George Clooney is authoritatively the most generously compensated male on-screen character of 2018, thumping Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson off the best spot – and he has tequila, as opposed to films, to thank.
The 57-year-old earned $239 million between June 1 2017 and June 1 2018, making him the most generously compensated performing artist on Forbes’ rundown in spite of the reality he hasn’t included in a film since 2016’s “Cash Monster.”
Rather, his position is generally on account of the $1 billion offer of his tequila image Casamigos to drinks monster Diageo in June a year ago, as indicated by Forbes, and in addition extra profit from supports and more established films.
The performing artist and two companions established Casamigos, one of the quickest developing tequila marks on the planet, in 2013. At the point when Business Insider addressed Rande Gerber, Clooney’s business accomplice, in March 2017, he said the thought came in regards to “coincidentally,” and that cash was never the purpose behind propelling the brand.
In an email to CNBC last June, Clooney stated: “On the off chance that you asked us four years prior on the off chance that we had a billion dollar organization, I don’t figure we would have said yes. This mirrors Diageo’s faith in our organization and our confidence in Diageo. Yet, we’re not going anyplace. Despite everything we’ll be particularly a piece of Casamigos. Beginning with a shot today around evening time. Possibly two.”
Somewhere else on Forbes’ rundown, The Rock came in second place managing an account $124 million in a similar period, trailed by Robert Downey Jr. at $81 million