The top 50 billionaire inventors

George Lucas – Estimated Net Worth Today: $5B.

Nobody needs to be told the position the Star Wars franchise holds in American film history. And if you have ever played with a toy based on the films, it is likely that it was co-designed by the director George Lucas himself.

George Lucas served as chairman of Lucasfilm before selling it to The Walt Disney Company in 2012.

Lucas is one of history’s most financially successful filmmakers and has been nominated for four Academy Awards.

He has now focused on philanthropy: his charitable family foundation has more than $1 billion in assets.

Lucas holds numerous patents for Star Wars toys. The first among them was the Boba Fett action figure, which was co-invented by Joe Johnston and Ralph McQuarrie. The patent for the toy was granted in 1982.