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Akshay Kumar becomes the only Indian in Forbes' 2020 Highest-Paid Celebrities list

WION Web Team
New Delhi, Delhi, india Updated: Jun 05, 2020, 11:48 AM IST
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Kylie Jenner topped the list even though Forbes recently revealed that she is not a billionaire unlike its previous report. 

Bollywood’s Khiladi Akshay Kumar has become the only Indian this year to have made it to the Forbes’ World’s Highest-Paid Celebrities. The 52-year-old makes it to the list among the likes of Kylie Jenner, Jennifer Lopez, Will Smith and others. Kylie Jenner tops the highest-paid celebrity list: Forbes

He made it to the list with $48.5 million earnings. 

Akshay reached this figure with his brand endorsements, businesses and film earnings. 

Meanwhile, Akshay will soon be making his web debut with a show titled ‘End’. 

In an interview with Forbes, Akshay said, “You have to change with the times. From screenplays and scripts to technology and the way of shooting and the audience. The zeros in my check have changed. Everything has changed.”

“I just wanted to earn around 10 crore rupees (about $1.3 million today), that’s it. But I’m a human being, and when I made my first ($1.3 million), I thought, why can’t I make 100 crores ($13 million). To be honest there was no stopping me,” he said.