Forbes' 20 Under 25: The Top-Earning Young Superstars - How Many Do You Think Have Startups?

http://www.forbes.com/business/2007/12/01/celebrity-hollywood-media-cz_lg_1204kidstars.html?feed=rss_popstories

by pius • 19 years ago

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pg• 19 years ago

How Many Do You Think Have Startups?

None, obviously, because they didn't include capital gains, which is the way startup founders get paid.

"Forbes' 20 Under 25 list of the Top-Earning Young Superstars examined earnings from June 2006 to June 2007. We included salaries, winnings, endorsement deals and royalties."

pius• 19 years ago

Nice catch . . . didn't notice their methodology. You'd think Forbes could do a little better than that.

JohnN• 19 years ago

Clearly none, how many startup founders are called "superstars" by the pres.

walesmd• 19 years ago

Haha - Hannah Montana made as much as Lindsay Lohan!

You know your career is shot when an actor from Disney that lipsyncs to little kids and calls it a concert is on track to surpass your income.

brent• 19 years ago

Did you make more than Hannah Montana?

pchristensen• 19 years ago

I think he meant your career as a global entertainment icon. And yes, I make less than Hannah Montana, so my career as a global entertainment icon is shot.

aston• 19 years ago

Pretty sure she (Montana/Cyrus) can actually sing.

testapplication• 19 years ago

Wow, I'm sorry to hear your career is shot.

staunch• 19 years ago

Zuckerberg is on track to be worth more than all of them combined at least a few times over.

Xichekolas2• 19 years ago

Since Facebook's valuation is now a nice round $15 billion, Zuckerberg's 20% stake is worth $3 billion.

Of course, it's not like he will be converting that to cold hard cash anytime soon, but everyone on that list would have to be worth at least $120m to equal that. I'm sure the Olsen Twins are, but the Harry Potter stars definitely aren't.

Then again, this was about income, not net worth or capital gains. Pretty sure Warren Buffet wouldn't make this list (since he doesn't pay himself much) even if he was young enough.

nickb• 19 years ago

> Since Facebook's valuation is now a nice round $15 billion

After Beacon fiasco, do you still think that? That $15B is based on a relatively small MS investment (which is basically a pre-payment for their advertising deal) and FB is still not making any real money. For them to have a $15B valuation, they should have at least $1B in revenues (to justify 15x valuation) as a private company. Based on their financing strategy, they don't make anywhere close to that.

zaidf• 19 years ago

Facebook is still cheap at 15B. Here's the catch: that doesn't mean someone should buy it at 15B. The acquirer will likely end up disrupting the path facebook's on right now.

Just imagine if yahoo bought google back in the day - I doubt google would be what it is today.

rokhayakebe• 19 years ago

The thing about it is that I rather build a $5M startup than having someone else sign my check. Plus I would hate to entertain people for a living.

cellis• 19 years ago

Or your 5M$ check could be signed by the same people! Disney, for instance (which signs, directly or indirectly a large portion of most those celebrities checks), has bought out a couple startups if I remember correctly.

woot• 19 years ago

Digg.com/celebrity worthy.

Forbes' 20 Under 25: The Top-Earning Young Superstars - How Many Do You Think Have Startups?

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