BILL COSBY—$400 MILLION

Bill Cosby is an American actor, comedian, writer and musician in Philadelphia. Cosby began his career in the entertainment industry in the 1960s. He will perform a stand up comedy in San Francisco’s hungry I and air his first sitcom show on TV in 1969. In terms of money, Bill Cosby used to be 400 million dollars. His long career in film and television ensured his great wealth. In 1985, his Cosby Show earned more than $1 million a year. As a spokesperson for brands such as Jell-O and Coca Cola, he made more cash and got revenue from talk shows.

According to Forbes, Cosby was the world’s highest paid artist in the mid-1980s, with more than $80 million. Even after Cosby Show, its stars and creators are still making money. In the decades since the show was discontinued, the show has generated about $1.5 billion in syndicated revenue. Over the past few decades, he has owned 20% of the show, generating hundreds of millions of dollars in syndicated royalties, although in recent years, most of them have dried up because of his scandals.

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