
Ranking: 17=
Worth: £30m
Industry: Football
Without question they are the new Posh and Becks. The £1.5m deal with Hello! For photographic rights to their wedding next year confirms their celebrity status, dwarfing payments made for the Beckhams nuptials in 1999. McLoughlin, 21, has carved out a career that threatens to be as stratospheric as that of her footballing partner. A bestselling book and a string of endorsement deals, including LG, the electronic goods manufacturer and Asda, has helped swell the couples wealth by £10m. Rooney, 21, has club earnings of £100,000 a week from Manchester United and the England strikers income is bolstered by deals worth about £6m annually, with Nike and Coca-Cola among others.
Ranking: 22=
Worth: £20m
Industry: Football