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Forbes recently released its list of the richest athletes in the world, and some of the numbers and statistics are completely unsurprising. According to the outlet, 35 out of the 50 richest are from the United States — the most out of any country. What’s more, the NBA has the most number of athletes on the list, with 18 of the world’s richest athletes being top dribblers (American football came in second, with 14 athletes from that sport on the list — and rounding out the top three is soccer, which boasts five athletes on the list.) What’s more, three of the top athletes made more than $100 million in total earnings over the last 12 months — and Lebron James is at the top of that high-earner list. “LeBron James, with $121.2 million, reaches the milestone for the first time on the Forbes athletes list while Lionel Messi ($130 million) and Cristiano Ronaldo ($115 million) are each five-time members of the century club,” reported the outlet. The outlet also pointed out that in addition...
A sponsored picture is worth a million dollars. Just ask Beyoncé, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and professional footballer, Neymar. According to Hopper’s annual Instagram Rich Lists , Johnson has officially dethroned former billionaire Kylie Jenner as the highest-paid celebrity on Instagram, says ELLE Australia . With each post the Hollywood A-lister and wrestling icon rakes in a cool $1,015,000 while Jenner pockets just under the seven figures. “Following the unceremonious stripping of her billionaire status by Forbes , Kylie Jenner has been dethroned after two years on top,” Hopper HQ wrote in a blog post. To round out the list, whose results are calculated based on internal data, agency rate cards, and public information, Beyoncé ranks No. 7 with $770,000 per post. Though Neymar comes in at the bottom of the top 10, he takes home $704,000 every time he shows his roughly 139,000 followers his abs. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Dwayne Johnson (@therock) View this post...