Chuck Lorre is down about his age

Quote: vastonsmith

With the ever increasing fragmentation of media that will be harder and harder to pull off.

Yes, but media stars develop production companies which create other stars that they get a piece of the pie. David Letterman produced many shows. Ellen Degeneres is starting to create sitcoms starring other people. Look at these talk show stars that get credits for producing shows (other than their own shows)

DAVID LETTERMAN (net worth $400 million and coming down)
2013 The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV Series) (executive producer - 1 episode)
2010 When Families Grieve (TV Movie) (executive producer - uncredited)
2009 Families Stand Together: Feeling Secure in Tough Times (TV Movie) (executive producer)
2009 Coming Home: Military Families Cope with Change (TV Movie) (executive producer)
2008 The Youngest Candidate (Documentary) (producer)
2007 The Knights of Prosperity (TV Series) (executive producer - 13 episodes)
1996-2005 Everybody Loves Raymond (TV Series) (executive producer - 208 episodes)
2005 Strangers with Candy (executive producer)
2000-2004 Ed (TV Series) (executive producer - 83 episodes)
1999 The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (TV Series) (executive producer - 58 episodes)
1995-1996 Bonnie (TV Series) (executive producer - 12 episodes)
1996 The High Life (TV Series) (executive producer - 8 episodes)
1995 The Late Late Show with Tom Snyder (TV Series) (executive producer)
1993 The Building (TV Series) (executive producer - 5 episodes)

ELLEN DEGENERES (net worth $285 million and rising)
2015 Couple Time (TV Movie) (executive producer) (completed)
2015 Kate on Later (TV Movie) (executive producer) (pre-production)
2015 Repeat After Me (TV Series) (executive producer - 8 episodes)
2015 One Big Happy (TV Series) (executive producer)
2014 Kevin Nealon's Laugh Lessons (TV Series) (executive producer)
2012 Bethenny (TV Series) (executive producer)
2012 The Smart One (TV Movie) (executive producer)
2005 In the Dog House (Short) (executive producer)
2000 If These Walls Could Talk 2 (TV Movie) (executive producer)

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Most of the shows Lettermen and Ellen
produced were flops. Letterman will make
money forever on Raymond, it was worth
it just for that one show.

Quote: Evenbob

Most of the shows Lettermen and Ellen
produced were flops. Letterman will make
money forever on Raymond, it was worth
it just for that one show.

David Letterman's annual salary of $20 million, but compared to his previously $50 million-a-year salary. Perhaps he figures he could make more producing without the strain of running the daily talk show.

Ellen Degeners's salary keeps going up (reported $70 million per annum).

Real Time Net Worth As of 5/9/15
#603 Oprah Winfrey $3 Billion

With the exception of Sheldon, Oprah is right up there with the gaming billionaires

#18 Sheldon Adelson $31.4 B 81 casinos United States
#393 Kirk Kerkorian $4.2 B 97 casinos, investments United States
#512 Steve Wynn $3.4 B 73 casinos, hotels United States
#949 Elaine Wynn $2.0 B 72 casinos, hotels United States
#1118 Jon Yarbrough $1.7 B 57 video games United States
#1415 Gabe Newell $1.3 B 52 videogames United States


Really the Koch, Walton, and Mars family fortunes are higher than Gates, Helu or Buffett but they are considered as divided up between several people.

Rank Name Net Worth Age Source Country of Citizenship
#1 Bill Gates $79.2 B 59 Microsoft United States
#2 Carlos Slim Helu $77.1 B 75 telecom Mexico
#3 Warren Buffett $72.7 B 84 Berkshire Hathaway United States
#4 Amancio Ortega $64.5 B 79 Zara Spain
#5 Larry Ellison $54.3 B 70 Oracle United States
#6 Charles Koch $42.9 B 79 diversified United States
#6 David Koch $42.9 B 75 diversified United States
#8 Christy Walton $41.7 B 60 Wal-Mart United States
#9 Jim Walton $40.6 B 67 Wal-Mart United States
#10 Liliane Bettencourt $40.1 B 92 L'Oreal France
#11 Alice Walton $39.4 B 65 Wal-Mart United States
#12 S. Robson Walton $39.1 B 71 Wal-Mart United States
#13 Bernard Arnault $37.2 B 66 LVMH France
#14 Michael Bloomberg $35.5 B 73 Bloomberg LP United States
#15 Jeff Bezos $34.8 B 51 Amazon.com United States
#16 Mark Zuckerberg $33.4 B 30 Facebook United States
#17 Li Ka-shing $33.3 B 86 diversified Hong Kong
#18 Sheldon Adelson $31.4 B 81 casinos United States
#19 Larry Page $29.7 B 42 Google United States
#20 Sergey Brin $29.2 B 41 Google United States
#21 Georg Schaeffler $26.9 B 50 ball bearings Germany
#22 Forrest Mars, Jr. $26.6 B 83 candy United States
#22 Jacqueline Mars $26.6 B 75 candy United States
#22 John Mars $26.6 B 78 candy United States
#25 David Thomson $25.5 B 57 media Canada

The wealth of very rich families is tricky.
When I go into a Walmart and pick up
a jar of mayo, it's part of the Walton
family fortune. What they're worth
and how much cash they have are
two different things. I know I know,
that's a primitive way of looking at
it. But that's how I measure wealth.
How much gold you have buried
in the backyard. I've known several
people who were worth millions and
who drove 10 year old cars because
all their money was in trusts and
property. They lived almost month
to month.

One guy inherited his family wealth
and lived in a three story mansion
all alone. He never got to enjoy the
money because it was tied up in so
many things he died in his 60's while
trying to untangle it all. I was in his
house, it was like a museum. Full of
art and antiques, he lived in constant
fear of break-ins.

It's strange when people with big net worth have to live in such conditions, but it's quite common, I think. A person may have a big comfortable house, good car and other stuff, but he may look like not a rich person. It's not like you're some of these celebrities like described at celebtopnetworth.com who live in luxury and don't think about any troubles. A sad irony, I would say.