GEORGE LUCAS—EST. $5.5 BILLION

George Lucas, born on May 14, 1944 in Modesto, California, USA, is an American director, screenwriter and producer. In the 1950s, George Lucas was obsessed with racing. However, when James Dean died of a car accident, Lucas gave up his hobby of car racing. After that, he was admitted to the film department of the University of Southern California.

George Lucas was the man who created Star Wars, so it’s no surprise he’s worth $5.5 billion. If one considers how much he was paid in royalty fees alone for all the Star Wars merchandise that had been peddled in malls and online stores everywhere, it would seem as if the bigger question is why George Lucas isn’t worth more than that. He sold Star Wars to Disney for $4 billion in 2012, but had, to his credit, reportedly put much of the money he made from that deal into his philanthropic endeavors.