This might be the first name in this list who has you wanting to look her up on Google, so let us save you the bother. She's not as big a deal in terms of celebrity as the names we've looked at so far, but she's every bit as rich. British-born Petra Ecclestone is an heiress. She's like a British Paris Hilton, without the scandals.
Her father is Bernie Ecclestone, a billionaire who has served for years as the chief executive of Formula 1 motor racing, which is hugely popular around the world. Like her sister Tamara, who has a $300m fortune of her own, Ecclestone has done some modeling work but decided to move beyond that into fashion design. Having survived meningitis as a teenager, she's happy to campaign as an ambassador for the Meningitis Trust charity, so you can bet that at least some of her fortune is going to good causes.
To insure one’s house, one’s car or to underwrite a life insurance policy, that is common practice. But who would pay an insurance premium for his/her thumb, legs or smile? Stars, of course.
At the top of the ranking are the legs of Mariah Carey, worth 810 million USD: The diva became, in 2006, the Gillette brand muse for the advertising campaign «Legs of a Goddess». She then took out an insurance policy with London Lloyds to protect her legs, a decision that is far from being insignificant. Among its customers, the London insurer then included several icons of music, such as Bob Dylan or Rod Stewart.
David Beckham’s body insured for 195 million USD: European champion with Manchester United in 1999, David Beckham was in 2006 the most renowned footballer of the planet. In relation to his sporting activities, he took out an insurance cover for his legs. The huge amount paid for his insurance would reportedly exceed the 103 million USD disbursed by Real Madrid for the cover of Christiano Ronaldo in 2009. The fashion model would later extend his insurance cover to his entire body.
15 million USD in insurance for Kim Kardashian’s curves: The curves of Kim Kardashian are her number one beauty asset. The reality TV star, who is crazy about plastic surgery, has underwritten an insurance policy worth 15 million USD to protect her famous butt.
The culinary critic Egon Ronay assured his taste buds: The famous Hungarian culinary critic has insured his taste buds since 1957, for the amount of 400 000 USD. An original insurance policy which allows him to cover his sense of taste without which he will no longer be able to practice his job.