4. Rachel Ray ($60 million)
Rachel Ray is the Oprah Winfrey of cooking show. She is currently the host of not just one, but four cooking shows! And two of them, Rachel Ray and 30 Minutes Meals have given her the Daytime Emmy Award for Best Outstanding Talk Show three times out of eleven nominations.
Thus, it should come as no surprise that she has an estimated net worth of $60 million today. She earns approximately $25 million every year from her shows, cookbooks sale, and endorsement deals.
She is so popular because of her cooking style. It is so quick and easy that she can do it live on her show while talking to her guests.
Her smile and her cooking have inspired so many people. No wonder Forbes put her in top 100 most powerful celebrities in the world.