Erica Jong – 79 years old

Net worth: $7 Million

Born in New York City on March 26, 1942, Erica Jong is a 79-year-old American satirist, novelist, and poet, who achieved prominence for her novel Fear of Flying, which was published back in 1973. The book was popularly controversial for how it tackles female sexuality. The Washington Post revealed that the book had sold over 20 million copies all around the globe.

Aside from the Fear of Flying, which is fiction, she also wrote several other books with a similar genre, including How to Save Your Own Life in 1977, Fear of Dying in 2015, and Any Woman’s Blues in 1990. In addition, she tried making investments in writing non-fiction, anthology, and poetry, even receiving several awards, such as the Sigmund Freud Award For Literature and United Nations Award For Excellence In Literature. Today, Jong has a net worth amounting to $7 million.