This year’s Forbes list of world billionaires include plenty of celebrities, including Kim Kardashian, Ye, and Rihanna.
The annual report on billionaires across the world was issued by the American business magazine on Tuesday, and it included some returning billionaires as well as entrepreneurs who reached the list for the first time.
Rihanna, 34, has joined the ranks of the world’s billionaires, becoming the first billionaire from Barbados, according to Forbes. According to Forbes, the pop artist has a net worth of $1.7 billion thanks to her Fenty Beauty cosmetics line and Savage X Fenty lingerie line.
On this year’s list, she was rated #1,729th.
Director Peter Jackson, who directed the “Lord of the Rings” and “Hobbit” film trilogies, is another industry magnate who made the list for the first time this year. According to Forbes, Jackson, 60, became a billionaire in November after selling his ownership in Weta Digital Film Effects to Unity Software for $975 million. With a net worth of $1.5 billion, he ranks #1,929 on the list.
Of course, there were plenty of returning billionaires on the list.
Kardashian, 41, debuted at #1,645 on Forbes’ billionaires list Friday, with a net worth of $1.8 billion, after becoming a billionaire last year. Her ex-husband, Ye, previously Kanye West, 44, was also named to the list when Forbes declared him a billionaire in 2020. He’s valued $2 billion at #1,513.