Question- On June 12, 2017, the prestigious American magazine Forbes released the list of 100 highest paid celebrities in the world. Who is India’s highest paid celebrity in this list?
(a) Akshay Kumar
(b) Prabhash
(c) Shahrukh Khan
(d) Salman Khan
Ans: (c)
Related facts:-
- On June 12, 2017, the prestigious American magazine Forbes released the World’s 100 Highest Paid Celebrities list-2017.
- American ramper and industrialist Sean Combs topped the list with $ 130 million in this list.
- After this, the famous American singer Beyonce Knowles ranked second with $ 105 million in earnings.
- The famous British author J.K. Rowling ranked third with a net earnings of $ 95 million.
- Famous Canadian singer and musician Drake ranked fourth with US $ 94 million in earnings.
- Famous football player Cristiano Ronaldo is at the fifth position with net earnings of $ 93 million.
- Apart from this, among other celebrities of the world, Lionel Messi ($ 80 million) is 14th, Roger Federer ($ 64 million), 23rd, Jackie Chan ($ 49 million) is ranked 39th.
- This year, only three celebrities from India are included in this list.
- Famous Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan, with a net earning of US $ 38 million, is ranked 65th in the list and remains the first in the country.
- Apart from this, famous Bollywood actor Salman Khan is at 71st place with$ 37 million and Akshay Kumar is at 80th place with earnings of US $ 35.5 million.
- The world’s 100 top-earning celebrities earned a cumulative $5.15 billion pretax between June 1, 2016 and June 1, 2017, essentially flat over 2016’s $5.1 billion total.
- 66% of the 100 celebrities in the world belong to the United States, 20% in Europe, 12% in Canada, and 5% in Asia.
Related Links:-
https://www.forbes.com/sites/natalierobehmed/2017/06/12/celebrity-100-the-worlds-highest-paid-celebrities-of-2017/#c1570e34d92a
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbespr/2017/06/12/forbes-releases-2017-celebrity-100-list-of-the-worlds-highest-paid-entertainers/#1cf36bb52933
https://www.forbes.com/celebrities/list/