Jerry Seinfeld

Jerry Seinfeld is reportedly laughing all the way to the bank after joining the Billionaires Club in April 2025.

Despite his Emmy-winning sitcom, Seinfeld, ending its nine-season run in 1998, Forbes reported the bulk of his wealth stems from the show, with Seinfeld and co-creator Larry David earning 15% of all its profits. In October 2021, the comedian also inked a five-year streaming deal with Netflix worth more than $500 million that covers global rights, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Per a 2014 Vulture report (via New York Magazine), the beloved NBC comedy has generated over $3.1 billion since its syndication in 1995. According to TIME, it was the No. 1 primetime series by its final season and raked in approximately $200 million a year for the network. For his part, Seinfeld received $1 million an episode in 1998 — a significant increase from his salary of $40,000 for season 2.

He has continued to earn millions touring as a comedian and through his TV shows like Comedians in Cars and stand-up specials, including 23 Hours to Kill. As part of a 2017 deal with Netflix, Business Insider reported the streaming giant paid him $20 million for the 2020 hour-long special.

Seinfeld holds a net worth of $1.1 billion.

Bruce Springsteen

Forbes previously estimated Bruce Springsteen’s net worth was $1.1 billion in July 2024.

At the time, Springsteen dismissed the figure, telling The Telegraph, “I’m not a billionaire. I wish I was, but they got that real wrong,” adding that he “spent too much money on superfluous things.”

However, in April 2025, the New Jersey native — who grew up in a working-class family — was officially named as the latest member of the three-comma club. According to Forbes, The Boss has his music catalog to thank for the valuation after selling the publishing rights to his label, Sony, in December 2021 for a (pretax) lump sum of approximately $500 million.

“I am one artist who can truly say that when I signed with Columbia Records in 1972, I came to the right place,” Springsteen said in a statement issued to Sony Music Group in 2021. “During the last 50 years, the men and women of Sony Music have treated me with the greatest respect as an artist and as a person. I’m thrilled that my legacy will continue to be cared for by the Company and people I know and trust.”

The acquisition included two separate agreements that covered Springsteen’s recorded music and songwriting catalog, featuring hits such as “Born to Run” (1975), “Thunder Road” (1975), “The River” (1980), “Dancing in the Dark” (1984), “Born in the U.S.A.” (1984), “Glory Days” (1985), “Streets of Philadelphia” (1994) and more. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee has released 21 studio and 23 official live albums, per Billboard.

In addition to selling over 150 million albums in the U.S. and grossing approximately 1.53B in touring revenue with the E Street Band (via Asbury Park Press), the Special Tony Award recipient achieved critical and commercial success with his concert residency Springsteen on Broadway. Netflix released the sold-out, one-man show, which began in 2017 and extended through 2021, as a documentary in 2018. The Grammy- and Oscar-winning musician later earned an Emmy nomination for outstanding variety special (pre-recorded).

Springsteen holds a net worth of $1.2 billion.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Schwarzenegger reached billionaire status in April 2025, along with Springsteen and Seinfeld.

The action star and former California governor amassed his fortune from his long list of credits over the years, including multiple film franchises such as Conan, Terminator and The Expendables. According to Forbes Australia, he has earned an estimated $500 million from movies, largely due to negotiating deals for flicks like the 1988 comedy Twins, where he opted to take home a percentage of the box office gross instead of a salary upfront.

“It became such a historic deal that the studio would never, ever make that deal again,” Schwarzenegger told journalist Graham Bensinger during a 2016 interview.

Schwarzenegger has also added to his wealth by making smart investments in commercial real estate, Google’s Series A, Starbucks, private equity and the stock market, as well as through product endorsements and cameos in commercials.

“I wanted big investments that were interesting, creative and different,” the actor reportedly wrote in his 2013 book, Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story. “Conservative bets — the kind that would generate 4% a year, say — didn’t interest me.”

Schwarzenegger holds a net worth of $1.1 billion.

Taylor Swift

Swift joined the billionaire’s list in October 2023 during her Eras Tour. Per Forbes, “Swift is the first musician to make the billionaire ranking primarily based on her songs and performances.”

It’s her fans that put her there.

Alongside new records, the “Fortnight” singer-songwriter has been re-recording her entire catalog, releasing her versions of her first six albums after producer Scooter Braun bought Big Machine (Swift’s former label, and with it, the masters of her music).

Four Taylor’s Version albums have been released since 2021, with Taylor Swift (Taylor’s Version) and Reputation (Taylor’s Version) still to come. On May 30, 2025, Swift announced that she now owns her musical catalog, which was sold to Braun’s company, Ithaca Holdings, in 2019.

According to The New York Times, the Eras Tour sold a total of $2,077,618,725 in tickets, with the outlet reporting that’s “double the gross ticket sales of any other concert tour in history,” citing the singer’s production company, Taylor Swift Touring.

Swift wasn’t just raking in money, though — she gave $197 million in bonuses to those who worked on the tour, including drivers, dancers, sound staff, security, make-up artists and more.

Swift holds a net worth of $1.6 billion.

LeBron James

James hit the billionaire valuation in June 2022 (via Forbes) after pocketing $121.2 million in 2021. This made him the first active NBA player on the list. Although basketball legends and entrepreneurs Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson are also billionaires, they didn’t hit the milestone until after retirement.

He got drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers right out of high school in 2003. He’s become as prolific off the court as he has been on it, endorsed by PepsiCo and Nike and starting the LeBron James Family Foundation, which focuses on educating kids and paying to send them to college.

In addition to lucrative NBA contracts from his time playing with the Cavaliers, Miami Heat and the Los Angeles Lakers, off the court, the father of three has displayed his business savvy as an entrepreneur.

Spearheaded by childhood friend and business partner Maverick Carter, James has a stake in both Apple’s Beats by Dre and Fenway Sports Group — owners of Liverpool Football Club. In 2020, they co-founded the entertainment development and production media venture SpringHill Company, raising $100 million.

“He’s the most committed and dedicated person that I’ve ever seen, and that’s why he’s such a high achiever,” Carter told PEOPLE in 2024. “I think there’ll be much more for fans to learn about him as his [NBA] career winds down and he goes into the next chapters of his life and career.”

James holds a net worth of $1.3 billion.

Elon Musk

According to Forbes, Elon Musk is the richest person in the world, having amassed his wealth as the co-founder of companies such as Tesla, SpaceX, Starlink and Neuralink.

In 2022, he spent $44 billion to buy X (formerly Twitter). Per CNN, Musk also spent another $290 million on President Donald Trump and other Republican candidates during the 2024 election cycle.

He later assumed the roles of senior adviser to the president and head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) before departing from the roles in May 2025.

Though the wealthiest person on the planet, Musk’s companies have received ample funding from federal contracts totaling tens of billions of dollars since 2015, reported ABC News.

Musk holds a net worth of $342 billion.