Jeffrey Katzenberg | $900 million

If you know what you are doing in the media industry, you will get rich. That is the case with Jeffrey Katzenberg who is a media proprietor and a film producer. Media will never go away as long as humans are alive and Katzenberg probably knows this. He made investments in Walt Disney Studios, serving as its Chairman from 1984 to 1994, producing hits that endeared the public. These include the films Aladdin, The Lion King, and The Little Mermaid. He was also the CEO of DreamWorks Animation.

His hard work paid off as he accumulated around $900 million in net worth, mainly because of the many high-grossing Disney movies he was involved with. Records show that his biggest pay was in 2016 when he and partners David Geffen and Steven Spielberg sold DreamWorks to Comcast for a staggering $3.8 billion. How much did he get? A mind-boggling $420 million.