#42: Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods is one of those rare golfers who has managed to do something that many of his fellow golfers never quite achieve: to become famous enough to be known even by people who don’t follow golf at all. And believe us, that is no easy thing to do…

His golf achievements include being tied for first place in terms of PGA Tour wins, being the top-ranked golfer in the world in a total of 10 different years, and being inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. He was able to turn all of this fame into a number of lucrative endorsement deals, leading to an 800 million USD net worth.