Dr. Dre Is A Billionaire
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Dr. Dre Is A Billionaire
Dr. Dre has officially reached billionaire status according to Forbes‘ 2026 Billionaires list, nearly twelve years after declaring himself “hip-hop’s first billionaire.” The legendary producer ranks 3,332nd globally, tied with Jared Kushner, Rihanna, and others. Dre becomes just the sixth musician to join the billionaire club, alongside Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Taylor Swift, Bruce Springsteen, and Rihanna. Dre’s wealth stems largely from when he and Jimmy Iovine sold their headphones company, Beats by Dre, to Apple for $3 billion in 2014, causing the rapper to famously quip “They need to update the Forbes list, sh*t just changed.” Forbes identified 22 billionaire entertainers, with nearly half of them added in the past three years. “It’s the year of the billionaire,” said Chase Peterson-Withorn, Forbes Senior Editor, Wealth. “The planet added more than one billionaire per day over the past twelve months.”
Listed below is a breakdown of all 22 celebrities who made the cut.
Here they are:
1. Steven Spielberg: $7.1 billion
2. George Lucas: $5.2 billion
3. Michael Jordan: $4.3 billion
4. Vincent McMahon: $3.6 billion
5. Oprah Winfrey: $3.2 billion
6. Jay-Z: $2.8 billion
7. Taylor Swift: $2 billion
8. Kim Kardashian: $1.9 billion
9. Peter Jackson: $1.9 billion
10. Magic Johnson: $1.6 billion
11. Tiger Woods: $1.5 billion
12. “Law & Order” creator Dick Wolf: $1.5 billion
13. Tyler Perry: $1.4 billion
14. LeBron James: $1.4 billion
15. Bruce Springsteen: $1.2 billion
16. Arnold Schwarzenegger: $1.2 billion
17. Jerry Seinfeld: $1.1 billion
18. Swiss former tennis star Roger Federer: $1.1 billion
19. James Cameron: $1.1 billion
20. Rihanna: $1 billion
21. Beyoncé: $1 billion
22. Dr. Dre: $1 billion
