Top 10 self-made celebrities: SRK richer than Tom Cruise and Johnny Depp
- Shuchita Kapur
Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan on the cover of business magazine Forbes Middle East which lists the top Indians leaders in the Arab World.
Did you know that Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan is richer than popular Hollywood actors like Tom Cruise and Johnny Depp?
What's even more interesting, the Chennai Express' star and co-owner of the IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders is one of the world's richest self-made personalities, according to Emirates 24|7 research.
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With his net worth estimated at a whopping $600 million (Dh2.2 billion), Bollywood's King Khan, beats most popular Hollywood stars that you can think of.
His vast fortune includes several luxury cars, homes in Mumbai, Dubai, London and several real estate investments. He has been married to Indian film producer and interior designer, Gauri Chibber (now Gauri Khan) since 1991, and together they have three children.
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An actor who rose to fame from TV, Shah Rukh Khan is today a film producer and TV personality, and one of the greatest movie stars in history. Billions of fans have followed his career loyally through the years, and the numbers just seems to keep growing, according to website Celebrity Net Worth.
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Another website that tracks the net worth of top stars is The Richest, which also estimates SRK's net worth at $600m. Khan, it notes, has 70 Hindi films in his acting career along with many other business ventures on the side, and ranks him as India's richest actor.
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His earnings from just his latest flick, Chennai Express, are estimated at $5.31m (Dh19.5m).
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