The job of a business manager in the entertainment industry is possibly more complex than it’s ever been. As production continues to move outside of Los Angeles, the men and women who work tirelessly to ensure the financial futures of Hollywood’s most fortune-favored actors, musicians, creatives and executives find themselves fielding questions and managing anxieties, all while putting pen to paper and delivering strategies that will yield a sense of security.
And that’s before taking AI’s looming impact into account. But it’s hardly all doom and gloom. Stars like Margot Robbie, Donald Glover, Taraji P. Henson and Ryan Reynolds — all of whom are represented by money mavens on this list — have seen major recent successes, through hit projects and business ventures they launched or invested