Rank #822
George Lucas
Net worth $5.2B
Star Wars · United States
- Born
- May 14, 1944
- Age
- 81
- Source
- Star Wars
- Residence
- San Anselmo, California
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 4
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Southern California
Net worth over time
Biography
- 'Star Wars' creator George Lucas has largely retired from filmmaking since he sold his Lucasfilm to Disney in 2012 for $4.1 billion in stock and cash.
- Lucas is now focused on philanthropy: his charitable family foundation has more than $1 billion in assets.
- Lucas attended junior college in his hometown of Modesto, California where his parents ran a stationary store, before attending USC.
- He founded Lucasfilm, his production company, in 1971 and built his fortune through his movies and their merchandise.
- The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art will open in Los Angeles in 2026 and is entirely funded by Lucas and his wife, Mellody Hobson.
- Lucas worked as a production assistant on Francis Ford Coppola's 1968 film 'Finian's Rainbow.'
- When Lucas needed special effects for 'Star Wars,' he started his own special effects company, Industrial Light & Magic, in 1975.
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