asked a trivia question to secure access to a pre-sale ballot.
Sheffield's very own all girl group Pretty Fierce are still on a high after the recent release of their debut single - 'Ready For Me'.
Three nights before the end of his current tour Will Varley returned to his home town of Deal to delight a sold out crowd in The Astor Theatre.
With only a few days to go before Portsmouth based songstress and producer WYSE releases her new single, 'Belladonna', we caught up with her to find...
Colorado raised, Glasgow educated and Manchester based Bay Bryan is nothing if not a multi-talented, multi-faceted artist performing as both...
Former Marigolds band member Keelan Cunningham has rediscovered his love of music with his new solo project Keelan X.
Wiltshire singer-songwriter Luke De Sciscio, formally known as Folk Boy, is set to release is latest album - 'The Banquet' via AntiFragile Music on...
Yet another teen sci-fi adventure, this movie may be sharply well-made but it struggles to...
Author Lois Lowry talks about her dystopian sci-fi book 'The Giver' in a featurette ahead...
Jonas is a young man who lives in a community where everybody is the same....
Ted is a young boy who lives in the perfect town: everything is clean and...
Watch the trailer for Valentine's Day *Chick Flick Alert* Valentine's Day is a romcom set,...
Watch the trailer for Hannah Montana The MovieHannah Montana has had the feature film treatment....