Michael Schumacher was listed 30th on Forbes, The Celebrity 100 list released by Forbes. Although its a step down for Schumi who was ranked 17th in 2005 beat David Beckham and other top stars. The year’s biggest winners were the entertainment stalwarts with Tom Cruise still reigning supreme at the box office and on Forbes list. Keifer Sutherland appears this year at No. 67 as a result of the incredible success of his Fox television series, 24. He reportedly inked a $40 million contract to play Agent Jack Bauer for at least three more seasons.
To generate the list, we used a combination of factors including income, Web references as calculated by Google (nasdaq: GOOG – news – people ), press clips as compiled by Lexis/Nexis, TV/radio mentions from Factiva and the number of times a celebrity’s face has appeared on the cover of 26 major consumer magazines. Earnings estimates are for June 2005 to June 2006 and are dollars earned solely from entertainment income. Management, agent and attorney fees have not been deducted.
Check out the Slideshow of the list on forbes website.