Although it may not sound that good, people are nowadays willing to obtain easily huge sums of money. Although it has been said that you cannot buy happiness, it surely looks like many people obtain it when they are rich. No matter at which area we are referring to, rich people have always managed to impress us. Well, rich people can be found in all domains, no matter if we are talking about business, fashion, entertainment, politics of the health, education or even construction industry. People can get rich in whatever area of activity, but probably the richest and the easiest one in which you can get to a certain level of richness is always going to be the entertainment industry. Well, here are the richest famous people in 2011 and there surely are some names here that you expect seeing.

Mark Zuckerbers is the richest celebrity of the year. The Facebook founder has always been believed to make a fortune out the the famous socializing network and now it seems that it has been proved that Mark is the most successful star of 2011. Well, if Mark Zuckerberg is the first person on rich people list, Oprah must be the second one. The famous television show host, who launched her own network at the beginning of the year, is on the second place of the rich people 2011 top. There is no shock in the fact that rich people list has Oprah on second, as Oprah Winfrey is today the most powerful person in the entertainment industry.

Top three rich people of 2011 list also includes Mikhail Prokhorov, who has purchased the NBA New Jersey Nets. Donald Trump is still on top 10 rich people, as well as Steve Jobs, the Apple founder, and the famous Harry Potter series author, J.K. Rowling. Hollywood is still one of the most important industries in the world, and, of course, Steven Splielberg is a symbol for it. The famous movie director is on top 10 rich people in 2011 and if the entertainment industry has already been mentioned, fashion could make no exception. Ralph Lauren is still one of the rich people in 2011. Ralph Lauren’s clothing collections are so successful all over the world that there is no wonder this powerful fashion house manages to make so impressive profits each year.