Top Five Highest Paid Celebrities in 2012

Finally, list of highest paid celebrities for 2012 has been issued by Forbes.com. Hence, as expected, Oprah Winfrey is leading the list while many new names- who were not the part of the list last year-are also included on this list. Some noteworthy details about the annual and net earnings of Top Five Highest Paid Celebrities in 2012 are given below.

1. Oprah Winfrey

Multi-talented American actress, who is also a philanthropist, producer, talk-show host and a media proprietor, Oprah Winfrey is the highest paid celebrity this year. In fact, she had been ranked the wealthiest African-American of the twentieth century by Forbes last year. Winfrey’s current net worth is 2.7 billion dollars, and her income for 2012 was 165 million dollar. Notwithstanding that her income dropped for 127 million dollar, she is still holding the number one spot for this year’s list.

2. Michael Bay

He is just $5 million lower to Oprah Winfrey as to the total earnings for on-going year.  His blockbuster Transformer -that became a big hit allover the world- secured second spot for him in the list of “Top five highest paid celebrities in 2012.” Transformer: Dark of the Moon managed to earn $1.1 billion at box office, bringing Bay’s earnings up to $160 million this year. Ouija is his upcoming movie.

3. Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg rose to fame down to the thrilling movies written and produced by him. Besides being a script and screen writer, he is also a prolific director, game designer and a studio entrepreneur. Moreover, he is also famous for his book entitled Steven Spielberg. He has been associated with film industry for more than forty years and is holding the third spot in the highest paid celebrity list with his net worth for 2012 reached to $3 billion.

4. Jerry Bruckheimer

The fame of Jerry Bruckheimer in the fields of science fiction, drama and action genres is attributed to Production of different TV shows and movie. According to the Forbes record, his annual earnings of year 2011 were $113 million which, now, have been increased to $115 million, bringing his net earnings to $850 million. His is sitting at fourth position in the list of the highest paid celebrities of the year. He is associated with showbiz for many years and has claimed several awards for many of his productions.

5. Dr. Dre

Rapper Dr. Dre is last on the list of ‘Top five highest paid celebrities in 2012.’ He started his singing career at the age of 27 in 1992, and at 47, he has made $110 million this year. His net earning was recorded to be $125 million last year which for 2012 has reached up to $260 million.

Top Five Highest Paid Celebrities in 2012