Photos: It's official, Tyler Perry is now a billionaire

According to Forbes, Tyler Perry is officially a billionaire. 

The details of his success are written about in a long-form article entitled From "Poor As Hell" to Billionaire: How Tyler Perry Changed Show Business Forever. If you don't have the time, the name of that write-up should be enough to support our opening sentence.

From “poor as hell” to billionaire: Here's how Tyler Perry changed show business forever https://t.co/9ZIe370Lq6 by @MadelinePBerg pic.twitter.com/dzgb4C7EHh

— Forbes (@Forbes) September 1, 2020

For those who crave specifics, are looking for something to aspire to, or simply read shit on the internet while procrastinating, his wealth breaks down like so: 

$320 million comes from his entire library of films, TV shows, plays, and whatever else he's made. He owns 100 percent of the content. $300 million comes from cash/investments. 

His 330-acre Tyler Perry Studios lot in Georgia is valued at $280 million. $60 million comes from his stake in BET's streaming service BET+, which came out in 2019. 

He also has $40 million in "homes and toys," in this instance "toys" is a cute fill-in word for stuff like planes. That adds up to exactly $1 billion so if he loses a dollar we'll update. 

Forbes also reports that Perry has earned in excess of $1.4 billion since 2005.