6. Tyler Perry

Tyler is worth $97m presently and is among the 10 highest paid celebrities in 2021. Perry is a filmmaker, performer, screenwriter, and author. He is known for his “Madea” series, which now has made over $660 million. Tyler rose to prominence in stage plays in the 1990s. And then he moved on to cinema and tv in the 2000s.

Perry’s fortune stems from his success as a composer. And he is also a librarian going way back to the earliest 1990s. Perry was listed by Forbes as the highest paid man in entertainment in 2011. In 2021, his fame and money continued to grow. In 2021, he received the Humanitarian Oscar (Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award).