Jennifer Aniston Net Worth, Money and More
Net Worth: $130 million
Career- Actress
This star from the ever-famous TV series ‘Friends’ has more than compensated for her absence on the TV by her massive presence in Holly wood movies. There’s not one movie of hers that goes by without a being a chartbuster at the Hollywood box office. Thanks to ‘Friends,’ Aniston would be fine if she never worked another day in her life. Instead, she’s mostly doing movies that appeal to her artistic side, not necessarily her bank account.
With no beginner’s luck
It’s well known fact that the diva Jennifer Aniston is today, used to wait tables back in the day. Before her foray in to the world of celluloid, she supported herself with several part-time jobs, such as a telemarketer, waitress and even a bike messenger.
Although she starred in four other television series before being cast in Friends as Rachel Green, all the shows were either cancelled or didn’t do well at all. Shows like Molloy, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, The Edge and Muddling Through ended up getting cancelled.
With success comes money
In her original contract for the first season of Friends, Aniston was paid $22,500 per episode. She was paid $75,000 per episode in season three, $85,000 in season four, $100,000 in season five, $125,000 in season six, $750,000 in seasons seven and eight, and $1 million in seasons nine and ten. She also received syndication royalties beginning in the fifth season. That means she continues to get hefty checks from all the reruns.
In 2013, she starred in We’re the Millers which was financially successful, grossing more than $200 million against a budget of $37 million.
Jennifer Aniston put her signature on perfumes at Sephora Lexington Avenue on 2011 in New York City. She also lends her name to Hermès Birkin Bags. From 2007 to 2010, Aniston’s net earnings were $27 million. In 2011, it increased to $28 million. She also a decent amount from her deals with Vitamin Water and Aveeno Skin Care. In addition to all this, in 2008, she co-founded Echo Films, a production company.
Did you know that this blonde beauty was rated as one of the top 10 richest women in entertainment by Forbes. According to Forbes, in October 2007, Aniston was the top-selling celebrity face of the entertainment industry.
Apart from her business ventures, her paid endorsements make up a large amount of her earnings. She has got endorsement deals with Glaceau Smartwater, L’Oreal, Heineken, Microsoft, Unilever (Lynx/Axe), and Barclaycard (credit card).
Listed as one of the richest women in entertainment in world with an estimated net worth of $110 M, Jennifer Aniston has pretty earned herself the title of the queen of romantic comedies.
An estimate of her salaries so far:
Picture Perfect (1997) | $2,000,000 |
Rock Star (2001) | $3,000,000 |
Along Came Polly (2004) | $5,000,000 |
“Friends” (1994) | $1,000,000 per episode (2001) |
Rumor Has It… (2005) | $8,000,000 |
The Break-Up (2006) | $8,000,000 |
Marley & Me (2008) | $8,000,000 |
The Bounty Hunter (2010/I) | $8,000,000 |
The Switch (2010/I) | $8,000,000 |
Just Go with It (2011) | $10,000,000 |
Horrible Bosses (2011)
Wanderlust (2012) |
$6,000,000
$8,00,000 |
We’re the Millers (2013) | $5,000,000 |
Annual earnings according to Forbes:
2012: $11 million
2011: $28 million
2010: $27 million
2009: $25 million
2008: $27 million
2007: $14 million
2006: $18 million
2005: $18.5 million
2004: $26 million
2003: $35 million
2002: $24 million
2001: $15.3 million
A shot at true love
This 44 year-old actress has been engaged thrice in her life time. The first guy she got engaged to was actor Tate Donvan in the year 1998, which sadly never worked out. Later that year she began dating Brad Pitt. The biggest new to ever hit the tabloids was the couple getting engaged and later getting married in the year 2000. Unfortunately, this ‘ideal’ couple didn’t last more than 5 years and ended up getting divorced in the year 2005. Later she dated her co-star Vince Vaughn, singer John Mayer and actor Justin Theroux. In the year 2012, she got engaged to Justin Theroux. Hopefully this one works out for her!
Big mansions and big cars!
Along with her newly engaged man, Jennifer Aniston has purchased a $21 million mansion. The Bel Air Mansion located in California is about 8,500 square foot. In addition to which she also owns $9 million apartment in New York. She recently sold her Beverly Hills mansion in L.A for about $38 million.
Coming out of these big mansions, she was often spotted in expensive Range Rovers and A Toyota Prius.
Standing up for a cause
Jennifer Aniston has always been associated with a lot of charity events. She presently supports the charity organization ‘Habitat for Humanity’ that works to provide reasonably priced homes to different people in various communities. She also stand in support for ‘Stand Up To Cancer,’ a non-profit association dedicated to find a useful cure for the brutal cancer disease, by accumulating funds for cancer research. She supports Friends of El Faro in raising money to fund an orphanage in Tijuana, Mexico. She also appeared in the ad campaign ‘It Can’t Wait’ that was for the cause of freeing Burma. Jennifer donates money to Partners in Health, a Haitian health provider.