谁是世界上最富有的孩子?

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Now are the some of the richest kids in the world and the money they’re making. The current issue of People magazine features some very famous faces who are under 15, and  cashed in on concert tours, movies, TV shows and more. Julie Dane is People’s senior editor. Julie, good morning!

Good morning.

So, when you looked at some of these kids, were you amazed at the money they’re making?

Yeah, I mean it’s nothing like when I was a kid, that’s for sure.

That’s right. Well, let’s get started with the big to who know, Miley Cyrus. I mean this girl is a machine.

She is in the industry and to herself. And she only has the biggest kids show on cable; she has this huge concert tour, she was taking home a million dollars a week.(Wow) She just signed a 7-figure book deal and this year her merchandise sales for Hannah Montana are expected to hit a billion dollars. 

A billion? A billion with a “B”!

And she gets a percentage of that, right?

She does. She gets a percentage of it I mean she’s really raking in it, but (Ok, go ahead) she does have her you know, had on her shoulders and her mum says that most of the money is going into an investment fund that she won’t touch it until she’s 18.

Wow… and where is all that besides all that money, I mean, does she seem like she's handling this stuff ok?

Er, she seems like an incredibly mature, grounded girl which is great to see.

Another one of her Disney stable mates, this is such a hot band, the Jones Brothers. I mean, the Disney basically resurrected them and now they’re just pulling in the dough.  

They’re huge. They just signed a multimillion-dollar two-year-concert deal. They’re taking in a 12 million on this concert tour among the three of them. And, you know, they’re also super grounded and they have a good family around them, they give 10% to charity. So it’s a good story.

And then what cash do they have? What do they like?

They do spend money. They give their mum a really nice diamond watch, they buy new computers, and Nick, the youngest, he’s 15 has just shot up 1500 dollars for a pair of shoes.

Yeah, let’s gonna say that they’re all kind of clothes horse.

Yeah, they’re definitely natty dressers.

All right. Abigale Breslin, who is just a fantastic young actress, 12 years old and her price per movie is doing OK.

She’s got two million in a movie, but, you know, just because she’s an Oscar nominated actress and makes two million. She’s still a normal 12-year-old girl. She likes, you know, American-girl dolls and Jones Brothers.

And does she like working with these big stars?

Yeah, I mean, she’s having an incredible career already.

Dakoda Fannine who’s such a terrific actress, she’s now 14 years old and she’s doing pretty well per movie.

She’s a total Hollywood player, I mean, she can open a movie, she’s making four million in a movie now. She’s worked for some of the biggest stars in the business.

And she doesn’t get an allowance?

She doesn’t get an allowance; she says that her parents want her to feel like she wants to help out, not because she has to help out, on the house.

And she’s also done some modeling too, hasn’t she?

She has, she did a gap item among other things.

Now, this young man is quite the comic actor. He’s on Two and a Half Men, Angles T. Jones, and TV stars, you know I mean they usually make a one million a season or more. He’s doing all right for a 14-year-old?

Yeah, he’s making 1.2 million per season which makes him one of the biggest stars in Hollywood.

And for a young man like this, I mean he still has his whole career ahead of them, but there is always that those child actors, there’s always a dangerous, a dangerous position because you always hear about these child-actors become a flameout early.

Right, you know, but for every, you know, true Hollywood story, you hear about people going off the rails, we do have people like Brookshield and July Foster who actually just started with Abigale Brastle in the movie, who have shown that you can't have a long great career.

And then Tyler James Williams, who’s the star in Everybody Hates Chris, ah this again, seemed like a very grounded young man.

Yes, he’s also making 1.2million dollars a season and he said when he got the role that he's good at, making fried bologna sandwiches, picking good movies and making money.

Yeah, and when you look at all these young actors, what’s the common theme you see amongst them, the actors in these country-goers?

Well these really successful ones, like Miley and Jonas Brothers have really good families around them and they’re clearly not in this on their own, they have families to help them along and they seem to be totally normal kids.

Great, well, Julie Dane, thank you so much.

Thanks for having me.

And you can read more about these Hollywood kids and their families in this week’s issue of People magazine that hits newsstands today.