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The extremely popular Dolly Parton has an estimated net worth of $500 million. A multi-instrumentalist who is best recognized for her works in country music, Dolly Parton has composed over 3,000 songs. Some of the most popular include Coat of Many Colors, Jolene, Here You Come Again, My Tennessee Mountain Home, and 9 to 5. Whitney Houston’s international hit, I Will Always Love You, was also written by Dolly Parton. Her single Here You Come Again, reached the third hot spot on Billboard Hot 100.

Gene Roddenberry’s net worth stands at $500 million. Eugene Wesley Gene Roddenberry was a famous TV screenwriter and producer in the U.S. He accumulated his wealth through creating the Star Trek film series and other TV series. During the World War II, Gene flew 89 combat missions in the United States Army Air Forces, and later after the war, he worked as a commercial pilot. He joined the Los Angeles Police Department like his father to provide for his family but started focusing on writing scripts for TV programs.

Born in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, Emilio Estefan has done many things in his life. He is a music producer, an actor, singer, and a businessman. His net worth, according to the latest estimate, stands at an impressive $500 million. He is also known as the husband of the songwriter, singer, and actress Gloria Estefan. He earned his wealth from his professional career as a musician and actor. Part of his wealth also comes from his business associations with his wife.

The noted American animator and the creator of the hit animated series, The Simpsons, Matt Groening has an estimated net worth of $500 million as of 2013.

Born in Tokyo Japan, Yoko Ono has an estimated net worth of $500 million. Ono has been an acclaimed activist and performance artist although known far and wide for her marriage to John Lennon. Ono is renowned for being a peace activist and author reputed for her contribution in filmmaking, music and avant-grade art. 

J.R.R. Tolkien was a renowned writer with an estimated net worth of $500 million. Tolkien was known as a writer, poet, professor, and philologist. His major work, the epic Lord of the Rings is what garnered him his largest profits.

Jocelyn Wildenstein is a famous 73 year old style icon and New York socialite with an estimated net worth of $500 million. Dubbed as the “Catwoman” due to her feline like features courtesy of surgical enhancement procedures, this wealthy socialite was born in Lausanne, Switzerland in 1940 from a rich Brazilian family. In her younger years she was a skilled hunter and a well trained small plane pilot. Her love for game hunting and exotic animals led to meeting her wealthy husband which she eventually married in 1978 in Las Vegas Nevada. She got divorced from her rich late husband art dealer and collector Alec N. Wildenstein in 1999. Their union produced one boy and one girl (Alec Jr. and Diane). She is fascinated with exotic animals (Capuchin monkeys and greyhounds) and an extravagant high society lifestyle. Her colorful life and love story became an inspiration for a 2010 musical produced and starred by La based artist and famous puppeteer Marsian de Lellis.

Paulo Coelho is a famous and critically acclaimed author whose net worth is $500 million. Much of his money has been accumulated from the sale of his books. Some of the books he is most famous for include The Alchemist and Veronika Decides to Die.

South African entrepreneur, Mark Shuttleworth, has an estimated net worth $500 million as of 2012. At the age of 22 Shuttleworth founded Thawte, a digital certificate and internet security company which he sold to VeriSign for $575 million in 1999, when he was 26. He used a fraction of his wealth to start HBD Capital (now called Knife Capital), a Cape Town-based emerging markets investment fund. HBD has made a series of successful exits including Fundamo, a mobile financial services company which was acquired by Visa for $110 million in 2011; and csense, which was acquired by GE Intelligent Platforms the same year. Shuttleworth also founded and funds Ubuntu, a computer operating system which he distributes as free open source software. He holds dual citizenship of South Africa and the United Kingdom and currently lives on the Isle of Man. On 25 April 2002, Shuttleworth became the first-ever African in space and the second self-funded space tourist.

Best noted for his creations with detailed exotic prints, Roberto Cavalli is a well known Italian fashion designer from Florence with an estimated net worth of $500 million in 2012.