For better or worse, a lot of wrestling fans love to talk about money: who has it, who’s worth it, and who’s capable of drawing it. Forbes is all about money too, and they’ve just put out their list of the world’s billionaires, ranked by who has more money than who. Daniel Bryan would hate this entire list, and to be fair it makes me a little uncomfortable too. But as long as it’s here and public for us to talk about, naturally we’re going to talk about how it relates to pro wrestling, especially since Wrestling Inc was nice enough to pull out the wrestling-related entries.
Naturally, Vince McMahon is on the list. He ranks at #691, with an estimated net worth of $3.2 billion. That’s a lot of money, and being richer than all but 690 people in the entire world is nothing to sneeze at. However, he’s no longer the richest man involved in the wrestling business. Shahid Khan, lead investor of All Elite Wrestling and father of AEW President Tony Khan, has more than twice as much money as Vince, ranking at #224, with an estimated net worth of $7.2 billion.
The last guy to really compete with McMahon in the wrestling business is also still on the list. Ted Turner, who owned WCW during the Monday Night Wars, is #1,057 on the Forbes list, with an estimated net worth of $2.2 billion.
