We did the math to calculate exactly how much money billionaires and celebrities like Jeff Bezos and Kylie Jenner make per hour
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Jeff Bezos earns more than $4 million an hour.
When it comes to money, some people are just in a league of their own.
From businessmen and tech moguls to celebrities and athletes, we took a look at the earnings for 16 of the richest people in America and broke down how much they make in an hour. The results were illuminating, to say the least.For music, movie, and media celebrities, earnings were taken from the Forbes' 2018 Highest-Paid Celebrities list, which were provided based on compensation from June 2017 to June 2018.
We then divided all annual earnings by 8,760, the number of hours in a year, to calculate how much each person earns an hour.Shayanne Gal/Business Insider
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Of all the celebrities on the list, George Clooney earns the most, making $27,283 every 60 minutes. That's no surprise considering he's the highest-paid actor on Forbes' 2018 Highest-Paid Celebrities list.
Kylie Jenner, the youngest person on Forbes' America's Richest Self-Made Women list, isn't far behind Clooney, with hourly earnings of $19,006. That means Jenner makes the current median US salary of $45,552, according to data by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in just 2.38 hours.Ellen DeGeneres, Lebron James, Taylor Swift, and Beyoncé are the only people on the list to earn four figures an hour - but that's still way more than most people make in one month alone. The first three earn between $9,000 and $10,000 an hour, with Beyoncé coming in last with hourly earnings of $6,849.
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