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Media & Entertainment .

The Media & Entertainment sector has produced 89 billionaires with a combined net worth of $344.881B. Below is the complete ranked list of the wealthiest leaders in Media & Entertainment for 2026.

#1
R

Rupert Murdoch & family

Newspapers · UNITED STATES

$22.502B
+0.00%
#2
Donald Newhouse

Donald Newhouse

Media · UNITED STATES

$14.151B
+0.36%
#3
C

Charles Ergen

Satellite TV · UNITED STATES

$14.071B
-4.82%
#4
W

Wang Ning & family

Toys · CHINA

$12.365B
-0.06%
#5
John Malone

John Malone

Cable television · UNITED STATES

$11.232B
-0.22%
#6
Gabe Newell

Gabe Newell

Video games · UNITED STATES

$11.034B
+0.00%
#7
David Geffen

David Geffen

Movies · UNITED STATES

$9.117B
+0.00%
#8
Blair Parry-Okeden

Blair Parry-Okeden

Media · UNITED STATES

$9.101B
+0.00%
#9
Jim Kennedy

Jim Kennedy

Media · UNITED STATES

$9.053B
+0.00%
#10
Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg

Movies · UNITED STATES

$7.056B
+0.00%
#11
Martha Ingram & family

Martha Ingram & family

Book distribution · UNITED STATES

$6.972B
+0.00%
#12
C

Clive Calder

Record label · UNITED KINGDOM

$6.897B
+0.00%
#13
Forrest Li

Forrest Li

Online gaming · SINGAPORE

$6.613B
+0.00%
#14
Arnon Milchan

Arnon Milchan

Movie making · ISRAEL

$6.373B
+0.00%
#15
Stefan von Holtzbrinck

Stefan von Holtzbrinck

Publishing · GERMANY

$6.243B
-0.44%
#16
Christiane Schoeller

Christiane Schoeller

Publishing · GERMANY

$6.243B
-0.44%
#17
James Chambers

James Chambers

Media · UNITED STATES

$6.049B
+0.00%
#18
Margaretta Taylor

Margaretta Taylor

Media · UNITED STATES

$6.049B
+0.00%
#19
Katharine Rayner

Katharine Rayner

Media · UNITED STATES

$6.044B
+0.00%
#20
Mark Cuban

Mark Cuban

Online media · UNITED STATES

$6.039B
+0.00%
#21
Barry Diller

Barry Diller

Online media · UNITED STATES

$5.425B
+0.00%
#22
Thomas Tull

Thomas Tull

Movies · UNITED STATES

$5.314B
+0.00%
#23
Isaac Perlmutter

Isaac Perlmutter

Marvel comics · UNITED STATES

$5.183B
+0.00%
#24
George Lucas

George Lucas

Star Wars · UNITED STATES

$5.099B
+0.00%
#25
Tim Sweeney

Tim Sweeney

Video games · UNITED STATES

$5.076B
+0.00%
#26
Jose Roberto Marinho

Jose Roberto Marinho

Media · BRAZIL

$4.747B
+0.00%
#27
Joao Roberto Marinho

Joao Roberto Marinho

Media · BRAZIL

$4.745B
+0.00%
#28
Friede Springer

Friede Springer

Publishing · GERMANY

$4.434B
+0.00%
#29
Hubert Burda

Hubert Burda

Publishing · GERMANY

$4.101B
+0.00%
#30
G

Gang Ye

Online gaming · SINGAPORE

$3.891B
+0.00%
#31
A

Amos Hostetter Jr

Cable television · UNITED STATES

$3.861B
+0.00%
#32
Pierre Karl Péladeau

Pierre Karl Péladeau

Media · CANADA

$3.713B
+0.00%
#33
Jason Jiang

Jason Jiang

Advertising · SINGAPORE

$3.68B
-0.14%
#34
Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey

TV shows · UNITED STATES

$3.421B
+0.00%
#35
Marina Berlusconi

Marina Berlusconi

Media · ITALY

$3.399B
+0.49%
#36
Pier Silvio Berlusconi

Pier Silvio Berlusconi

Media · ITALY

$3.399B
+0.49%
#37
Koos Bekker

Koos Bekker

Media · SOUTH AFRICA

$3.351B
-0.41%
#38
Roberto Irineu Marinho

Roberto Irineu Marinho

Media · BRAZIL

$3.304B
+0.00%
#39
Haim Saban

Haim Saban

TV network · UNITED STATES

$3.25B
+0.00%
#40
Kagemasa Kozuki

Kagemasa Kozuki

Video games · JAPAN

$2.926B
+1.02%
#41
Zygmunt Solorz

Zygmunt Solorz

TV broadcasting · POLAND

$2.816B
+3.66%
#42
Ted Turner

Ted Turner

Cable television · UNITED STATES

$2.787B
+0.00%
#43
Mathias Doepfner

Mathias Doepfner

Media · GERMANY

$2.713B
+0.00%
#44
Su Hua

Su Hua

Video streaming · CHINA

$2.66B
-0.08%
#45
Kenneth Feld & family

Kenneth Feld & family

Live entertainment · UNITED STATES

$2.47B
+0.00%
#46
Yvonne Bauer

Yvonne Bauer

Magazines · GERMANY

$2.42B
+0.00%
#47
John de Mol

John de Mol

TV programs · NETHERLANDS

$2.354B
+0.00%
#48
Todd Wagner

Todd Wagner

Online media · UNITED STATES

$2.331B
+0.00%
#49
Kalanithi Maran

Kalanithi Maran

Media · INDIA

$2.24B
+0.15%
#50
Cheng Yixiao

Cheng Yixiao

Video streaming app · CHINA

$2.096B
-0.09%
#51
Luigi Berlusconi

Luigi Berlusconi

Media · ITALY

$1.989B
+0.49%
#52
Barbara Berlusconi

Barbara Berlusconi

Media · ITALY

$1.989B
+0.49%
#53
E

Eleonora Berlusconi

Media · ITALY

$1.989B
+0.49%
#54
Richard Desmond

Richard Desmond

Publishing · UNITED KINGDOM

$1.966B
+0.00%
#55
Edir Macedo & family

Edir Macedo & family

broadcasting · BRAZIL

$1.953B
+0.00%
#56
Luiz Frias

Luiz Frias

Media · BRAZIL

$1.918B
+0.00%
#57
Peter Jackson

Peter Jackson

Movies · NEW ZEALAND

$1.906B
+0.00%
#58
Yasuhiro Fukushima

Yasuhiro Fukushima

Video games · JAPAN

$1.84B
+0.34%
#59
Joop van den Ende

Joop van den Ende

TV shows · NETHERLANDS

$1.839B
+0.00%
#60
Jeff T. Green

Jeff T. Green

Digital advertising · UNITED STATES

$1.809B
+0.00%
#61
Min-Liang Tan

Min-Liang Tan

Gaming hardware · SINGAPORE

$1.646B
+0.00%
#62
Ronnie Screwvala

Ronnie Screwvala

edtech · INDIA

$1.576B
+0.08%
#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
Gary Magness

Gary Magness

Cable TV · UNITED STATES

$1.389B
+0.00%
#66
Markus Persson

Markus Persson

Computer games · SWEDEN

$1.387B
+0.00%
#67
Kim Jung-youn

Kim Jung-youn

Online gaming · SOUTH KOREA

$1.381B
+1.11%
#68
Kim Jung-min

Kim Jung-min

Online gaming · SOUTH KOREA

$1.381B
+1.11%
#69
Ben Silbermann

Ben Silbermann

Social media · UNITED STATES

$1.367B
+0.00%
#70
Tyler Perry

Tyler Perry

Movies · UNITED STATES

$1.357B
+0.00%
#71
L

Lim Kaling

Gaming hardware · SINGAPORE

$1.244B
+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
K

Kenzo Tsujimoto

Video games · JAPAN

$1.192B
+0.86%
#75
Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Movies · UNITED STATES

$1.177B
+0.00%
#76
Hajime Satomi

Hajime Satomi

Video games · JAPAN

$1.167B
+0.81%
#77
M

Manny Stul

Toys · AUSTRALIA

$1.155B
+0.00%
#78
David Chen

David Chen

Online gaming · SINGAPORE

$1.147B
+0.00%
#79
James Cameron

James Cameron

Movies · CANADA

$1.1B
+0.00%
#80
Jerry Seinfeld

Jerry Seinfeld

Comedy · UNITED STATES

$1.1B
+0.00%
#81
Keiko Erikawa

Keiko Erikawa

Video games · JAPAN

$1.07B
+0.27%
#82
Yoichi Erikawa

Yoichi Erikawa

Video games · JAPAN

$1.068B
+0.27%
#83
Ric Elias

Ric Elias

Media · UNITED STATES

$1.036B
+0.00%
#84
Susumu Fujita

Susumu Fujita

internet media · JAPAN

$1.034B
+1.59%
#85
Aydin Dogan

Aydin Dogan

Media · TURKEY

$1.026B
-0.04%
#86
Maria Frias

Maria Frias

Media · BRAZIL

$0.993B
-1.79%
#87
Huang Qiaoling

Huang Qiaoling

Amusement parks · CHINA

$0.985B
-1.95%
#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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