Ballers

Steve Aoki ($45 Million)

Steve Aoki is the heir to the very successful Benihana brand, but that’s not how he’s made money. He’s one of the most successful DJs of all time and is also the CEO of Dim Mak records. According to a Yahoo article, he was not given money from his dad, despite the fact his dad was worth $40 million dollars. He had to earn everything that he has now, including working in Benihaha restaurants when he was younger. That gave him the drive to become as successful as he possibly could.

Justin Lin ($50 Million)

Justin Lin is one of the most successful Asian American filmmakers by amount of money made. His work in the extremely successful Fast and Furious series has produced most of his net worth. He started out with the Asian American film Better Luck Tomorrow, and landed the lead director role for Fast and Furious 3: Tokyo Drift. The rest is history as he’s been the director for 4 of the movies in the series that has grossed over $2 billion.

Bruno Mars ($70 Million)

Bruno Mars is one of the most successful singer songwriters of this day. Not many know that Mars is actually Half-Filipino on his mother’s side. Mars has won 2 Grammy Awards and sold more than 11 million albums and 68 million singles worldwide. Four of his singles are counted among the best-selling singles of all time. He’s also been named #1 on Forbes 30 Under 30 list.