Bill Cosby

 American comedian, producer and television star Bill Cosby. At the time of writing, Bill Cosby's net worth is $400 million. Cosby is most well-known for his part in creation and staring in "The Cosby Show." He was the highest-paid TV actor during the height of his show. The base salary of the show was one million dollars per episode but when his producing the show, creating it, syndication, and other streams of income were totaled he earned an average of $4 million per episode. That's equivalent to $8 million an episode today. Cosby was the owner of 20 percent of the equity which brought in hundreds of millions in syndication royalty income over the past several decades. However the royalties have mostly diminished in the wake of his scandals. Cosby also utilized royalties from other programs, speaking engagement fees, as well as other royalties, to fund an extremely profitable real estate portfolio and art collection. The worth of the Cosby real estate portfolio and art collection could be more than $250 million, based on the market price at any given time.