Sunday Times Rich List

£48m
Ulster-born Kiera is No 2 in showbiz rich list
By Lisa Smyth
21 April 2006
The Belfast-born granddaughter of comic Charlie Chaplin has been named as the world's second richest entertainer.
The Sunday Times Rich List claims Kiera Chaplin, is worth £30m. behind violinist Vanessa Mae in the section for entertainers under 30.
Aged 23, she has a 30% stake in Limelight Films, and has also earned thousands of pounds from acting and modelling.
She is also president of the firm behind webforjetset.com, which helps the super-rich source the must-have helicopter, Ferrari, or reliable bodyguard.
The 18th annual Sunday Times Rich List, the definitive guide to wealth in Britain and Ireland, is published in a 104-page supplement. The list is based on identifiable wealth - land, property, assets such as art and racehorses, or significant shares in companies, and excludes bank accounts - to which the paper has no access.
Aged just 29, former Boyzone frontman Ronan Keating has been ranked 11th with £10m, level with Hollywood A-lister Keira Knightley (21), Ulster model Jamie Dornan's ex.
Songbird Katie Melua (21), who spent part of her childhood in Belfast, is 19th with a £5m fortune.
U2 are top of the Irish entertainers list, with £469m.
Belfast cowboy Van Morrison has a £48m fortune, while Cork comic Graham Norton has £24m putting them at 143rd and 247th place respectively overall.
Anti-poverty campaigner Bob Geldof is fifth in the Irish entertainers' list with £35m.