Hollywood's Richest Power Brokers

Movie stars get all the glory, but those whose fame is largely off-camera command even bigger fortunes. For the first time ever FORBES has assembled a list of the 15 wealthiest moguls with at least 60% of their net worth tied to their entertainment ventures.

Billionaire Rupert Murdoch tops the list with a net worth of $12.5 billion, mostly thanks to his 21st Century Fox , which owns the Fox TV network and cable businesses and Twentieth Century Fox -- which, in 2014 alone hit an all-time industry record for global box office receipts of $5.5 billion.

Ten other billionaires join Murdoch, including newcomer to Forbes' Billionaire Club Thomas Tull, whose Legendary Pictures' greatest hits include the Dark Knight Trilogy and the Hangover series. Netflix founder, Reed Hastings, has revolutionized the way we watch movies and television -- and has amassed a net worth of $1.6 billion to show for it. Also among the Tinseltown titans: Former Disney head and early Netflix investor, Michael Eisner, who last appeared in the billionaire ranks in 2007.

In some cases, what started off as a $1 billion-plus entertainment fortune has since diversified. Haim Saban, for instance, number 6 on the list, started his fortune creating and producing hit children's TV show Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. These days his media and entertainment investments extend to a stake in Spanish language broadcaster Univision (where he is chairman), shares in an Indonesian media company and marketing firm Saban Brands.

Trailing the billionaires are four of the most influential -- and richest -- names in entertainment with a net worth of at least $700 million. They span soundtracks (see Jimmy Iovine), animation (see Jeffrey Katzenberg) and TV dramas (see Jerry Bruckheimer and Leslie Moonves).

Notably absent from the list is billionaire Arnon Milchan, owner of New Regency Enterprises, which made some of the biggest Hollywood hits in recent years, including Birdman and Gone Girl. So with a net worth north of a billion dollars and obvious Hollywood power, why isn't he on the list? Because the bulk of his $5.2 billion fortune stems from ventures outside entertainment. Meanwhile, billionaire David Geffen, who made a boatload in the music business and then founded movie studio Dreamworks with Katzenberg and Steven Spielberg, has long since retired from the industry and invested most of his cash in bonds, art, real estate and the stock market. Also absent from the list is Harvey Weinstein (see Why The Weinsteins Aren't Among Hollywood's Richest Power Brokers) and rising players Megan and David Ellison (see Hollywood’s Richest Producers: Why Larry Ellison’s Kids Didn’t Make the Cut).

Think we missed any rich Hollywood power brokers? Email me tips at kblankfeld(at)forbes(dot).com.

Edited by Keren Blankfeld

Reported by Clare O'Connor, Kerry Dolan, Agustino Fontevecchia, Zach O'Malley Greenburg, Alex Morrell, Natalie Robehmed, Jane Roberts, Katia Savchuk, Brian Solomon, Chloe Sorvino, Jennifer Wang and Chase Peterson-Withorn