If peeking into the world of Hollywood salaries can cause some dizziness, speaking of net worth things escalate even more. Taking this last factor into account, Reese Witherspoon has been declared the richest actress in the world.
actress and producer
The American magazine Forbes, specialized in business and finance, regularly publishes lists of prominent personalities in this field. He recently named Reese Witherspoon as the richest actress in the world, with a net worth of $440 million.
The actress, who at the time was successful with films like ‘Legally Blonde’ or ‘Walk the Line’, not only continues to act in successful series for HBO or Apple TV+ but also she has excelled in her facet as a producer.
According to Forbes, Witherspoon has amassed part of his fortune by selling a majority stake in his production company Hello Sunshine to the Blackstone company in 2021, a deal that set the value of the company at 900 million of dollars. The movement continues to bring benefits, since the actress is still in possession of 18% by Hello Sunshine.
Witherspoon’s first steps in production began in the 2000s, but it wasn’t until 2012 with the formation of Pacific Standard that they threw themselves fully into producing such remarkable projects like ‘Lost’ by David Fincher or ‘Wild Soul’ by Jean Marc-Vallée.
As of 2016, it became a subsidiary of Hello Sunshine, created to promote narratives led by women such as ‘Big Little Lies’, ‘The morning show’, ‘Everybody loves Daisy Jones’ or ‘Little fires everywhere’. In addition, she is also one of the highest paid Hollywood stars, with $20 million salary for starring in ‘The Morning Show’.
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