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Media & Entertainment .

The Media & Entertainment sector has produced 89 billionaires with a combined net worth of $345.907B. Below is the complete ranked list of the wealthiest leaders in Media & Entertainment for 2026.

#1
R

Rupert Murdoch & family

Newspapers · UNITED STATES

$23.75B
+0.45%
#2
C

Charles Ergen

Satellite TV · UNITED STATES

$16.151B
-0.78%
#3
Donald Newhouse

Donald Newhouse

Media · UNITED STATES

$14.151B
+0.36%
#4
W

Wang Ning & family

Toys · CHINA

$13.934B
+2.67%
#5
John Malone

John Malone

Cable television · UNITED STATES

$11.082B
+0.25%
#6
Gabe Newell

Gabe Newell

Video games · UNITED STATES

$11.034B
+0.00%
#7
David Geffen

David Geffen

Movies · UNITED STATES

$9.166B
+0.04%
#8
Blair Parry-Okeden

Blair Parry-Okeden

Media · UNITED STATES

$9.111B
+0.00%
#9
Jim Kennedy

Jim Kennedy

Media · UNITED STATES

$9.062B
+0.00%
#10
Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg

Movies · UNITED STATES

$7.056B
+0.00%
#11
C

Clive Calder

Record label · UNITED KINGDOM

$6.897B
+0.00%
#12
Martha Ingram & family

Martha Ingram & family

Book distribution · UNITED STATES

$6.623B
+0.00%
#13
Arnon Milchan

Arnon Milchan

Movie making · ISRAEL

$6.341B
+0.00%
#14
Stefan von Holtzbrinck

Stefan von Holtzbrinck

Publishing · GERMANY

$6.183B
+0.00%
#15
Christiane Schoeller

Christiane Schoeller

Publishing · GERMANY

$6.183B
+0.00%
#16
James Chambers

James Chambers

Media · UNITED STATES

$6.056B
+0.00%
#17
Margaretta Taylor

Margaretta Taylor

Media · UNITED STATES

$6.055B
+0.00%
#18
Katharine Rayner

Katharine Rayner

Media · UNITED STATES

$6.05B
+0.00%
#19
Mark Cuban

Mark Cuban

Online media · UNITED STATES

$6.039B
+0.00%
#20
Thomas Tull

Thomas Tull

Movies · UNITED STATES

$5.314B
+0.00%
#21
Isaac Perlmutter

Isaac Perlmutter

Marvel comics · UNITED STATES

$5.183B
+0.00%
#22
Forrest Li

Forrest Li

Online gaming · SINGAPORE

$5.156B
-3.48%
#23
George Lucas

George Lucas

Star Wars · UNITED STATES

$5.093B
+0.03%
#24
Tim Sweeney

Tim Sweeney

Video games · UNITED STATES

$5.076B
+0.00%
#25
Barry Diller

Barry Diller

Online media · UNITED STATES

$4.886B
-0.64%
#26
Friede Springer

Friede Springer

Publishing · GERMANY

$4.48B
+0.00%
#27
Jose Roberto Marinho

Jose Roberto Marinho

Media · BRAZIL

$4.366B
+0.00%
#28
Joao Roberto Marinho

Joao Roberto Marinho

Media · BRAZIL

$4.364B
+0.00%
#29
Hubert Burda

Hubert Burda

Publishing · GERMANY

$4.144B
+0.00%
#30
Jason Jiang

Jason Jiang

Advertising · SINGAPORE

$3.937B
+0.39%
#31
A

Amos Hostetter Jr

Cable television · UNITED STATES

$3.866B
+0.05%
#32
Pierre Karl Péladeau

Pierre Karl Péladeau

Media · CANADA

$3.855B
+0.00%
#33
Koos Bekker

Koos Bekker

Media · SOUTH AFRICA

$3.46B
-0.02%
#34
Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey

TV shows · UNITED STATES

$3.421B
+0.00%
#35
Roberto Irineu Marinho

Roberto Irineu Marinho

Media · BRAZIL

$3.319B
+0.00%
#36
G

Gang Ye

Online gaming · SINGAPORE

$3.268B
-2.57%
#37
Pier Silvio Berlusconi

Pier Silvio Berlusconi

Media · ITALY

$3.253B
+0.33%
#38
Marina Berlusconi

Marina Berlusconi

Media · ITALY

$3.253B
+0.33%
#39
Haim Saban

Haim Saban

TV network · UNITED STATES

$3.25B
+0.00%
#40
Kagemasa Kozuki

Kagemasa Kozuki

Video games · JAPAN

$3.105B
+0.18%
#41
Su Hua

Su Hua

Video streaming · CHINA

$2.851B
+3.37%
#42
Ted Turner

Ted Turner

Cable television · UNITED STATES

$2.787B
+0.00%
#43
Mathias Doepfner

Mathias Doepfner

Media · GERMANY

$2.741B
+0.00%
#44
Zygmunt Solorz

Zygmunt Solorz

TV broadcasting · POLAND

$2.714B
-0.92%
#45
Kenneth Feld & family

Kenneth Feld & family

Live entertainment · UNITED STATES

$2.47B
+0.00%
#46
Yvonne Bauer

Yvonne Bauer

Magazines · GERMANY

$2.445B
+0.00%
#47
John de Mol

John de Mol

TV programs · NETHERLANDS

$2.37B
+0.00%
#48
Todd Wagner

Todd Wagner

Online media · UNITED STATES

$2.331B
+0.00%
#49
Cheng Yixiao

Cheng Yixiao

Video streaming app · CHINA

$2.265B
+3.76%
#50
Kalanithi Maran

Kalanithi Maran

Media · INDIA

$2.208B
-1.14%
#51
Richard Desmond

Richard Desmond

Publishing · UNITED KINGDOM

$1.969B
+0.00%
#52
Edir Macedo & family

Edir Macedo & family

broadcasting · BRAZIL

$1.962B
+0.00%
#53
Luigi Berlusconi

Luigi Berlusconi

Media · ITALY

$1.904B
+0.33%
#54
Barbara Berlusconi

Barbara Berlusconi

Media · ITALY

$1.904B
+0.33%
#55
E

Eleonora Berlusconi

Media · ITALY

$1.904B
+0.33%
#56
Peter Jackson

Peter Jackson

Movies · NEW ZEALAND

$1.9B
-0.19%
#57
Luiz Frias

Luiz Frias

Media · BRAZIL

$1.885B
-0.64%
#58
Joop van den Ende

Joop van den Ende

TV shows · NETHERLANDS

$1.858B
+0.00%
#59
Yasuhiro Fukushima

Yasuhiro Fukushima

Video games · JAPAN

$1.834B
+0.26%
#60
Jeff T. Green

Jeff T. Green

Digital advertising · UNITED STATES

$1.824B
-1.00%
#61
Min-Liang Tan

Min-Liang Tan

Gaming hardware · SINGAPORE

$1.647B
+0.00%
#62
Ronnie Screwvala

Ronnie Screwvala

edtech · INDIA

$1.553B
-0.15%
#63
Dick Wolf

Dick Wolf

Law & Order · UNITED STATES

$1.539B
+0.00%
#64
Alan Gerry

Alan Gerry

Cable television · UNITED STATES

$1.496B
+0.00%
#65
Markus Persson

Markus Persson

Computer games · SWEDEN

$1.416B
+0.00%
#66
Kim Jung-youn

Kim Jung-youn

Online gaming · SOUTH KOREA

$1.367B
+0.27%
#67
Kim Jung-min

Kim Jung-min

Online gaming · SOUTH KOREA

$1.367B
+0.27%
#68
Tyler Perry

Tyler Perry

Movies · UNITED STATES

$1.357B
+0.00%
#69
Gary Magness

Gary Magness

Cable TV · UNITED STATES

$1.353B
+0.17%
#70
Ben Silbermann

Ben Silbermann

Social media · UNITED STATES

$1.35B
-0.73%
#71
L

Lim Kaling

Gaming hardware · SINGAPORE

$1.245B
+0.00%
#72
J.K. Rowling

J.K. Rowling

Books · UNITED KINGDOM

$1.216B
+0.00%
#73
Sheila Johnson

Sheila Johnson

Cable TV · UNITED STATES

$1.212B
+0.00%
#74
Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Movies · UNITED STATES

$1.176B
+0.00%
#75
M

Manny Stul

Toys · AUSTRALIA

$1.173B
+0.00%
#76
Hajime Satomi

Hajime Satomi

Video games · JAPAN

$1.133B
-1.99%
#77
Jerry Seinfeld

Jerry Seinfeld

Comedy · UNITED STATES

$1.1B
+0.00%
#78
James Cameron

James Cameron

Movies · CANADA

$1.1B
+0.00%
#79
K

Kenzo Tsujimoto

Video games · JAPAN

$1.092B
-0.04%
#80
Keiko Erikawa

Keiko Erikawa

Video games · JAPAN

$1.038B
+0.24%
#81
Yoichi Erikawa

Yoichi Erikawa

Video games · JAPAN

$1.036B
+0.24%
#82
Ric Elias

Ric Elias

Media · UNITED STATES

$1.036B
+0.00%
#83
Aydin Dogan

Aydin Dogan

Media · TURKEY

$1.034B
+0.12%
#84
Susumu Fujita

Susumu Fujita

internet media · JAPAN

$1.007B
+0.21%
#85
Maria Frias

Maria Frias

Media · BRAZIL

$0.993B
-1.79%
#86
Huang Qiaoling

Huang Qiaoling

Amusement parks · CHINA

$0.985B
-1.95%
#87
David Chen

David Chen

Online gaming · SINGAPORE

$0.955B
-5.89%
#88
Rui Chen

Rui Chen

Online entertainment · CHINA

$0.94B
-8.28%
#89
Manoj Punjabi

Manoj Punjabi

Movies · INDONESIA

$0.892B
-12.65%

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