Forbes 15 Richest Fictional Characters

Forbes.com has put up an interesting news story about richest fictional characters, "The Forbes Fictional 15" highlights Lex Luthor at #4 along with Bruce Wayne at #8.

#4 Lex Luthor
Net Worth: $10.1 billion
Source: Defense, Software, Real Estate
Age: 52
Marital Status: Single
Hometown: Metropolis, U.S.A.
Education: Metropolis University, B.S; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ph.D.

A year after his term as president ended in scandal, Luthor returned to the helm of LexCorp unbowed. Inventor of personal jetpack, robot guard dog said to be back in the lab. Singles out negative reporting by former friend and Daily Planet writer Clark Kent as "worst kind of tabloid journalism."

# 8 Bruce Wayne
Net Worth: $6.5 billion
Source: Inheritance; Defense
Age: 32
Marital Status: Single
Hometown: Gotham City, U.S.A

Wealthy playboy took family business Wayne Enterprises private earlier this year; SEC still investigating; valuable military prototypes said to have "disappeared."

Visit Forbes.com to read more about Lex and Bruce along with the rest of "The Forbes Fictional 15"

1. Santa Claus
2. Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks
3. Richie Rich
4. Lex Luthor
5. C. Montgomery Burns
6. Scrooge McDuck
7. Jed Clampett
8. Bruce Wayne
9. Thurston Howell III
10. Willy Wonka
11. Arthur Bach
12. Ebenezer Scrooge
13. Lara Croft
14. Cruella De Vil
15. Lucius Malfoy