David Copperfield

$1B

Reported range $900M – $1.1B

• Las Vegas residency and touring revenue
• International Museum and Library of the Conjuring Arts (magic collection)
• Real estate (private Bahamas islands, Manhattan penthouse)

Copperfield's reported wealth combines more than 25 years as a Las Vegas headliner — reportedly generating around $50 million a year in ticket sales during his MGM Grand residency — with global touring that has reportedly sold more than 40 million tickets and grossed over $4 billion in revenue across his career. Distinctive personal assets include 11 private islands in the Bahamas (the Islands of Copperfield Bay), a Manhattan penthouse, and the International Museum and Library of the Conjuring Arts, a magic collection reportedly worth around $500 million that he spent upwards of $200 million assembling.

• The $1 billion figure comes from a single dedicated net-worth tracker (Celebrity Net Worth), and a large share of it is attributed to illiquid, hard-to-value assets — private islands and a specialized magic collection — rather than cash or liquid securities.
• The reported $500 million valuation of the magic collection is an estimate of a highly specialized, thinly traded asset class with no established public market.