J.K. Rowling nabbed the 42nd spot on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list [1] this year, and it's easy to see why. In addition to turning Harry Potter [2] and Fantastic Beasts into global entertainment phenomenons [3], the 53-year-old writer is one of the bestselling authors [4] of all time and one of the richest. But just how rich are we talking?
Given how private J.K. is, her net worth is actually top secret [6]. However, The New York Times estimates that it's at least $1.2 billion [7]. Online bookstore Wordery [8] also recently released a report breaking down her earnings and revealed that she is currently the world's highest paid author [9] (that's right — world's). In 2017, J.K. earned $95 million, which breaks down to $260,274 a day and $181 per minute. By the time this monumental news sinks in for you, J.K. will have probably made more than all of us will in a lifetime