Net Worth: $500 Million
Robert De Niro’s net worth of $500 million has been earned through a combination of Hollywood roles and successful business ventures. From his Oscar-winning performances as Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II (1974) and Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull (1980), to his co-ownership of the ultra-popular restaurant chain Nobu, Robert De Niro has proven to be a savvy businessman and enthralling actor.
Robert De Niro’s net worth in 2023 is largely owned to his partnership with Nobu Matsuhisa.
Because of the actor’s divorce from Grace Hightower, we have more information about his net worth than many other celebrities we have examined in the past.
Robert De Niro’s Net Worth Is Skyrocketing Thanks To Nobu
The team at Fandom Wire revealed that Robert De Niro’s net worth increased by $250 million to $300 million between 2004 and 2018.
Those figures were revealed during his divorce hearing, and it was revealed that a majority of the money added to De Niro’s net worth came from the Nobu chain.
In 2015, Australian casino company Crown Resorts Ltd. purchased a 20% stake in Nobu for $100 million, valuing the company at $500 million. At the time of the investment, Nobu operated 32 locations worldwide.
Along with the restaurants owned by Nobu, which are expected to total 60 locations by the end of 2023, the company also owns and operates 32 hotel destinations.
In 2023 alone, the team at Nobu opened five new hotels, and Nobu Hospitality LLC was expected to earn $1 billion in revenue by 2023.
De Niro’s Tribeca Film Enterprise Has Become A Steady Money Maker
DenisMakarenko / Depositphotos.comDe Niro founded Tribeca Enterprises in 2003 with producer Jane Rosenthal and investor Craig Hatkoff, and they’ve grown the company to include several very successful offerings, including:
- Tribeca Film Festival
- Tribeca Film Festival International
- Tribeca Cinemas
- Tribeca Film, a distribution initiative
The Los Angeles Times reported in August 2019 that James Murdoch decided to invest in the company, which attracts over five million visitors per year.
While direct financials are not known, the Madison Square Garden Company initially acquired a 50 percent stake in Tribeca in 2014 at a valuation of $45 million.
Robert De Niro Has Made Millions For Acting
everett225 / Depositphotos.comWhile a large portion of Robert De Niro’s net worth is tied to the success of Nobu, he has also earned millions of dollars from his more than 100 leading and supporting acting roles.
In the 1960’s De Niro landed his first acting role, which earned him $50. Fast forward to the mid-1970s, and his role in The Godfather Part II earned De Niro $200,000. It was a big bump from his iconic role as Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver which
Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the team at Robert De Niro’s net worth increased by no less than $100,000 per role, even when those roles were as part of a movie’s supporting cast.
At the height of his earning power, Robert De Niro was earning $20 million per film. The New York Post reported that he earned $20 million for his role in The Fockers.
The tracking of actors’ salaries at the start of De Niro’s career was not as robust as it is today, which means there are many missing revenue components in the actor’s history.
Robert De Niro’s net worth in 2023 may have hit the $500 million mark, but at his current earnings, estimated to be around $35 million, we expect another big update to his wealth in 2024 and beyond.
