A pet is a gentle and soothing existence for its owner. Many celebrities such as actors, artists, and athletes also live with their pets. A famous cat blog in the United States has released a list of the world’s richest pets. It seems that Japanese Shiba Inu is ranked along with the cats of world-famous artist Taylor Swift.
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Famous Japanese Shiba Inu is among the world’s celebrity pets
The famous American cat blog All About Cats recently released “The Ultimate Pet Rich List”. Here’s a look at the “World’s Richest Pets” category.
The first place is the German Shepherd “Gunther VI” with a net worth of 500 million dollars (about 65,878,500,000 yen). The reason Gunther VI is so rich is the legacy of his grandfather dog Gunther III, according to Best Life magazine, which reported the list.
When Gunther III’s owner, Countess Carlotta Levenstein, a German aristocrat, died, she left her dog $80 million (about 10,554,240,000 yen) of her total assets. After that, “Gunther Corporation”, which manages assets, invested in real estate based on the inheritance and increased it to the current amount of assets.
The 2nd place is “Nala Cat”, which is famous as the image character of the pet brand “Love Nala”. Boasting a tremendous popularity with about 4.5 million followers on Instagram, the net worth is calculated to be 100 million dollars (about 13,179,500,000 yen).
Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift’s pet cat, Olivia Benson. The net worth is calculated to be 97 million dollars (about 12,779,560,000 yen). As a celebrity cat that makes cameo appearances not only in his owner’s music videos, but also in commercials for carbonated drinks, he is very popular in the world of SNS.
The 4th place is American popular female host Oprah Winfrey’s pet dog “Sadie”, “Sunny”, “Lauren”, “Layla” and “Luke”. Each of them has an asset management company, and it seems that the five will inherit a total of $ 30 million (about 3,952,610,000 yen).
5th place is social media star Pomeranian “Jiff Pom”. It boasts over 9.5 million followers and earns $ 32,906 (about 4.34 million yen) per post. Its net worth is 25 million dollars (about 3,293,840,000 yen). It has two Guinness records, and in the past, it has attracted attention for its appearance in the music video of diva Katy Perry and the publication of the children’s book “I Am Zippom”.
Among the list of overseas celebrity pets, the Japanese Shiba Inu Marutaro is in 10th place. In fact, this Marutaro is familiar in Japan as “Shiba Inu Maru”. It exploded in popularity on Instagram and was selected as one of the 100 most influential animals in 2016 by Time magazine. Also, two years ago, the owner appeared on an American TV program. He has many fans not only in Japan but also all over the world, and his net worth is calculated at 1.5 million dollars (about 197.7 million yen).
The list also includes the top 10 “Most Influential and Earning Pets in the World” and “Most Instagram Earning Cats in the World”. 2nd place in the ‘Richest’ category, ‘Nala Cat’, is showing considerable strength, taking 2nd and 1st place respectively.
(Hint-Pot editorial department)