TOM CRUISE, NET WORTH—$570 MILLION

Not only is Tom Cruise one of the best actors of all time, but he is apparently also, to his credit, one of the richest. With an estimated net worth of $600 million, it really isn’t something that many people can reasonably doubt as he has quite a long list of investments to his name. Also, given the many projects he’s involved with, his net worth can only go up in the foreseeable future.

Not bad for someone who fortuitously went into acting because of an injury. That’s right, Cruise reportedly got injured in high school and joined the drama club after getting forced off the wrestling team. Luckily for Tom, that incident put him on the path to stardom and wealth. After getting bitten by the acting bug in high school, he immediately relocated to New York to focus on his craft full-time. It wasn’t long before he was cast in the film Risky Business in 1983, an iconic role that boosted his career into stardom overnight and earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Comedy.