You Won't Believe How Much the World's Richest Heirs and Heiresses are Worth

Jodie Foster, $100 million

The Blockbuster actress has been seen in hits like Silence of The Lambs and Freaky Friday, and she got her start in Taxi Driver when she was just 12 years od. She inherited much of her fortune from her father, Lucius Fisher Foster III, a member of the wealthy Chicago family.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.