J K Rowling Net Worth is $1.0 Billion (as of 2020)
It has been stated that the total amount of J K Rowling net worth is as high as 1 billion dollars, which makes her one of the richest authors. In addition to her career as an author, J K Rowling is also known for her career as a movie producer. J K Rowling today is also considered as one of the richest people living in the United Kingdom. J K Rowling set a record when she became the first author to have a net worth of 1 billion dollars.
Quick facts
| Net Worth: | $1.0 Billion |
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| Last Updated: | 2023 |
The author was born in England in 1965. J K Rowling was studying at the University of Exeter, where she was a student of French and Classics. J K Rowling later started to work as a researcher and also as a teacher of English in Portugal. In 1990, J K Rowling wrote her first book while waiting for a train and finished this book in 1995. This first book was called “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”. This book was the beginning of her successful career as an author, which has also added up to the total size of J K Rowling net worth.
This book was later continued in seven more books and even films were produced according to these novels. The books of Harry Potter are the most well known in the world and the sales of them have broken many literary records. In the first day of the release of the last two books of the series more than 11 million copies of the books were sold, which set the record as well. Thus, with such high sales, J K Rowling net worth also increased by a mile. T
hese books about Harry Potter were translated into 65 languages, too. Because the books proved to be huge successes, films based on them were also created. At this time, the films based on the books grossed more than 7.7 billion dollars in the box offices worldwide.
In addition to her career as a writer, J K Rowling’s personal life is also well known to the public. In 2001, she got married to David Murray. With him, J K Rowling is a parent of two kids. In addition, J K Rowling has one daughter from her previous relationship. The family divides their time in two places where they are living – England and Scotland. J K Rowling is also a member of various charities and organizations.
