George Lucas

George Walton Lucas, Jr. (born May 14, 1944) is an American film producer, screenwriter, director, and entrepreneur who was the founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Lucasfilm before selling the company to The Walt Disney Company on October 30, 2012. He is best known as the creator of the space opera franchise Star Wars and the archaeologist character Indiana Jones. Lucas is one of the American film industry's most financially successful directors/producers, with an estimated net worth of $4.1 billion as of 2012.