Cristiano Ronaldo, Professional Footballer, $500 million

The legendary Portuguese footballer Christiano Ronaldo is arguably considered the best player globally, and of course, we expect Lionel Messi’s fans to have our heads. He plays for Manchester United as a striker and also captains the Portugal national team.

Ronaldo, who is worth a whopping half a billion in 2021, grew up poor as the youngest son of a cook and gardener. He had two older sisters with whom he shared a small room alongside his mother. It was a shocking discovery when his mother revealed that she almost went through with an abortion when she was pregnant with him because of how poor the family was.