Tyler Perry is officially a billionaire according to Forbes!

Forbes announced on Tuesday that filmmaker Tyler Perry is officially a billionaire.

He joins the ranks of African American billionaires such as Kanye West, Oprah Winfrey, Robert Smith, David Stewart and Jay-Z.

The 51-year-old actor owns his entire creative output, including over 1200 television episodes, 22 feature films and at least two dozen plays, as well as a studio spanning over 100 acres at the limit. south of Atlanta. He used that control to leverage a deal with ViacomCBS that pays him $ 150 million a year for new content and gives him a stake in BET +, the streaming service he launched last September. . 

Forbes estimates Perry has earned more than $ 1,4 billion in pre-tax income since 2005, which he has used to purchase homes in Atlanta, New York, Los Angeles and Jackson Hole, Wyoming, as well as two private jets. A lifestyle for a once homeless playwright raised in poverty in New Orleans.

Today,  Forbes estimates his net worth at $ 1 billion, with a clear path to future The Forbes 400 membership.