Top 20 Richest Young Celebrities

Cara Harrington @ Gone Hollywood | Thursday, December 6, 2007

At 23 LeBron James is giving Kobe Bryant a run for his money. Literally. The basketball player is about to become the NBA’s high paid player. A 4 year contract worth $60 million is in the works to keep him happy with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Currently he is banking about half of that. With endorsement deals from Nike and Coca-Cola he is set to break the $100 million marker combined with his 4 year contract. Reggie Bush came in second on the payroll with $24 million followed by Maria Sharapova with a million dollar difference. Michelle Wie took 4^th with a $19 mill paycheck for golfing.

Media moguls Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen bring home a around $17 million per twin. Not bad being that their last film was in 2004. The bulk of their income stems from their Wal-Mart line that caters to the boho loving Olsen tween crowd. Hollywood rehab queen, Lindsay Lohan, earned around $3.5 mill before heading to several strings of rehab sessions. Odd being that just about everything she touches turns into a flop.

Younger still is Dakota Fanning. She has almost half a million for every year she has been alive. At 13 her starting rate is at Least $3 million per film. Fellow youngster Miley Cyrus is only 15 and could buy a boat, a million dollar home, her weight in shoes and a baby elephant with money left over to purchase hair extensions made from flying ponies. One album banked $3.5 million dollars, which will be a meager sum compared to her latest tour that kicked off last month. In order to score tickets to her alter ego concert you have to sell your first born on the black market.

Harry Potter himself is a rich bitch. Daniel Radcliffe just broke 18 years on this earth and has $15 million dollars at his command. Co-stars Emma Watson, who has become a Chanel queen, and Rupert Grint are also not hurting for cash. They each could write a $4 million dollar check that wouldn’t bounce. The threesome have more money coming their way with two more Harry Potter films on their way.

Avril Lavigne crooned out about $12 million in crappy songs this year . Her album “The Best Damn Thing” became an international hit. Meanwhile the country/pop queen Carrie Underwood cashed in around $7 million. Paid to party Paris Hilton “earned” $6.5 million just for being a pelvis princess.

Source: 20 Under 25: The Top-Earning Young Superstars [Forbes]

Top 20 Richest Young Celebrities

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