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Simon Cowell and Howard Stern sit atop the new list of the Top-Earning Personalities in Entertainment, it has been revealed.
The X Factor music mogul and controversial dJ earned a whopping estimated $95 million over the June 2013-June 2014 period, landing them joint first place in Forbes magazine's list.
Simon's fortune comes from the huge X Factor and Got Talent franchises from around the globe as well as record label Syco, and Howard makes the largest chunk of his change from his Sirius XM contract, boosted by his $15 million wage on America's Got Talent.
Third on the list is talk show host Glenn Beck, and Oprah Winfrey comes in at fourth just ahead of Phil McGraw.
Forbes magazine's Top-Earning Personalities in Entertainment:
1= Simon Cowell, $95 million
2= Howard Stern, $95 million
3. Glenn Beck, $90 million
4. Oprah Winfrey, $82 million
5. Phil McGraw, $77 million
6. Ellen DeGeneres, $70 million
7. Rush Limbaugh, $66 million
8. Ryan Seacrest, $65 million
9. Gordon Ramsay, $47 million
10. Judge Judy Shendlin, $47 million
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