Forbes named the highest paid Russian celebrities who can compete with Hollywood stars

2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55

In July, the edition compiled another ranking of the highest paid Russian celebrities in the field of sports and show business. As usual, the assessment went in three directions at once: search queries in Yandex, mentions in various media and social networks, and directly the level of income. The results were, in a way, expected, but some of the celebrities were really surprised.

Alexander Ovechkin

$ 14.5 million

He began his hockey career at the age of 16 and has consistently moved forward and upward since then. By the age of 32, he has not only topped the top 10 Russian celebrities with the highest income, but is also the owner of a multi-year contract with the Washington Capitals hockey club with a six-figure payout. In 2017, Alexander married Anastasia Shubskaya, daughter of the famous actress Vera Glagoleva. Now the couple are waiting for their first child.

Sergey Shnurov

$ 13.9 million

Shnurov became interested in rock music in the eighth grade, but far from immediately decided to make creativity his profession. He studied at the institute twice, but never graduated. For the first time he became a student of civil engineering, from where he went to the Restoration Lyceum, then for three years he studied at the philosophy faculty of the Theological Institute. Since 1991, he has been constantly studying music, the first two groups created by the musician broke up, but the third attempt turned out to be extremely successful. The Leningrad group brought fame to the performer and a constant increase in income.

Philip Kirkorov

$ 9.8 million

Philip Kirkorov is treated differently, but we should give him his due: the singer is incredibly able-bodied. He learned all the delights of the artist's nomadic life at an early age, accompanying his parents on tour. His father is a Bulgarian singer, and his mother often led her husband's concerts. They took their son with them, and he always watched with interest what was happening on the stage. He knew for sure that someday he would take the stage and become a real star. Philip Kirkorov is not in vain proud of himself and believes that he made himself. He worked very hard to make his dream come true.

Grigory Leps

$ 8.2 million

He did not study well at school, but he was enthusiastically engaged in music and already at the music school showed his abilities. He knew for sure that music would become his profession. Grigory Leps does not hide the fact that his work as a singer in restaurants became the reason for his addiction to alcohol, and later to drugs. However, he was able to overcome his addictions when they began to prevent him from climbing the career ladder. Since 1995, he has not used alcohol or drugs. He works tirelessly on his repertoire, opened his own production center and organized the Christmas at Rosa Khutor music festival.

Ivan Urgant

$ 8.5 million

The actor in the third generation went to fame rapidly, step by step rising up. He does not like questions about his income, preferring to laugh it off. Ivan Urgant believes: money is far from the main thing in a person's life. Much more important is a strong family and good relationships with loved ones, for the sake of which he is ready to move mountains.

Olga Buzova

$ 3.9 million

A few years ago, no one could have thought that a modest girl who decided to take part in a reality show would soon become a real star. Olga Buzova quickly entered the world of show business in order to reach the first positions in domestic ratings. Her figure is very ambiguous, many treat the girl with disdain, but she completely made herself, working 24 hours a day. According to search queries in Yandex, she by a wide margin bypassed all her neighbors in the rating, and most of Olga's income comes from advertising posts on social networks.

Dima Bilan

$ 7.7 million

A boy from Kabardino-Balkaria from childhood diligently stormed vocal competitions to pave his way in art. He received his first significant award at the Chunga-Changa children's festival in 1998. Later there were participation in the "New Wave" and a deafening victory in the "Eurovision-2008". Since the beginning of his career, the singer has won many prizes and awards and received recognition from grateful listeners.

Evgeny Malkin

$ 9.5 million

The well-known hockey player first started skating at the age of three. Dad, who once played hockey, immediately decided to introduce his son to sports. The boy fell in love with hockey at first sight, even slept with his little hockey stick. True, classes at a sports school subsequently brought him a lot of grief. He experienced many setbacks, but did not give up and, thanks to his incredible ability to work and perseverance, achieved his goal, becoming not just a professional hockey player, but one of the best in this sport.

Stas Mikhailov

$ 7.4 million

He stubbornly pushed his way to fame, simultaneously doing everything that could bring him at least some income. He sang in restaurants and was engaged in video distribution in Sochi, having moved to the capital in 1992, at first he delivered video tapes. However, the inability to provide his family with a dignified existence in Moscow forced him to return to Sochi. Only in 2000, he settled in the capital and began to study only music, not being scattered into other activities. It soon bore fruit, and the singer confidently took the first lines of the national charts.

Ksenia Sobchak

$ 1.4 million

The daughter of a famous politician has always tried to stand out from the crowd. She was independent, freedom-loving and sharp-tongued. At the same time, she never had any complexes about her appearance, but could heartily laugh at her own shortcomings. She gained popularity after participating in the Dom-2 project as a presenter. In 2018, she made her talk about herself again by deciding to run for president.

It's no secret that the most famous and famous actors receive far from small sums. can get an income of several million dollars in a year.