Bill Cosby

 American comedian, producer, and TV celebrity Bill Cosby. At the time of writing, Bill Cosby has a net worth of $400 million. Cosby is most well-known for his role in production and starring on "The Cosby Show." He was the highest-paid television actor during the height of his show. The salary he earned for his show was $1 million per episode, however, when his production creation, syndication, creator as well as other streams of income were totaled he earned 4 million dollars per episode. That's the same as earning 8 million dollars per episode in the present. Cosby owned 20 percent of the equity in the show which produced hundreds of millions in royalty payments to syndication over the past several decades, though those royalties have mostly dried up in recent years in the wake of his scandals.Cosby used those royalties, together with the royalties earned from other shows and speaking engagement fees to make investments in a very lucrative real estate portfolio and art collection. Based on their prices at any given moment the Cosby art collection and real estate portfolio could be worth around $250 million combined.