George Lucas
San Anselmo, California
Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Southern California
United States
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Star Wars, Self Made
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#325 Billionaires 2019
#123 Forbes 400 2018
'Star Wars' creator George Lucas has largely retired from filmmaking since he sold his Lucasfilm to Disney in 2012 for $4.1 billion in stock and cash.Lucas is now focused on philanthropy: his charitable family foundation is already endowed with more than $1 billion.Lucas attended junior college in his hometown of Modesto, California where his parents ran a stationary store, before attending to USC.He founded Lucasfilm, his production company, in 1971 and built his fortune through his movies and their merchandise.The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art will open in Los Angeles in 2020 and is entirely funded by Lucas and his wife, Mellody Hobson.
Lucas worked as a production assistant on Francis Ford Coppola's 1968 film 'Finian's Rainbow.'When Lucas needed special effects for 'Star Wars,' he started his own special effects company, Industrial Light & Magic, in 1975.
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