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Vince McMahon, Net Worth: $750 Million

Vince McMahon may be one of the most hated personalities on television - and is paid very well for his trouble. The king of the World Wrestling Entertainment empire, McMahon is at once a savvy businessman, skilled wrestler, and talented feud artist. McMahon nearly single-handedly transformed entertainment wrestling into the bombastic, multimedia sensory soap opera explosion that it is today. He was able to draw in celebrity endorsements and money from sources as diverse as MTV-sponsored artists to president-elect Donald Trump, and his ability to write storylines worthy of your grandmother’s favorite “stories” have drawn ever-larger crowds over the years. For his efforts, McMahon is worth nearly a billion dollars. Not too shabby.