Bill Cosby

Bill Cosby is an American comedian, TV star and producer. As of the time of writing, the Bill Cosby's net worth is $400 million. Cosby is famous for his part in production and starring on "The Cosby Show." "At his peak of the show, he was considered to be the highest-paid television actor on the planet. His base salary for the show was $1 million per episode but when his producing the show, creating it, syndication and other streams of income were added up, he made $4 million per episode. This is roughly an average of $8 million per episode. He owned 20% of the show's equity which produced hundreds of millions in royalty payments to syndication over the past many decades, even though these royalties have been drained down in recent times following his scandals.Cosby used those royalties, in addition to royalties from other programs and speaking engagement fees to put money into a highly important real estate portfolio as well as an art collection. The value of the Cosby real estate portfolio and art collection could exceed $250 million, based on prices in the market.