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.
George Clooney's biggest payday came from tequila, not film: the Casamigos sale to Diageo. Since no wealth tracker has sized his fortune, here are the Forbes pay figures and Diageo deal terms that are actually on record.
Forbes declared Beyoncé a billionaire in December 2025 and still lists her at $1B. Here is how the Cowboy Carter tour, Parkwood Entertainment and her catalog got her there, with every figure tied to a named source.
Taylor Swift is a singer-songwriter whose fortune comes almost entirely from music. Forbes put her at $2 billion in 2026 and says she became a billionaire in October 2023, the first musician to do it mainly through songs and performances.
Selena Gomez is an actor, singer and the majority owner of Rare Beauty. Bloomberg called her a billionaire in 2024, while Forbes put her at $700M in 2025, a gap that comes down to how each values her cosmetics company.
Rihanna is a Barbados-born pop star whose fortune rests mostly on her half of Fenty Beauty. Forbes put her at $1 billion on its 2026 self-made women list, down from the figure it published when she first became a billionaire in 2021.
Hailey Bieber is a model turned founder whose skincare brand, rhode, was bought by e.l.f. Beauty in 2025. Her personal fortune has not been estimated by Forbes or Bloomberg, yet the deal filings reveal what her company fetched.