{"id":213545,"date":"2024-03-12T04:11:55","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T02:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ceoworld.biz\/?p=213545"},"modified":"2025-02-20T13:50:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T11:50:41","slug":"richest-billionaires-in-media-and-entertainment-industry-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ceoworld.biz\/2024\/03\/12\/richest-billionaires-in-media-and-entertainment-industry-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Richest Billionaires in Media and Entertainment Industry, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>As of February 20, 2025, David Thomson has a net worth of US$ 72.7 billion, making him the wealthiest person in the media and entertainment industry.<\/strong> Rupert Murdoch follows in second place with $23.7 billion, while Donald Newhouse ranks third with $15.3 billion.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"tablepress-899-name\" class=\"tablepress-table-name tablepress-table-name-id-899\">Richest Billionaires in Media and Entertainment Industry, 2024<\/h2>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-899\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-899\" aria-labelledby=\"tablepress-899-name\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\"><strong>RANK <\/strong><\/th><th class=\"column-2\"><strong>NAME <\/strong><\/th><th class=\"column-3\"><strong>NET WORTH<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">1<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">David Thomson &amp; family<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">$72.7 Billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">2<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Rupert Murdoch &amp; family<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">$23.7 Billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">3<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Donald Newhouse<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">$15.3 Billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">4<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">John Malone<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">$10.8 Billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">5<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Igor Bukhman<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">$9.8 Billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">6<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Dmitri Bukhman<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">$9.8 Billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">7<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Gabe Newell<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">$9.5 Billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">8<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Wang Ning &amp; family<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">$8.8 Billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">9<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">David Geffen<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">$8.7 Billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">10<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Forrest Li<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">$8.6 Billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">11<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Blair Parry-Okeden<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">$6.6 Billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">12<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Jim Kennedy<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">$6.5 Billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">13<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Tim Sweeney<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">$5.7 Billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-15\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">14<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Mark Cuban<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">$5.7 Billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-16\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">15<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Clive Calder<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">$5.7 Billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-17\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">16<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Stefan von Holtzbrinck<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">$5.3 Billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-18\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">17<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Steven Spielberg<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">$5.3 Billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-19\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">18<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">George Lucas<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">$5.2 Billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-20\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">19<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Gang Ye<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">$5.0 Billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-21\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">20<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Isaac Perlmutter<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">$4.9 Billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-22\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">21<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Barry Diller<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">$4.8 Billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-23\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">22<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Martha Ingram &amp; family<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">$4.8 Billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-24\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">23<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Christiane Schoeller<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">$4.7 Billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-25\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">24<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Jeff T. Green<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">$4.4 Billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-26\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">25<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Wang Changtian<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">$4.4 Billion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-899 from cache -->\n<p>Methodology: The list of the richest people, compiled by CEOWORLD magazine, was created using financial information from various reliable sources such as individuals, families, stock exchanges, private databases, and analysts. Net worth figures are based on both exchange rates and stock prices. The value of private companies was determined using financial ratios and other comparisons with comparable publicly traded companies. In some cases, family fortunes were divided. 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