Matt Groening – $600 Million

You may not know Matt Groening, but you surely know some of his projects, from The Simpsons to Futurama. In 1978, his first comic strip “Life in Hell” was published in the avant-garde magazine “Wet”. There are more than 250 weekly newspapers still serializing this comic. This man is the animator behind these classic animations, which have been part of many households every night. The animation genius is not only a cartoonist but a writer, producer, and animator as well.

Although he was never seen in front of the camera, he managed to amass $600 million of net worth. Well, being the genius behind the longest-running U.S. primetime television series in history, this is not entirely surprising at all. He has won 12 Emmy Awards and even earned a Hollywood Walk of Fame. Well, he should give The Simpsons a lot of credits for that.