Caitlin Clark is the Indiana Fever guard whose endorsement income dwarfs her WNBA salary. No major outlet has published a net worth estimate for her, so this profile lays out her sourced salary, the reported Nike deal and Forbes earnings figures.
Tom Brady won seven Super Bowls, then signed a reported $375 million Fox deal and bought into the Las Vegas Raiders. Nobody reputable has priced his fortune, so this is his documented earnings, contracts and companies.
Oprah Winfrey turned a 25-year talk show into Harpo, OWN and a long run on Forbes' billionaire lists. Here is the dated Forbes estimate, how the OWN sale and the WeightWatchers stake worked, and what the filings show.
Michael Jordan earned $90 million in NBA salary but became a billionaire through Nike royalties and team ownership. Here is Forbes' dated estimate, what the Hornets sale was reported to be worth, and how his NASCAR lawsuit ended.
LeBron James became the first active NBA billionaire in 2022, by Forbes' count, and now plays for the 76ers. Here is Forbes' latest dated estimate, his salary history and the equity deals, from SpringHill to Fenway, behind it.
Dwayne Johnson is Hollywood's most frequent No. 1 on Forbes' highest-paid actors list, and a co-owner of Teremana, ZOA and the UFL. No major outlet publishes a current net worth figure, so here are the dated earnings and deals.
Cristiano Ronaldo became football's first billionaire on the Bloomberg index in 2025 and tops Forbes' 2026 highest-paid athletes list. Here are both dated estimates, why they differ, and what his Al-Nassr deal and sponsors are reported to pay.
Ryan Reynolds turned Deadpool fame into stakes in Aviation Gin, Mint Mobile and Wrexham. No major outlet publishes a net worth for him, so this profile sets out his Forbes earnings and the deal values that are on record.
Jessica Alba went from Hollywood to founding The Honest Company and ringing the Nasdaq bell. Forbes has not updated a net worth figure for her in years, so this profile lays out the old estimates and her documented Honest stake.
Forbes made Jay-Z hip-hop's first billionaire in 2019 and now puts him at $2.8B. This profile traces the champagne and cognac deals, Roc Nation and his art and stock holdings behind that figure, with a named source for each number.