Internationally acclaimed Bollywood superstar, producer and businessman Shah Rukh Khan, popularly known as Badshah Khan has been named the second richest actor in the world by a survey conducted by Singapore – based Wealth – X.
Wealth – X is the definitive source of intelligence on the ultra wealthy with the world’s largest collection of curated research on UHNW individuals, defined as those with assets of US$30 million and above.
Shah Rukh is the only Bollywood actor in the top ten international celebrity rich lists for 2013. With $600 million, SRK is the only Indian actor to become the second wealthiest personality, which is topped by Hollywood actor Jerry Seinfeld.
The 48 year old actor has starred in over 50 Hindi films in his 25 year career, co-owns the Indian Premier League Cricket team Kolkata Knight Riders and has his own successful production company. He is married to Indian film producer Gauri Chibber.
Bollywood is the largest filmmaking industry, producing about 1000 films each year, which is double the output of Hollywood.