Peter Jackson

Director, Film

$1.47B

as of 10/04/24

About Peter Jackson

Peter Jackson, a film director, is best known for his "Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" trilogies, which have grossed $6 billion worldwide.

Jackson became a billionaire in November 2021 after selling a chunk of his Weta digital film effects shop to Unity Software for $1.6 billion in cash and stock.

He made $10 million up front for each of the three "Lord of the Rings" films (2001-2003), with at least another 10% of profits earned from each film's box office receipts.

For the "Hobbit" movies, he likely made $20 million per film with 20% backend.

Jackson's Weta Digital used motion capture of the actor Andy Serkis to create the now-iconic on-screen visualization of the character Gollum.

Personal stats

Citizenship

New Zealand

Source of wealth

Movies, digital effects

Residence

Wellington, New Zealand

Marital status

Married

Birth date

10/31/61 (age 62)

Number of children

Self-made

self-made

Peter Jackson’s fortune is worth

25K

troy ounces of gold

23K

median U.S. household

15K

median U.S. income

0.029%

U.S. credit card volume

0.006%

GDP of the United States

0.004%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

Sean Parker, the tech investor known for founding Napster and serving as Facebook's first president, had a 25% stake in Jackson's Weta Digital at the time of sale.