NET WORTH: $3.9 billion, up 4.3 percent

LAST YEAR: $3.7 billion

AGE: 68

RESIDENCE: Pacific Palisades

SOURCE OF WEALTH: Entertainment

THE MONEY: Legendary director has stakes in DreamWorks SKG and Amblin Entertainment. Takes slice of all ancillary revenue from “Jaws” and “ET,” still throwing off cash at Universal theme parks. Shares of DreamWorks down 11 percent versus last year.

BUZZ: Curtain never closes on Spielberg, who adds more film projects this year. Expected to start production on Roald Dahl’s “The BFG,” set for summer 2016 release. DreamWorks has snagged toy and video-game licensing rights for the live-action film. Spielberg will then begin working on adaptation of sci-fi novel “Ready Player One” for Warner Bros. Also joined actor Tom Hanks to direct “Bridge of Spies,” Cold War-era spy thriller set to be released this fall. Thanked more frequently than God in Oscar acceptance speeches.