CHUCK LORRE—EST. $800 MILLION

Chuck Lorre is an American writer, producer, composer and director. His multiple professional identities just show his amazing talent. In his sophomore year, he chose to drop out of school to write songs. He worked as a touring musician and songwriter for many years, and then turned his attention to the original soundtrack of TV. In addition, he wrote TV plays.

Chuck Lorre is the guy who brought us such television hits as Two and a Half Men and Big Bang Theory. Just consider that the people he’s paid to sashay onscreen were getting hundreds of thousands of dollars per episode—that’s how good his television shows were—and you won’t be surprised that the man is worth $200 million short of a billion dollars. You might also know him as the guy whom Charlie Sheen kept saying he was “winning” against. But, alas, if their net worth is any indication of who actually won between them, then it’s Lorre who won in the end.