As one of the most talked-about figures, Robert De Niro has built a significant fortune. In this article, we dive deep into the assets and career highlights.
What is Robert De Niro's Net Worth and Salary?
Robert De Niro is an American film and stage actor, producer and director who has a net worth of $500 million. In addition to his highly-successful acting career, Robert De Niro has earned a substantial fortune as the co-founder of the Nobu franchise of high-end sushi restaurants and hotels. There are more than 40 Nobu locations around the world today. The empire generates several hundred million dollars in revenue every year.
According to filings that were released as part of his bitter divorce battle withGrace Hightower, his wife from 1997-2018, Robert's net worth is at least $500 million. The filing further claimed that Robert made $250 – $300 million between 2004 and 2018 alone between film salaries and business dividends.
and raised in New York, Robert De Niro also attended two of the city's most celebrated acting schools, the Stella Adler Conservatory and the Actor's Studio, run by Lee Strasberg. Throughout the late 1970s and 80s, he starred in a number of now iconic films set in and around New York City, many of them directed by fellow New Yorker, Martin Scorsese, including "Taxi Driver" and "New York, New York", among others. His fantastic performances in such films as "Bang the Drum Slowly", "Mean Streets", and "The Godfather, Part II", for which he won an Oscar, cemented him as an A-list actor. The accolades and stunning performances continued for years.
In recent years, while appearing in the occasional film, Mr. De Niro has focused on philanthropic work and his hotel/restaurant empire. He launched the very successful Tribeca Film Festival, and invested in a number of properties and restaurants in lower Manhattan. He owns multiple properties both on the East and West Sides of Manhattan
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Early Life
De Niro was born on August 14th 1943 in New York City. He was the son of two artists. His mother Virginia Admiral was a painter and his father Robert De Niro Sr. was an abstract expressionist painter and sculptor. De Niro's parents divorced by the time he was three and he was subsequently was raised by his mother in Greenwich Village.
Ultimately, Robert De Niro's financial journey is a testament to their success.
Disclaimer: All net worth figures are estimates based on public data.
