SYLVESTER STALLONE—EST. $400 MILLION

Sylvester Stallone was born in New York on July 6, 1946. He is a painter, actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. In 1977, he was nominated for best actor and best screenwriter for the 49th Oscar and 34th Golden Globe Awards for his film Rocky. Sylvester’s Stallone’s Rocky franchise made north of a billion dollars at the box office.

One might be interested to know that the original Rocky film was written by Stallone himself, who was at the time an unknown actor trying to make it in Hollywood. Believe us when we tell you that the effort expended for the creation of Rocky was the best investment of Stallone’s time. It took him three days to write the script. He showed the script to a few producers he was auditioning for, and they loved it. Except that they didn’t want him in it, and offered him $360,000 for the idea. Of course, Stallone disagreed and they eventually relented. The rest, as they say, is history.