How much is Shahrukh Khan worth?
| Net Worth: | $615 Million |
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| Profession: | Professional Actor |
| Date of Birth: | November 2, 1965 (age 57) |
| Country: | India |
| Height: | 5 ft 6 in (1.69 m) |
About Shahrukh Khan
Sometimes called “The King” Shahrukh Khan is one of India’s most famous and most beloved movie stars. He rose to fame in 1992 with the movie Deewana and went on to star in dozens of Bollywood hits. Apart from his acting career, he is also an acclaimed producer and television host, as well as a philanthropist. He has earned 15 Filmfare Awards throughout his career and continues to produce, and star in, multiple movies every year.
Shahrukh Khan’s breakthrough came in 1988 when he was cast in the TV Show Fauji. He played the role of commando Abhimanyu Rai. His acting was praised and earned him subsequent roles in the TV show Circus, and finally, in the movie Deewana (1992). Deewana made Shahrukh Khan a star. Non only was he acting alongside famous actress Divya Bharti, but the film became a box office hit and he was awarded a Filmfare award for Best Male Debut for his performance.
That’s when Shahrukh Khan made a bold choice, one that everybody was advising him against: he decided to focus on darker roles and to move away from the conventional hero type role. In Baazigar (1993), he portrayed a young man turning to murder to get his revenge, and in Darr (1993), he played a classmate turned stalker.
His bet paid off: both movies where huge hits. He went on to earn the Filmfare award for Best Actor for Baazigar and he was also nominated for the Filmfare Best Villain Award for Darr.
He was now a successful and highly-respected actor, recognized for his versatile roles and his ability to take risks. In 1995, he demonstrated once again his talent in the romantic comedy Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. The movie became one of India’s most successful movies in history, and Shahrukh Khan won for the second time the Filmfare award for Best Actor for his role as Raj Malhotra.
Today, Shahrukh Khan is one of the biggest movie stars in India, and despite his fame, he is well-known for being down-to-earth. While he doesn’t speak much of it, he is also very much involved in humanitarian causes.
He was quoted as saying that “charity should be done in silence and with dignity,” and he has never accepted to publicize his donations in the press, preferring to stay true to his own words.
In 1988, he probably wasn’t expecting to become this rich. For his role in Fauji, he earned only 50 rupees ($0.66.) But steadily, with each movie, his salary increased. For his first movie Deewana, he earned an estimated 38,000 rupees ($500,) and he received an estimated 83,000 rupees ($1,100) for his next hit Baazigar. That’s a 1600% increase in five years, and it can be attributed to the quick success that Shahrukh Khan found in Bollywood. Which each box-office hit and each award he was presented with, his salary went up.
Today, Shahrukh Khan charges between an estimated 40 crores ($440,000,000) and an estimated 45 crores ($495,000,000) per movie. Since he shoots two to three movies per year, his wealth significantly increases from one year to the next.
He owns multiple properties in Dubai, Mumbai, and London, earns a lot of money through endorsements for brands such as Hyundai, and he bought the cricket team Kolkata Knight Riders in 2008.
Shahrukh Khan, fondly nicknamed King Khan by his fans, took risks that nobody else was willing to take. By portraying villains and complicated characters, far from the romantic lead trope, he managed to show the extent of his talent to millions of people. Had he not believed in the roles he was offered in Baazigar and Darr, he might not be where he is today.
He attributes most of his success to his mother Lateef Fatima, who died in 1991, and regularly mentions her in his speeches. She taught him the value of working hard for what he wanted and she was the one to suggest he tries acting.
His career didn’t go without challenges. In the 2000’s, several of his movies were received poorly by both the critics and the audience. He also injured himself in 2001 and had to undergo surgery on his spine, an obstacle in his career that forced him to shoot fewer movies a year that he would have wanted.
But Shahrukh Khan was never one to shy away from hard word, and starting from 2004, his movies were once again box-office hits. He launched his production company, Red Chillis Entertainment, and produced and starred in multiple movies that received critical acclaim. Subsequently, he decided to venture into more genres and began to star in action movies and comedies such as My Name is Kahn (2010) and Chennai Express (2013). His bet once again paid off!
Khan’s Total Net Worth
It is very difficult to know exactly how much an actor like Shahrukh Khan has as a net worth. That said, it has been made public that he has been more recently earning around $65 million dollars in a typical year. That is, with movie role paychecks as high as $30-35 million dollars. From his work in Bollywood, it is estimated that Khan has earned some $700 million dollars in total career earnings to date.
His tax rate in India has likely been at around 30%, leaving an after-tax income of around $490 million dollars and having paid $210 million dollars in taxes. It is also likely that he will have earned massive appreciations on his investments, even after accounting for losses, Khan has probably accrued some $150 million in investment gains. That said, he has also likely spent some $25 million dollars in his life as well, including his donations.
Shahrukh Khan married Gauri Khan in 1991 and they remain together. They have three children together, Aryan, Suhana and AbRam. In his personal life things have appeared clear but it also appears like he has lived one of the most lavish lifestyles in India. However, he has also helped the poor and is one of the most loved movie stars in India.
Overall, when putting it all together, it is estimated that Shahrukh Khan has a net worth of about $615 million dollars.
Summing-Up
Shahrukh Khan was confident in his versatile acting style. By trusting his unique abilities and making difficult choices, he was able to secure game-changing roles in the early 1990s that turned him into a massive movie star. He quickly rose to success and was able to turn his talent into wealth just as fast.
After his first movie gig where he was handed $0.66 for his work, he now earns $25 million to $35 million per movie.
But wealth requires wisdom to flourish; Shahrukh Khan made sound investments throughout the years and proved to be an excellent businessman. And while he was quickly rising as one of the highest-paid actors in the world, he never forgot to give back to charity, involving himself in numerous causes without trying to benefit from it in the press. His tendency to humility and discretion is, without a doubt, why he is so fondly loved in India and all over the world. We can all learn from his drive to always stretch the limits of what is possible.
