Fictitious characters with real money!

In the world of finance everything can be counted and estimated. Money demands accuracy, even if it belongs to the fictional characters. The Forbes magazine has published the annual ranking of the richest animation, films, and books heroes. Same as in the world of people, the fight among the contenders is tremendous. This year Scrooge McDuck from Uncle Scrooge heads the Forbes Fictional 15 list. The billionaire bird's fortune estimated at $65.4 billion dollar. His wealth has been constantly increasing thanks to the fact that McDuck holds his savings in gold coins and owns some of the world's largest mining concerns. He was polishing boots on the street of his native Glasgow, when he started out his business and notched up success. Uncle Scrooge is snapped at his heels by the reptile, a powerful dragon Smaug from John Tolkien's Hobbit, whose worth is valued at $54.1 billion. According to the experts, the main source of his income is pillage that is not honest, but quite profitable business. Carlisle Cullen, an investor, a surgeon, and a vampire from Twilight, is also in the top 3. Considering the fact that he can wait for profit for eternity, he managed to gain $46 billion with beneficial investments. A genius, playboy, philanthropist, and billionaire Tony Stark got the 4th position with his $12.5 billion. The ranking also contains Bruce Wayne or Batman, Tyrion Lannister from Games of Thrones, and, of course, owner of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant C. Montgomery Burns from The Simpsons. At the bottom of the top 15 is F. Scott Fitzgerald's Jay Gatsby with $1 billion. It is worth mentioning that only extremely popular characters developed by one or several authors can be added to the list excluding the myth or folklore personages.