Edward Norton | 134

The two-time Oscar-nominated actor, Edward Norton, studied history at Yale. Immediately following his graduation in 1991, he worked for his grandfather’s company in Osaka, Japan, for several months. There he learned Japanese and studied Aikido, a martial art. After working in his grandfather’s nonprofit, he moved to New York, where he worked multiple odd jobs while pursuing an acting career.

Norton landed a job in theater and wrote scripts for some of the plays at the Signature Theatre Company. After being discovered by a casting agent in 1995, he landed his first movie role in the film Primal Fear, for which he earned an Oscar and Golden Globe nomination. Besides acting, Norton has also made a fortune from his extremely wise and early technology investments. He was one of Uber’s early investors, and he now has a staggering net worth of $300 million. It’s been reported that his IQ is 134.