Despite Covid-19 being a difficult year for most. There are celebrities who have greatly benefited and earned stupendous amounts of money during the pandemic. The one who has beaten all financial records is Kylie Jenner who raked in $ 590 million from selling a 51% stake in her cosmetics firm to Coty in January. While she exaggerated over the years about the scale of her business, the money she pulled in from the deal is legit.
Kanye West earned $ 170 million, as most of his earnings from Yeezy sneakers deal with sports wear brand Adidas.
Amongst competitive sports, Roger Federer (no 3, $ 106.3 million) is the first tennis player to have earned the top spot amongst the athletes. While ace footballer Cristiano Ronaldo (No. 4, $105 million) became the first team player to earn $ 1 billion during this career. Naomi Osaka set her own record at no 90 who brought in $ 37 million income, the most money any female athlete has ever made in a solo year.
Usually live shows derived career- best income for the music industry’s biggest names, Ed Sheeran’s Divide Tour pulled in 8.9 loyal fans to and grossed $ 776 million over a span of two years. This surpassed U2’s all time record of a single tour. Other music artists will take a major hit in the coming year due to Corona virus including Taylor Swift (no 25 position, 63.5 million) to Paul McCartney at (No. 93, 37 million).
Podcasting made its debut appearance in the voice of Bill Simmons who sold his podcast company the Ringer to Spotify in February at $ 206 million. Another newcomer: Hamilton creator and star Lin- Manuel Miranda (No. 62, $ 45.5 million) who added to his haul from the Broadway hit in February when Walt Disney paid $75 million for the rights to air the filmed version of his Founding Father musical.
In the desi terrain the one who made waves to be the only actor to feature on Forbes Top 100 Highest Paid Celebrities 2020 is leading man Akshay Kumar.
Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar is the only Indian to feature in the Forbes Top 100 Highest Paid Celebrities in the world.
With estimated earnings of $ 48.5 Akshay ranks at No. 52 position.
The list also mentioned that the actor donated $4 million to Covid-19 relief in India and took part in the “I For India” fundraising concert on Facebook Live in May, which raised Rs 520 million ($7 million) for GiveIndia’s Covid-19 fund.
Similarly earlier this month, Akshay featured in the Forbes list of Most Influential Celebrities on Social Media in the Asia-Pacific region.