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10 Celebrities You Had No Idea Were Rich Before They Were Famous

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10 Celebrities You Had No Idea Were Rich Before They Were Famous

Many of your favorite celebrities have lived in the upper crust for their whole lives. Here are a few notable famous faces who were born into privilege.

by Natalya Molok  /   January 17, 2018

While we love celebrities for their rags-to-riches storylines, some famous faces have lived the sweet life well before they became famous. Find out which of your favourite stars were born with silver spoons in their mouths prior to hitting the jackpot as internationally adored celebs:

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10 Celebrities You Had No Idea Were Rich Before They Were Famous
Rooney and Kate Mara
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These sisters are shaping up to be Hollywood royalty but sports fans might’ve known about them long ago. The sisters hail from a football family worth billions. Their mother’s side of the family founded the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1933, and their father’s side of the family founded the New York Giants in 1925, making the sisters veritable football royalty.

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Psy
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Psy’s father, Park Won-ho, is the chairman of the DI Corporation, which manufactures equipment for semiconductors. His mother, Kim Young-hee, owns restaurants in Gangnam, including Modern Babsang. You know hit viral song about the affluent neighbourhood of Gangnam? Well, Psy actually grew up there!

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Kelly Chen
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A Hong Kong singer and actress, Kelly’s modesty, humbleness, and her hard-earned success in the music industry has made quite a lot of people forget that she is actually the daughter of a very successful jewellery tycoon in Hong Kong.

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Julia Louis-Dreyfus
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Louis-Dreyfus is one of the funniest woman actors of all time. She’s also the daughter of a billionaire. Her father, Gerard William Louis-Dreyfus, had an estimated $3.4 billion at the time of his death in 2016.

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Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal
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Not only do the famous siblings hail from Hollywood royalty — their father Stephen Gyllenhaal is a film director, and their mother is an Oscar-nominated screenwriter — they are also descendants of the Swedish noble Gyllenhaal family.

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Choi Siwon
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Siwon’s father was the President of the company Korean Slim Fashion before becoming CEO of Boryung Medicine in 2011. Siwon’s family is also own the Hyundai Department Store (one of the largest supermarket chains in Korea worth over $5 billion!).

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Bryce Dallas Howard
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The Jurassic World actress is the daughter on Hollywood legend, actor and director, Ron Howard. His estimated net worth is around $140 million so it’s safe to say that Bryce grew up in the lap of luxury.

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Bella and Gigi Hadid
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If we’re being honest, Bella and Gigi Hadid, the children of Real Housewife of Beverly Hills Yolanda Foster and billionaire real-estate developer Mohamed Hadid, are as famous for being rich as they are for their fashion careers.

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Armie Hammer
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This dashing Call Me By Your Name actor was named after his grandfather, oil tycoon Armand Hammer. Over the course of Hammer Senior’s 33 years as chairman of Occidental Petroleum, the company went from making $30,000 in sales a year to being one of the largest American energy and gas corporations.

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Ariana Grande
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The singer was born in Boca Raton, Florida. Her mother, Joan Grande, is the CEO of a communications company, and her father, Edward Butera, is the founder of an award-winning graphic design firm called ibi designs.

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