[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Shaun

I suppose he gets a pretty healthy fee for QI, and then the Harry Potter audiobooks must have paid well. Plus he's often doing voice-work (that Little Big Planet game, various adverts)... I was just confused because he hasn't really created something to reel in the royalties and merchandise money (other than the Fry/Laurie sketch shows, which I can't imagine earned much)

Shaun, this is from the 'HowRich' website:

His first big pay check came when he made nearly GBP 1 million on his rewrite of the musical Me and My Girl.

Stephen Fry is also a hugely successful author. His first novel, The Liar, was published in 1993, and was critically acclaimed. Revenue from his varied book sales are estimated to exceed a total of £ 4 million and has made a Fry an estimated £ 500 000 in royalties.

Fry has also made a fortune from TV ads, earning £ 100 000 just from the M&S 2009 Christmas advert.

Excluding intangible assets, such as the potential future value of copyrights to his work, we are estimating that Stephen Fry has a net worth of around GBP 12 000 000 (USD 20 million as of April 2012).