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The 20 richest people in media, who have a collective net worth of more than $190 billion
The 20 richest people in media, who have a collective net worth of more than $190 billion
Joey HaddenSep 30, 2020, 00:55 IST
Former Mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg speaks at the dedication ceremony of the Memorial Glade at the 9/11 Memorial site in the Manhattan borough of New York, New York, May 30, 2019.Carlo Allegri/Reuters
Worth a combined $192 billion, media's richest players are behind massive publications such as Bloomberg and Reuters, and entertainment brands like Marvel and Fortnite.
The list includes Tim Sweeney, Michael Bloomberg, and Charlie Ergen, who have made their fortunes in video games, news media, and TV.
Five billionaires on this list inherited a portion of Cox Enterprises, a $21 billion telecommunications company.
The richest person on the list is Michael Bloomberg, the mogul who founded the Bloomberg business publication, served three terms as mayor of New York, and ran for president in 2020.
All net worths below are sourced from Bloomberg unless otherwise noted.
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20. Mark Cuban: $4.2 billion, per Forbes
Mark Cuban visits "Cavuto: Coast To Coast" hosted by Neil Cavuto at Fox Business Network Studios on September 30, 2019, in New York City.
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19. Martha Ingram: $4.4 billion, per Forbes
Martha Rivers Ingram the 2010 National Arts Awards at Cipriani 42nd Street on October 18, 2010 in New York City.
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18. Friede Springer: $4.8 billion, per Forbes
Friede Springer in Berlin in 2019.
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17. Charles Dolan: $4.84 billion
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16. Isaac Perlmutter: $4.65 billion
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15. Clive Calder: $5.08 billion
Record executive Clive Calder speaks at the UJA Federation of New York's 2009 Music Visionary Award at The Pierre Hotel on June 18, 2009 in New York City.
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T14. Margaretta Taylor: $5.68 billion
Margaretta Johnson Taylor attends Top Dog Humanitarian Awards Gala on November 15, 1989, at the Pierre Hotel in New York City.
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T14. Katharine Rayner: $5.68 billion
Billy Rayner and Katharine Rayner attend The Morgan Library & Museum's Evening Benefit at The Morgan Library & Museum on November 14, 2016 in New York City.
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T14. James Cox Chambers: $5.68 billion
James Cox Chambers is not pictured.
Cox Enterprises
11. David Thomson: $6.43 billion
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10. Rupert Murdoch: $6.88 billion
Rupert Murdoch attends Citymeals On Wheels' 33rd Annual Power Lunch For Women at The Plaza Hotel on November 19, 2019 in New York City.
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9. George Lucas: $7.13 billion
George Lucas attends the premiere of Disney Pictures and Lucasfilm's "Solo: A Star Wars Story" at the El Capitan Theatre on May 10, 2018 in Hollywood, California.
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8. John Malone: $7.49 billion
Liberty Media's John Malone attends the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on October 7, 2015 in San Francisco, California.
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T7. Blair Parry-Okeden: $8.6 billion
Blair Parry-Okeden is not pictured.
Cox Enterprises
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T7. Jim Kennedy: $8.6 billion
Cox Enterprises
5. Tim Sweeney: $9.4 billion
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4. David Geffen: $10 billion
David Geffen is seen in Los Angeles in 2017.
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3. Charlie Ergen: $10.2 billion
Dish Network Corporation Chairman Charlie Ergen joked about launching a satellite with a Chinese rocket during an "Entrepreneurs Unplugged" event at the University of ColoradoTuesday night, April 17, 2012.
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2. Donald Newhouse: $16.3 billion
Donald Newhouse speaks onstage during the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration's Hope Rising Benefit at The Pierre Hotel on October 23, 2019 in New York City.
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1. Michael Bloomberg: $54.9 billion, per Forbes
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is pictured above during an event for his presidential campaign in February.
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