How America’s Richest Self-Made Women Celebrities Made Their Fortunes
It was a record-breaking year for the rich and famous on Forbes’ 2024 list of America’s Richest Self-Made Women: The 15 celebrities on the 100-person list are worth a combined $13.3 billion, up 23% from last year, and include a who’s who of pop stars, TV hosts and producers, from Beyonce and Madonna to Ellen DeGeneres, Judge Judy and Reese Witherspoon.
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00:00It was a record-breaking year for the rich and famous on Forbes' 2024 list of America's
00:05Richest Self-Made Women.
00:07The 15 celebrities on the 100-person list are worth a combined $13.3 billion, up 23%
00:14from last year, and include a who's who of pop stars, TV hosts, and producers, from
00:19Beyonce and Madonna to Ellen DeGeneres, Judge Judy, and Reese Witherspoon.
00:25Here are the five richest celebrities on this year's Self-Made Women's list.
00:30At number five, Madonna.
00:33The queen of pop kicked off her celebration tour, featuring music from across her four-decade
00:38career last October after initially delaying it due to health concerns.
00:43The tour, which wrapped up in May, earned her an estimated $50 million through April
00:481st.
00:50At number four, Taylor Swift.
00:53Swift's most powerful star dominated the concert business and became a billionaire
00:58in the fall of 2023.
01:00Her heiress tour set a record in December as the first ever to gross over $1 billion
01:05in ticket sales, according to Polestar.
01:08It's expected to bring in more than $2 billion by the time it wraps later this year.
01:13In April, Swift released her latest album, The Tortured Poets Department, whose deluxe
01:18version's 31 songs broke the streaming record set by her own Midnight's album from 2022.
01:26At number three, Rihanna.
01:29The Barbados-born pop star gave birth to her second child, Riot Rose, nearly six months
01:35after she revealed her pregnancy onstage at the Super Bowl halftime show.
01:40Most of her wealth comes from her 50% stake in cosmetic line Fenty Beauty, her joint venture
01:45with Sephora owner LVMH.
01:48At number two, Kim Kardashian.
01:52The richest Kardashian added $500 million to her fortune last July when her shapewear
01:57line Skims raised $270 million from private investor at a $4 billion valuation.
02:05In January, her Skin by Kim skincare brand launched a makeup line that significantly
02:11exceeded partner Cody Inc.'s expectations, it said in February.
02:16Things appear less rosy at her Sky Partners private equity shop, which had raised just
02:21$121 million in capital as of March, well short of its reported $1 billion target.
02:28And at number one, Oprah Winfrey.
02:32After publicly sharing her experience with an unspecified weight loss drug, the former
02:37TV host announced she was leaving the Weight Watchers brand in February after nine years
02:42and donating her company's stock to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
02:47She owns over 2,100 acres of land in Hawaii and several homes in Santa Barbara, California.