American actor, director Tyler Perry is now, according to Forbes ‘Hollywood’s newest billionaire’.
The 51-year-old Hollywood A-lister, has to his credit more than 1,200 episodes of television, 22 feature films, and at least two dozen stage plays, as well as a studio lot of 330-acres at the edge of Atlanta’s southern limits.
Tyler speaking to Forbes said, “I love when people say you come from ‘humble beginnings’, adding that “it really means you were poor as hell.”
The September born also said, “Ownership changes everything.”
Forbes revealed that the entertainer has earned more than $1.4 billion in pretax income since 2005, which he used to buy homes in Atlanta, New York, Los Angeles, and Jackson Hole, Wyoming, as well as two planes.
As of Tuesday, Forbes estimated his net worth at $1 billion, with a clear path to future membership of The Forbes 400, a list of the richest Americans.
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