Felipe Neto’s Net Worth

October 1, 2021 By Leave a Comment

Felipe Neto's Net Worth

Are you obsessed with finding all of the most interesting YouTubers? If you don’t just limit yourself to American YouTubers, then you can really find some unique stuff out there. For example, there’s Felipe Neto. He’s one of the most popular Brazilian YouTubers. He also does lots of other interesting things. Plus he’s gained attention recently for his outspoken activism against Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro. With all of that going on, what is Felipe Neto’s net worth?

Who Is Felipe Neto?

The Guardian has a comprehensive article on Felipe Neto’s political controversies, which we’ll get into in a moment. However, it’s also a good source of background information on who exactly this Brazilian YouTuber is. Neto was born in January 1988. According to Wikipedia, his full give name is Felipe Neto Rodrigues Vieira. He’s the son of a secretary and a psychologist who raised him in Rio.

Once he graduated from school, he decided to try a few different creative endeavors. He studied theatre arts for example. He also began to work as a graphic designer. But it wasn’t until he tried his hand at YouTube that he really hit his creative stride. He’d always liked watching American YouTubers and drew inspiration from those who shared random bits of their lives. He started on YouTube in 2006, and he has been developing his YouTube following ever since.

What Felipe Neto Does On YouTube

According to The Guardian, he started off just sharing random things about his life. He did a video about his opinions on The Twilight series, for example. He took his camera with him shopping and clubbing and shared what he saw.

Of course, he developed a sense of his own style over time. If you visit his YouTube channel today, his popular playlists include challenges, Minecraft, incredible tricks, “opening things,” and dark humor. You’ll find cute animals, various memes, and his opinions and reviews of all kinds of stuff.

 

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Felipe Neto’s YouTube And Other Social Media Stats

As of October 1, 2021, YouTube reports 13,775,144,618 views for the Felipe Neto channel. He has 43 million subscribers. A video he posted three days previously has 1,765,490 views. As you can guess, his videos regularly receive more than one million views each.

Neto currently has over 14 million followers on Instagram. He has approximately that same number of Twitter followers as well.

Controversial Political Activism

Felipe Neto could have just gone on creating great content and living his life. However, he was called to action to use his platform to do more. He is outspoken in his opposition to President Jair Bolsonaro, elected in 2018. Time Magazine, which named Felipe Neto one of its Top 100 Most Influential People of 2020, says that the president used social media to share false information and gain followers. Felipe Neto, already popular on YouTube, chose to take the risk of using his channel to speak out against this. Moreover, he has been vocal against other YouTubers who have chosen to remain silent during this time.

The Guardian calls Bolosonaro a far-right president. They cite some of his worst actions as a terrible response to COVID, reducing environmental protections while the Amazon forest burned around them, and celebrating “brutal dictatorship.” Neto could not ignore this. In 2020 he did an influential and widely-viewed video for The New York Times about the issue. And he’s faced a lot of backlash as a result.

Backlash Against Felipe Neto

In the wake of his outspokenness, social media was flooded with false reports about him including accusations of pedophilia. The social media outlets took the stuff down, but more popped up. In the meantime, his family began to receive death threats. He hired security and sent his mother to safety abroad. DW reports that he lost followers and sponsorships as a result of the hate campaign. Nevertheless, he continued to use his platform to speak directly to the followers who stuck with him.

But the problem didn’t just stay online. The government went after him. They tried to charge him with corrupting minors. Apparently, in the days before YouTube had age restrictions, Neto obviously hadn’t marked certain content as inappropriate for people under a certain age. Because, well, he couldn’t. And the government tried to use that against him. So far, he’s been able to fight the problem.

President Bolosonaro will run for re-election next year. While Felipe Neto has no intention of joining politics officially, he does continue to speak against the president.

Felipe Neto’s Brother On YouTube

Felipe has a half-brother named Lucas Neto who is also active and well-known on YouTube. This Neto makes videos for kids. Together, the two brothers are recognized as, according to The Guardian at least, “some of Brazil’s most famous entertainers.”

Felipe Neto’s Net Worth

Obviously a lot of Felipe Neto’s money comes from social media. That’s what he does for a living.

ParaMaker

We can’t talk more about Felipe Neto’s net worth, though, without making mention of ParaMaker. He founded this business in 2012, selling it in 2015. It’s a business within YouTube. The Rio Times describes it as “the country’s largest YouTube network with thousands of highly subscribed channels.” At the time that he sold the company, he had just about 4 million YouTube followers. He wanted to refocus on creating his own creative content. As we can see, that’s been a success. We could not locate information on the value of the company at the time that he sold it. However, we can assume that at least a portion of Felipe Neto’s net worth comes from that sale.

Other Business Endeavors

We know that he’s also had other business endeavors over time. Wikipedia reports that he had a popular food truck with his brother for a little while. However, it was a meat-baed food truck. Therefore, when Felipe Neto opted to go vegan, he decided to get out of that business.

He also appears to sell t-shirts on a site called Lolja. We assume that he has other sales, sponsorships, ad income, etc.

A Guess At Felipe Neto’s Net Worth

As with all YouTubers, it’s really hard to find an accurate report on Felipe Neto’s net worth. There simply aren’t good ways to track such diversified income. Plus, of course, he doesn’t live in the United States, which adds another factor to the difficulty of the research.

Net Worth Spot reports that Felipe Neto’s YouTube advertising revenue gives us a good guess of about $32.6 million in net worth. They say it breaks down to earnings of somewhere between $8 million and $15 million per year. They add, however, that with additional income, his net worth number might be over $45 million.

Statsmash, looking at Neto’s recent YouTube earnings, places his net worth at about $27 million. They say that he made about $425,000 in YouTube revenue in the month of August 2021.

YouTubers.me isn’t bold enough to make such a specific guess. They place Felipe Neto’s net worth anywhere between $5 million and $31 million. And their estimated monthly earnings are considerably lower than Statsmash’s; for August 2021 they say he earned $196,000.

So, what’s your guess at Felipe Neto’s true worth? We’re going to guess that somewhere around $20 million might be a solid guess. We can’t say for sure because the stats vary so widely across our sources. But if we weigh all of the information together, $20 million is a good middle ground guess for where he stands right now.

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Rooney Mara’s Net Worth

September 23, 2021 By Leave a Comment

Rooney Mara's Net Worth

Rooney Mara is a really interesting actress and an even more interesting person. She’s known for her philanthropy. She’s also known for her engagement to actor Joaquin Phoenix, with whom she has a son. Plus, of course, she’s known for her films, which include Oscar nominees for her roles in “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” and “Carol.” So what is Rooney Mara’s net worth?

Who Is Rooney Mara?

According to her IMDB bio, she was born Patricia Rooney Mara in April 1985 in New York. Her family has some well-known people in it. Many are known in the world of sports. For example, her great-grandpa Art Rooney founded the Pittsburgh Steelers. Her grandfather Wellington Mara co-owns The Giants. But her family has made waves in other areas as well. Her grand-uncle Dan Rooney was an Ambassador to Ireland. Cousins Tom and Patric Rooney are US and state representatives respectively. Her sister Kate Mara, two years older than Rooney, is an actress. In fact, seeing her acting career is what inspired Rooney to try acting,

Rooney Mara’s Many Interests

Although she did obviously end up pursing an acting career, Rooney Mara wasn’t sure that she could develop a good net worth in this field. She considered a lot of other options. Right after high school she spent four months traveling in South America to learn more about the world. Then she went to college, getting a degree in international social policy psychology and nonprofit organizations from New York University. She graduated in 2010. However, she had already started to pursue acting while in college.

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Rooney Mara’s Acting Career

Obviously, Rooney Mara’s net worth now comes from her acting career. She began auditioning when she was about 19, and she was immediately a hit. In her earliest movies, she went by the names Patricia Mara or Tricia Mara. However, after a few years she started going by her middle name instead. In 2005, she appeared alongside her sister in “Urban Legends: Bloody Mary”, thus launching her acting career. Over the next few years she appeared on TV episodes for series including “Law and Order: SVU,” “Women’s Murder Club,” “The Cleaner,” and “ER.”

In 2007 she auditioned for a supporting role in the film “Tanner Hall.” However, the director fell in love with her and asked her to re-audition, this time for the lead. She was cast in the lead and the movie came out in 2009. She received several awards for that role. In 201o, she was cast as the lead in “A Nightmare on Elm Street.” Credits following that role include:

  • “The Social Network” in 2010
  • “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo” in 2011
  • “Side Effects” and “Her” in 2013
  • “Carol” in 2015
  • 3 films plus a voice role in 2016 (the voice role was for “Kubo and the Two Strings”
  • “Mary Magdalene” in 2018
  • “Nightmare Alley” which is a 2021 release
  • “Women Talking” which is in post-production for a 2022 release

Rooney Mara’s Awards

Rooney Mara’s net worth isn’t directly tied to her awards. But, of course, the more recognized an actress is, the higher rates she gets paid. IMDB reports that in addition to her two Oscar nominees mentioned above, she has 65 nominations and 27 wins from a variety of different awards organizations. A handful of her winning awards include:

  • AACTA International Awards Best Supporting Actress for “Carol.” She also received several other awards for this role including Best Actress from the Cannes Film Festival.
  • Alliance of Women Film Journalists Kick Ass Award for Best Female Action Star for “Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”. She also received the Golden Schmoes Awards for Best Actress of the Year for this film.
  • Gen Art Film Festival Emerging Actress Award for “Tanner Hall”
  • In 2013, she received the LA Femme International Film Festival Best Feature Director award for “The Truth About Emanuel.” That’s right; she’s done some directing as well.

Rooney Mara’s Personal Life

We’ve discussed her family of origin, but now let’s talk about her adult personal life. She dated producer / director Charlie McDowell for about 6 years ending in 2016. While they were dating, she met Joaquin Phoenix on the set of “Her.” However, it wasn’t until 2018 that they began to spend a lot of time together. According to Celebrity Net Worth, they worked together that year on the sets of “Mary Magdalene” and “Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot,” as well as on the animal rights documentary titled “Dominion.”

The two bgan dating and soon after got engaged, although so far it doesn’t seem that a marriage has taken place. They did, however, have their first son in September 2020. They named him River in honor of Joaquin’s well-known actor brother who died of a drug overdose outside The Viper Room in his early twenties.

Rooney Mara’s Global Concerns

Both Mara and Phoenix are longtime vegetarian/vegans. They’ll educate River about the same but will allow him to make his own choices when it comes to food. Mara is quoted in Vanity Fair as saying that having River has made her even more concerned about the world, adding, “I feel so fortunate to be able to nurture my son in all of the ways that nature intended and I wish all mothers in the animal kingdom could experience that sacred maternal bond with their young, devoid of exploitation by humans.”

Mara’s family has long been known for various philanthropic efforts. For her part, her IMDB profile reports that she founded Faces of Kibera. After all, although Rooney Mara’s net worth comes from her acting, we know that her education is in non-profit organization. Faces of Kibera provides a variety off care to orphans living in the Kibra district of Kenya, Nairobi.

Some off Rooney Mara’s net worth also comes from a vegan clothing line she started called Hiraeth Collective. Although it’s for-profit, it’s obviously animal-conscious. She launched this business in 2018.

Rooney Mara’s Net Worth

So, Rooney Mara makes her money off of her films and her vegan clothing line. She also likely has family money. The Things reports that she and her sister Kate are heirs to “two multi-billion dollar NFL dynasties.”

Since she and Joaquin Phoenix are not married, they do not share net worth. So what is Rooney Mara’s net worth? Celebrity Net Worth places it at $16 million. The Things reports that combined with her sister, they have a net worth of $26 million. However, when you combine their whole family together, their net worth climbs to a whopping $3 billion. Of course that’s spread out with their two brothers, more than 20 aunts and uncles, 40+ cousins, etc.

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Jimmy Donaldson’s Net Worth (MrBeast YouTuber)

September 16, 2021 By Leave a Comment

Jimmy Donaldson's Net Worth (MrBeast YouTuber)

We recently shared an article about the Richest YouTubers of 2021. Jimmy Donaldson, better known on YouTube as Mr.Beast made the cut. He came in at number 22. Moreover, he makes the list of YouTubers with a net worth exceeding $10 million. But what exactly is Jimmy Donaldson’s net worth? Let’s take a look at the details of his work and earnings to uncover what MrBeast is worth.

Who Is MrBeast?

Obviously, MrBeast is a YouTuber. In fact, he’s a highly successful YouTuber. He’s best-known for his unique challenges, huge giveaways, and gaming content. His main channel, simply named MrBeast, has nearly 70 million viewers. His MrBeast gaming channel has over 21 million subscribers. Moreover, he has four smaller channels. So, although he’s best known for the gaming, antics, and giveaways, he’s not afraid to play with varied content.

Who is Jimmy Donaldson?

People online might know him as MrBeast but who is the guy behind the channels? Jimmy Donaldson is just 23 years old. And yet, he’s been actively creating and promoting YouTube content for over a decade. He started putting out YouTube videos when he was just 12 years old. Business Insider reports that he went to Greenville Christian Academy in his hometown of Greenville, North Carolina. He started college but quickly decide to drop out and focus on YouTube content creation instead. Rumor has it he only lasted two weeks in college.

In fact, as widely reported, including by Bloomberg, he was certain that he could crack the YouTube code. He’d spend all day studying which videos went viral. He’d talk to friends, working together to analyze the most popular videos. Bloomberg reports that he never wanted to be famous in any other way. Instead, he always dreamed of being YouTube famous. Therefore, he put all of his energy into that. Obviously, his hard work paid off. Really, MrBeast and Jimmy Donaldson are inextricable from one another.

YouTuber MrBeast Net Worth

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MrBeast’s Most Popular Content

As aforementioned, Jimmy Donaldson has about half a dozen YouTube channels. He first “cracked the code” less than a year after dropping out of college. It was early 2017, and he decided to create “I Counted to 100,000!” The video, which is exactly what it sounds like, takes about a full day to watch if you sit there from beginning to end. It became a strange viral sensation. To date, it has never 23 million views, 1 million likes, and over 120,000 comments.

He has since replicated the basic concept in many different ways. Basically, he thinks up challenges. Then he finds ways to take them to the extreme. Numbered stunts often result. For example, other popular videos in the MrBeast playlist include:

  • “I Spent 50 Hours Buried Alive” which has over 126 million views
  • Similarly, “I Spent 50 Hours in Solitary Confinement” has over 140 million views
  • “I Put 100 Million Orbeez In My Friend’s Backyard” is also in that same view count range
  • “Going Through The Same Drive Thru 1000 Times” is another popular one

The list goes on. Bloomberg reports that in a single year every single video he released exceeded 20 million views each. This is a huge, and uncommon, accomplishment on the site.

Recent Content Is More Philanthropic

MrBeast continues to do outrageous things to the extreme. However, his most recent content has a twist: philanthropy. He often gives away large sums of money as part of his video. For example, he’s given away money to homeless people as well as to random people he’s met on the street (who are not necessarily homeless people.)

He also invites people to participate in games and stunts to earn large sums of cash. “Would You Sit In Snakes For $10,000?” has over 84 million views. Other videos doing well in this niche of MrBeast’s site include:

  • “Would You Quit School for $100,000?”
  • “Anything You Can Fit in the Triangle, I’ll Pay For”
  • “Extreme $500,000 Game of Tag” (which he released about four months after “Extreme $100,000 Game of Tag”

People are mesmerized by his combination of outrageousness, giveaways, and collaboration with other YouTubers.

Making These Videos Isn’t Cheap

Before we get into Jimmy Donaldson’s net worth, let’s talk about his expenses. Sure, when he was 12 years old, he made videos on his iPhone. However, these days he pays a lot of money to create each video. Some videos take months to plan. Moreover, they take almost a week of professional filming to execute. BossHunting reports that MrBeast spends about $65 million per year just making his videos!

Bloomberg reports that he has spent over $1 million on a single video in the past. That was a money giveaway video of, as you might guess, $1 million. It ended up costing him more than that because he felt bad for the losers and ended up giving a bit off money to each of them as well. He once bought and rebuilt an island to give away for one of his videos.

Business Insider reports that he pays a steady salary to four of his childhood friends, employing them to work on his videos. Unfortunately, he’s gained a reputation for a negative work environment, as reported by nearly one dozen employees. Perhaps, though, that’s simply because he’s a perfectionist and expects the same of those around him. In 2020, he chose not to release three videos that already cost six figures in production costs because they just weren’t up to his standards.

As a result of his video costs, he sometimes spends more than he earns on a video. However, remember that he continues to earn over time. Often, people stumbling across his old content is what drives his current income. Counting to 100,000 almost five years ago continues to earn him money today.

MrBeast’s Income Stream

Obviously, most of Jimmy Donaldson’s net worth comes from his YouTube ads and sponsorships. However, he’s smart enough to look for additional ways to support himself through diversified income. He has his own merch store online for starters. And in 2020, he launched a hamburger chain. He’s also invested in a variety of different startups and fintech.

What Is Jimmy Donaldson’s Net Worth?

As we explained in our article about this year’s richest YouTube celebrities, it’s not easy to determine their net worth. Some of the information about their earnings is easy available. However, they make their money from a variety of different income streams. As a result, it’s tough to get an exact number.

We turned to about half a dozen reputable sources for that original article. By looking at numbers across those sources, we were able to get a net worth range with accuracy that seems highly likely. From those sources, we find that the low end guess as to Jimmy Donaldson’s net worth is about $16 million. On the other hand, MrBeast’s net worth at the high end is predicted around $24 million.

Therefore, we can confidently say that we believe that Jimmy Donaldson’s net worth is between $16 – 24 million. This is comparable to other rich YouTubers with similar content. For example, Logan and Jake Paul each have a net worth of about $20 million. Similarly, Preston Arsement falls into the same net worth range. So, if you’re wondering how much money people make on YouTube for gaming, pranks, and challenges, then ~ $2o million net worth for the richest of them is a very good guess.

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George Takei’s Net Worth

September 9, 2021 By Leave a Comment

George Takei's Net Worth

Chances are that if you know George Takei’s name right off the bat then it’s because you’re a fan of “Star Trek: The Original Series.” He played Hikaru Sulu, a role people have long loved him for. However, he’s actually had a very diverse career, mostly (but not entirely) in acting. So let’s take a look at his career. Then let’s figure out George Takei’s net worth.

Who Is George Takei?

George Takei has one of the most comprehensive IMDB profiles we’ve seen. Therefore, if you want to learn more about him, check out his full bio there. To get you started, though, we’ll give you an overview. He was born in 1937 in Los Angeles, California to Japanese-American parents. Unfortunately, Pearl Harbor happened not too long after that, and his family was forced to move to an internment camp in Arkansas. From there they eventually moved to a second camp in Northern California. This experience shaped Takei’s life, and he has been known as much for his activism as for his acting.

In fact, he didn’t originally intend to become an actor. He started out studying architecture at Berkeley. However, while there, he got a summer job dubbing Japanese characters into English for “Rodan.” He immediately discovered that he loved acting. As a result, he transferred to UCLA and majored in theater.

George Takei’s Acting Experience

The dubbing work he’d done at MGM led him to meet an agent. Once in LA, he tapped that connection. He was quickly cast in small roles, starting with an appearance on the TV series “Playhouse 90.” That same year, 1959, he was in four other television and film roles, including an appearance on “Perry Mason.” He continued to appear in various roles, including some recurring television roles, over the next decade, while also continuing his education and eventually getting a Master’s degree.

“Star Trek: The Original Series”

As aforementioned, he’s often best known for his role as Hikaru Sulu in “Star Trek: The Original’s Series.” “Star Trek” is well-known as a series that embraced diversity in its casting. Takei was specifically sought out to increase the racial diversity of the cast for the pilot episode. He went on to appear in more than fifty episodes of the show from 1966-1969.

During those years he continued to take on other small acting roles, including an appearance on “Mission Impossible.” He’s also known for his role as Captain Nimbuses in 1968’s “The Green Berets.”

His “Star Trek” role might have ended in 1969. However, just four years later, “Star Trek: The Animated Series” came along. He voiced his character in nearly two dozen episodes.

Later, he would go on to join the cast of the first six “Star Trek” movies. The series has obviously been a big part of George Takei’s net worth.

George Takei

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Beyond “Star Trek”

If you take a look at Takei’s IMDB filmography list, you’ll see he’s got more than 200 acting credits to his name. He’s consistently taken on television and feature film roles pretty much every year since he began acting. In addition to traditional acting, he’s also done a lot of voice acting for animated work. Moreover, he’s done some voice work for video games.

Some of the roles he spent the most time in include:

  • 2020’s “Love Monster” as the voice of Elder Panda
  • King Toshi in Elena of Avalor
  • 2019’s “The Terror”
  • Recurring roles over the years on “The Simpsons” and “Futurama”
  • Grandfather on the TV show “The Neighbors”
  • Kaito Nakamura on the TV show “Heroes”
  • Voice of Sensei on “Kim Possible”

Some of the other shows and movies he’s worked on that you might recognize include:

  • “The Twilight Zone”
  • “Robot Chicken”
  • “Fresh Off the Boat”
  • “Kubo and the Two Strings”
  • “True Justice”
  • “The Super Hero Squad”
  • “The Big Bang Theory”

He also transitioned seamlessly from “Star Trek” over to “Star Wars.” First, he appeared in an episode of “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” in 2009. Then in this year he did a voice part for “Star Wars: Visions.”

Beyond His Acting Career

Obviously, most of George Takei’s net worth comes from acting. He’s clearly a very prolific actor. Oh, and he’s also appeared in a lot of television commercials over the years.

However, somehow he’s found time to do other things with his life as well. He’s authored a number of books, including graphic novels and an autobiography.

Celebrity Net Worth points out that he’s also done work on Broadway. He began stage work in 1961 with “Fly Blackbird!” Over the years he appeared in “Aladdin,” “Equus,” and “8.” From 2012 – 2016, he took to the stage in “Allegiance,” a musical based on his own experiences in those internment camps.

Activism and Politics

Also, as aforementioned, he’s also known for his activism. He’s taken an interest in politics over the years. IMDB reports that he hosted a “public affairs” show in the early 1970s. Around this same time, he ran for office with LA City Council, using by just a small number of votes. However, the mayor appointed him to the Southern California Rapid Transit Distract board of directors where he served for about a decade.

His Amazon bio and Celebrity Net Worth report that following roles and achievements

  • LA’s Japanese American National Museum trustee and chairman emeritus; they awarded him a Distinguished Medal of Honor for Lifetime Achievement and Public Service in 2015
  • Human Rights Campaign “Coming Out Project” spokesperson
  • Japanese American Citizens League cultural affairs chairman
  • The Japanese government gave him an award for his work with the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission
  • The American Humanist Association gave him the 2012 LGBT Humanist Award
  • He has an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from California State University
  • There’s an asteroid named after him in honor of the social justice work that he’s done throughout his lifetime.

He’s also earned various film festival awards, a Webby, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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Personal Life

George Takei married his husband Brad (who took the actor’s last name) in 2008. They had been together for more than two decades when California’s marriage laws changed, allowing them to marry. Celebrity Net Worth reports that they had a Buddhist ceremony at the Japanese American National Museum. They live together in Los Angeles. Wealthy Gorilla reports that they bought the home in 1996 for $610,000. It’s not on the market but imagine what it would be worth today!

George Takei’s Net Worth

It’s hard to even fathom a guess as to what George Takei’s net worth must be, isn’t it? He’s appeared in so many different shows and movies over the years. He’s narrated audio books, hosted various shows, and authored his own works. Each of those has contributed to his income over the past six decades of his career.

Celebrity Net Worth and Wealthy Gorilla both place George Takei’s net worth at about $14 million.

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