1. Andrew Lloyd Webber – $1.2 billion
He is famous for writing the music for the most famous musicals of all time, including “Phantom of the Opera” and “Jesus Christ Superstar “and the famous play “Cats”.
By far the most successful songwriter of all time, Andrew Lloyd Webber is a name that you won’t be forgetting it soon.
What you need to know about him is that he composed 13 musicals, a song cycle, a set of variations, two films scores and a Latin Requiem Mass.
For most of those he received numerous awards, including a knighthood in 1992 followed by a peerage from Queen Elizabeth II for services in Music.
