Mayweather, Pacquiao, Perry are Forbes’ Highest Paid Celebrities
Forbes has released its top 100 highest paid celebrities and boxer Floyd Mayweather came out on top. The 38-year-old boxer raked in $300 million over the past 12 months, earnings nearly double those of the second-highest paid celebrity — Manny Pacquiao, who took in $160 million.
Both boxers owe their status to the May 2 match that Mayweather won.
Coming in third place overall is Katy Perry, the highest-paid female celebrity with earnings of $135 million, soundly beating the influential Taylor Swift.
Taylor Swift, with $80 million dollar earnings came in ninth overall and second behind Perry in the women’s list, but has a distinction of being the highest paid celebrity under 30..
The top 10 overall highest paid celebrities are:
- Floyd Mayweather, $300 million – boxer
- Manny Pacquiao, $160 million – boxer
- Katy Perry, $135 million – singer-songwriter, actress
- One Direction, $130 million – singer
- Howard Stern, $95 million – actor, TV personality
- Garth Brooks, $90 million – singer-songwriter
- James Patterson, $89 million – author
- Robert Downey Jr., $80 million – actor
- Taylor Swift, $80 million – singer-songwriter, actress
- Cristiano Ronaldo, $79.5 million – football player
The top 10 highest paid women celebrities are:
- Musician Katy Perry, $135 million
- Musician Taylor Swift, $80 million
- TV personality Ellen DeGeneres, $75 million
- Musician Lady Gaga, $59 million
- Musician Beyonce Knowles, $54.5 million
- TV Personality Kim Kardashian, $52.5 million
- Actress Jennifer Lawrence, $52 million
- TV Personality Judy Sheindlin (Judge Judy), $47 million
- Model Gisele Bündchen, $44 million
- Actress Scarlett Johansson, $35.5 million.
The top 10 youngest top paid celebrities are:
- Soccer player Neymar, $31 million, age 23
- Soccer player James Rodriguez, $29 million, age 23
- Musician Ed Sheeran, $57 million, age 24
- Actress Jennifer Lawrence, $52 million, age 24
- Musician Taylor Swift, $80 million, age 25
- Soccer player Gareth Bale, $35 million, age 25
- Basketball player Kevin Durant, $54 million, age 26
- Golfer Rory McIlroy, $48.5 million, age 26
- Basketball player Derrick Rose, $34 million, age 26
- F1 driver Sebastian Vettel, $33 million, age 27.
The Forbes lists of top 100 celebrities includes actors, musicians, athletes in different sports, TV personalities, authors, and magicians. Pacquiao is among the richest Philippine politicians having an estimated net worth of P3B.
/Oto Melara/ Assisted Press
