Dec 22, 2014 04:20 AM EST
Steven Spielberg Net Worth: Steven Spielberg, How Rich Is Most Influential Celebrity In Hollywood?

Steven Spielberg net worth is one of the astounding figures that you can probably heard of. Being one of the most influential film personalities in history, Steven Spielberg net worth encompasses his success of more than four decades in the Hollywood industry.

How much is Steven Spielberg net worth? Celebrity Net Worth claims Steven Spielberg net worth of whooping $ 3.5 billion while FORBES estimates Steven Spielberg net worth of $3.6 million. His earnings yearly amount to a staggering $150 billion.

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Steven Spielberg was seen with exceptional talent and inclination to movie making at an early age.  At the age of 13, he already won an award for "Escape to Nowhere," a 40 minute film about war. At 16, he created his first ever lengthy movie entitled "Foreflight."

Although born talented, Steven Spielberg net worth was not that easy to attain. After high school graduation, he applied at the University of Southern California School of Theater, Film, and Television and was turned down after three times of application.

He then took his college at the California State University, Long Beach. With his drive in making films, Steven Spielberg worked at Universal Studios while he was studying.  It was then that his incomparable talent was sighted by Sidney Shainberg after he directed a 24-minute film, "Amblin."

Steven Spielberg net worth started to soar following the success of Rod Sterling's Night Gallery, Columbo, and Marcus Welby M.D. In 1975, he made "Jaws" and the "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" that made Steven Spielberg net worth take its full turn.

Those hit films were followed up with critically-acclaimed "E.T.," "Indiana Jones," "Hook," "Jurassic Park," and "Minority Report." Spielberg was awarded three academy awards and one best picture for those films that all became big part of Steven Spielberg net worth. 

With his continues success in the film industry, Steven Spielberg invested in luxurious properties including his $64 million Quelle farm, $20 million Brentwood House in Hollywood, California, $20.9 million Pacific Palisades estate, his $24 million apartment in San Remo, and a Malibu mansion.

Steven Spielberg net worth also includes his private Bombardier Global Express jet, $200M yacht, Gran Tourismo cars and private islands.

Steven Spielberg was married and divorced to his first wife, Amy Irvine. He married her second wife, Kate Capshaw, also an actress.  Spielberg has seven children one from his first marriage and seven from her wife, Kate Spielberg.

After Spielberg's last film, "Lincoln" he made a comeback on directing for a new cold war movie starring Tom Hanks.

With Steven Spielberg net worth of $ 3.5 billion, he earned the reputation as the richest celebrity, most influential and the greatest people of the century

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