Forbes

STEVEN SPIELBERG

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BILLION  SELF-MADE SCORE: * SOURCE: MOVIES AGE: 72 RESIDENCE: PACIFIC PALISADES, CA PHILANTHRO­PY SCORE: The three-time Academy Award winner got his first job far away from the movie lots of Hollywood. At 13, he painted the trunks of citrus trees in his native Scottsdale, Arizona, to keep them cool in the desert sun. He put that money into buying 8mm film and processing equipment. Fast-forward about 60 years, and his films have grossed more than $10 billion worldwide. (Above, he’s on the set of Jaws in

1975.) He’s still making movies; his next turn in the director’s chair will be to remake West Side Story.

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