15 Rich and Famous People Who Were Born Wealthy

Many celebrities have relatable rags-to-riches stories, but others were seemingly born with silver spoons. Some of these stars have had wealth in their bloodline for generations, while others were raised by seriously successful parents.

Either way, these stars have used their talents to pave their own road to riches. Keep reading to see which of your favorite celebrities already had some wealth in their family.

• Net worth: $1.6 billion

She earns a lot of money, but thankfully Taylor Swift has someone very trustworthy to manage it. Her father, Scott Swift, is the founder of The Swift Group, a Merrill Lynch Wealth Management Group. Swift has been a financial advisor at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management for more than 40 years, according to his firm’s website, so her father has held this prestigious job her entire life.

For her part, the “Shake It Off” singer has made 10 No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 chart, including “Red (Taylor’s Version).” She is the second woman in the 65-year history of the Billboard albums charts to hit the 10 mark, second only to Barbra Streisand’s 11 No. 1 albums. Her “The Eras Tour,” was an ambitious stadium tour across the country, which worked out as it grossed over $2 billion alone in ticket sales.

• Net worth: $300 million

Once upon a time, Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta was a kid growing up in a duplex on New York City’s Upper West Side. Her father Joe Germanotta earned such a comfortable living in the hotel Wi-Fi business that she was also able to attend private school.

Still working hard, her parents opened the Italian restaurant Joanne Trattoria on New York City’s Upper West Side in 2012. Worth noting, Lady Gaga does not own the restaurant, according to The New York Times, and her father said the family could’ve afforded to open it even without her success.

Lady Gaga’s Las Vegas residency Enigma made its debut on Dec. 28, 2018, at Park MGM resort’s Park Theater and grossed $16 million during its first 11-date run, according to Billboard. Also an actress, she starred in the reboot of “A Star is Born,” and in 2019, her hit “Shallow” won the Academy Award for Best Original Song.

She is currently still acting and making new music in 2025. Her most recent studio album “MAYHEM” released in March 2025 and her upcoming world tour, “The MAYHEM Ball” kicks off in Las Vegas in July 2025.

• Net worth: $300 million

Edward Norton’s grandfather, James Rouse, invented the modern enclosed shopping mall. The developer is also known for financing low-income housing, in addition to designing Boston’s famed Faneuil Hall and the Baltimore Inner Harbor.

A three-time Academy Award nominee, Norton has a multitude of hit films to his name, including “Birdman,” “American History X” and “Fight Club.” Also a businessman, Norton has co-founded several companies, including CrowdRise and EDO. He was also an early investor in Uber, which helped build his fortune.

• Net worth: $250 million

Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ great-great-grandfather founded French commodities and shipping conglomerate the Louis Dreyfus Group in 1851. Her father, Gerard Louis-Dreyfus, eventually took the reins of the company, leading from 1969 to 2006.

When he died in 2016, her father had a net worth of $4 billion, according to CelebrityNetWorth. However, the actress disputed this in a 2018 interview with The New Yorker, saying he was actually far from ever being a billionaire.

Hugely successful in her own right, the actress is best known as Elaine Benes on “Seinfeld,” where she reportedly earned around $600,000 per episode, according to CelebrityNetWorth. She also brought in a reported $250,000 per episode for her work as Selina Meyer on “Veep,” according to Variety. Between the two shows, she has won 11 Emmy Awards.

• Net worth: $230 million

Ariana Grande’s father, Edward Butera, is the founder and creative head of Ibi Designs, a full-service creative studio in Florida. The firm has some seriously prestigious clients, including Eddie Murphy and FAO Schwartz.

The “yes, and?” singer appears to have inherited her father’s ambition, as five of her albums have been certified Platinum by the RIAA. She’s also scored 14 Top 10 Billboard hits, including two No. 1 spots. As of June 2025, she has more than 79.1 million monthly listeners on Spotify.

Grande was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in “Wicked” in 2024. The sequel “Wicked: For Good” is scheduled for release in November 2025, with Grande reprising her role as Glinda.

Find More: If Bezos’ Wealth Was Evenly Distributed Across the US, How Much Would We Get?

• Net worth: $350 million

Ed Sheeran’s father, John, is an art lecturer and his mother, Imogen, has a jewelry company. His father was a museum curator in the 1980s. In 1990, the couple founded Sheeran Lock, their own independent art consultancy.

For 20 years, Sheeran Lock created prestigious art exhibitions, including the official 50th Birthday Exhibition of The Prince of Wales at Hampton Court Palace and the United Nations Millennium Exhibition in New York, according to Suffolk Magazine.

The “Thinking Out Loud” singer has secured seven top 10 hits on the Billboard charts, including two No. 1 spots. In August 2019, he set the record for the highest-grossing tour of all time, bringing in $775.6 million over 255 performances in a few years for “Divide,” according to Pollstar.

• Net worth: $120 million

His father, Charles Cooper, was a stockbroker with Merrill Lynch, which afforded the movie star a comfortable life growing up. In fact, he attended the prestigious private school Germantown Academy in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.

A multitalented actor, producer and director, Cooper has a slew of hits on his resume, including “A Star is Born,” “Silver Linings Playbook,” “American Hustle” and “Maestro.” He has been honored with 12 Academy Award nominations throughout his career.

• Net worth: $80 million

He’s a major movie star, but Hollywood is nothing new to the Gyllenhaal family. Jake Gyllenhaal’s father, Stephen, is a director and his mother is screenwriter Naomi Foner.

Stephen’s directing career dates back to 1978. In recent years, he has directed episodes of “Bosch” and “Billions,” just to name a few of his projects. Foner’s writing credits start in 1977 and include the films “Very Good Girls,” “A Dangerous Woman” and “Running on Empty.”

Acting since he was a child in the early 1990s, Jake has more than 50 credits on his resume. Some of his most well-known films include “Nightcrawler,” “Brokeback Mountain,” “Donnie Darko” and “Roadhouse.”

Also an actor, Jake’s sister, Maggie, was nominated for an Academy Award in 2009 for her work on “Crazy Heart.” Her net worth is $25 million.

• Net worth: $70 million

She might be the most famous name in the family, but Kristen Stewart’s parents are Hollywood veterans. Her father, John, is a stage manager and her mother, Jules, is a script supervisor, editor and director.

Some of her mother’s film credits include “Mortal Combat,” “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” and “Jingle All the Way.” An award show regular, some of her father’s more recent projects include the 2016 “Grammy Red Carpet Live” event and the 2016 “Golden Globe Arrivals Special.”

Kristen rose to fame as Bella Swan in the “Twilight” saga. Since then, she’s starred in several other films, including “Charlie’s Angels,” “Snow White and the Huntsmen,” “Spencer” and “Love Lies Bleeding.”

• Net worth: $60 million

He’s one of the most famous newscasters on television, but many people don’t realize Anderson Cooper hails from the esteemed Vanderbilt family. His mother is the late child heiress Gloria Vanderbilt, who also made her own name as an actress, artist, author and fashion designer.

At the time of her death in 2019, Vanderbilt’s estate was worth approximately $1.5 million, which she left to Cooper, according to Page Six. The value of her estate was a surprise to some, as she was born with a $2.5 million trust fund — equal to $35 million today — and had a denim brand in the 1970s worth a reported $100 million.

Regardless, Cooper clearly doesn’t need the money, as he earns a reported $18 million per year as a CNN anchor.

• Net worth: $60 million

Born into Hollywood, Sigourney Weaver’s late father is Sylvester L. Weaver Jr., former president and chairman of NBC. His illustrious career included helping create “Today” and championing hits like “Meet the Press.”

The actress has certainly made her own name in the entertainment industry, with nearly 90 credits to her name. In recent years, she’s best known as Dr. Grace Augustine in the “Avatar” franchise, but some of her other classics include the “Alien” and “Ghostbuster” films from the 1980s and ’90s.

• Net worth: $40 million

She’s known as Lana Del Rey, but the soulful singer’s real name is Lizzie Grant, daughter of millionaire Robert England Grant. In 1996, her father founded WebMediaProperties, which has become a global network of more than 8,000 specialty websites.

Along with his wife, Patricia, he established The Grant Family Foundation, which has gifted more than $1 million to universities, colleges and secondary schools over the past eight years, according to his website.

Successful in her own right, several of Del Rey’s songs have landed on the Billboard charts, including “Summertime Sadness,” which reached No. 6 in 2013. Her album “Born to Die” has sold more than 1 million copies, according to the RIAA.

• Net worth: $25 million

Actor Paul Giamatti has enjoyed a seriously successful career, but so did his father. A. Bartlett Giamatti was a professor of English Renaissance literature and eventually the president of Yale University. After achieving those milestones, Paul’s seriously talented father pivoted to sports administration, becoming a Major League Baseball commissioner.

He clearly inherited his father’s work ethic, as Giamatti continuously has been employed as an actor for three decades. Currently starring as Chuck Rhoades on Showtime’s “Billions,” he’s also known for several hit films, including “Cinderella Man,” “12 Years a Slave,” “Sideways” and “The Holdovers.”

• Net worth: $18 million

He rose to fame as a funnyman, but Nick Kroll’s dad, Jules, is all business. The elder Kroll is the chairman and co-founder of K2 Intelligence and the founder of Kroll, Inc.

Seriously accomplished, Jules is known as the “pioneer of the modern investigations, intelligence and corporate security industry,” according to the K2 Intelligence website. All this success has allowed him to accumulate a net worth of $2 billion.

It would be hard to match his dad’s fortune, but Nick has accumulated an impressive net worth of his own by starring in television shows like “The League” and films including “Adult Beginners” and “Sausage Party.”

• Net worth: $10 million

Olivia Wilde’s parents, Leslie and Andrew Cockburn, are journalists who have created documentaries for PBS’ “Frontline,” ABC News and “60 Minutes.” Her mother was also part of the second class of women allowed to attend Yale, according to Marie Claire.

Some of the couple’s joint projects include the documentaries “American Casino,” “The Peacemaker” and “Maternal Instinct.”

Successful in her own right, Wilde is an actress, producer and director with nearly five dozen credits to her name. A few of her most well-known projects include “TRON: Legacy,” “Drinking Buddies,” “The Lazarus Effect” and “Don’t Worry Darling.”

Caitlyn Moorhead and Heather Taylor contributed to the reporting for this article.