Good to be young. And it’s even better to be young and rich, especially if the money was not inherited from wealthy relatives, but earned by your own labor. The rating of the highest paid celebrities under the age of 30 years has been published recently by Forbes magazine. In total, there are 30 names in it, but we represent the top 10 young rich people of 2017.
10. Kylie Jenner, model
The participant of the popular show “The Kardashian Family” is younger than all other participants in the Forbes version of the richest of young celebrities. She was only 20 years old.
And Kylie is the youngest member of the Kardashian-Jenner clan, and earns a “modest” $ 41 million per year thanks to her family’s television show, as well as the cosmetics and clothing production line under the Kardashian brand.
9. Taylor Swift, singer
Last year, a 27-year-old American woman performing country pop songs received $ 170 million thanks to the record-breaking 1989 world tour.
Taylor Swift continues to make multimillion-dollar profits even in 2017, through sales of music albums and promotional deals with Keds and Appleand AT&T. Swift’s revenue for the year was $ 44 million.
8. James Harden, athlete
In the eighth position in the selection of sports and show business stars who are not yet 30 years old, is a professional 29-year-old basketball player with an income of 46.6 million dollars. Harden's unique style and strong play have made him one of the best-selling NBA players. In 2016, he signed with the Huston Rockets club a four-year contract worth $ 118 million.
The deal added $ 10 million to Harden's salary in 2016-17. The athlete thanked Huston Rockets, becoming the first NBA player to score 2000 points.
Adidas made Harden one of the faces of his NBA campaign, and would pay him $ 200 million for a 13-year contract. Other advertising partners of the basketball player are Beats, Foot Locker, BodyArmor, and half a dozen well-known brands.
7. Stephen Curry, athlete
The salary of this 29-year-old basketball player for the 2016-1917 season was $ 12.1 million and was in 85th place on the list of the largest salaries of NBA players.
In addition, Curry was twice recognized as the NBA's most valuable player (MVP), including the first unanimous MVP vote in league history.
Over the past 12 months, his income has nearly tripled. Curry has signed advertising deals with JPMorgan Chase, Brita, Vivo and PressPlay and has earned $ 47.3 million over the past year.
6. Rory McIlroy, athlete
A 28-year-old professional golfer won the Tour Championship and won the FedEx Cup in 2016. A bonus of $ 10 million was “attached” to the trophy - this is the biggest prize in golf.
Between June 2016 and June 2017, he earned 50 million. The Nike brand signed a 10-year contract with McIlroy, and in 2015, the golfer became the face of Electronic Arts video games instead of Tiger Woods.
In 2017, Rory became the second in the FedEx Cup, and it is expected that his income at the next ranking will be more modest.
5. Andrew Luck, Athlete
28-year-old Andrew Luck has the highest salary among US National Football League players. In 2016, he signed a five-year contract with the Indianapolis Colts team in the amount of $ 123 million.
For two years in a row (in 2010-2011), Luck took second place in the Heisman Trophy vote, and in those same years was recognized as the best attack player at the Pac-12 student sports conference.
Currently, Luck's annual revenue is $ 50 million.
4. Kevin Durant, athlete
A 29-year-old professional basketball player shocked the sports world when he left the Oklahoma City Thunder club to sign a two-year contract with the Golden State Warriors before the 2016-17 season (he may withdraw from the contract in a year).
Durant has signed contracts with many popular brands such as Nike, Beats and Sparkling Ice. A one-year contract with Nike will bring the athlete a total of $ 300 million.
Durant's annual revenue was $ 60.6 million.
3. Adele, singer
The three leaders of the youngest sports and show business stars with the highest incomes are opened by the 29-year-old singer from Britain, whose album “25” was the best-selling album of 2016 and sold 1.73 million copies.
This album and live performances helped Adele earn $ 69 million.
2. Justin Bieber, singer
The annual income of this 23-year-old Canadian handsome is 83.5 million dollars. For the first time he “appeared” in Forbes at the age of 18 and is now confidently moving to the first place in the list of young, rich and famous.
1. Abel Tesfaye, singer
At the top of the ranking is a 27-year-old pop singer, performing under the pseudonym The Weeknd. He started by releasing free mixtapes in 2010 under his mysterious nickname.
And over the past year, Tesfaye earned $ 92 million, mainly due to his concert activities. The singer is currently touring the world with his sixth Starboy: Legend of the Fall Tour. The tour began on February 17, 2017 at Ericsson Globus in Stockholm and is due to end on December 14, 2017 at the Perth Arena in Perth.
The Weeknd ranks sixth in the list of 100 world celebrities with the highest earnings.
Together, the thirty highest-paid celebrities under the age of 30 earned $ 1.24 billion before taxes and fees between June 1, 2016 and June 1, 2017.
Partly due to the preponderance of professional athletes, the general list of the highest paid young stars in the world is extremely unbalanced, in addition 84% of the participants are male.
