Matt Stone Net Worth

Matt Stone has an estimated net worth of $1.4 billion, according to Forbes Real-Time Billionaires, Matt Stone profile (figures as of October 20, 2026).

Matt Stone is an American animator, filmmaker, songwriter, and actor known for co-creating South Park with Trey Parker. They met at the University of Colorado Boulder, where they studied film and mathematics and made Cannibal! The Musical in 1993. Stone later helped turn South Park into a long-running hit on Comedy Central. He also worked on the 1999 film South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut and the 2004 marionette movie Team America: World Police.

His wealth comes mainly from television and related rights. Forbes says Stone and Parker made a highly valuable deal in 2007 to split South Park digital revenue 50-50 in perpetuity, before streaming became central to TV. He also co-created The Book of Mormon with Parker and Robert Lopez in 2011. The musical has played on Broadway more than 5,000 times since 2011 and has toured around the world, adding another major source of income.

How Matt Stone makes money

Stone's career took off after South Park debuted in 1997. He and Parker write, produce, and voice the series, which has passed 300 episodes. That gave Stone a rare mix of creative control and long-term participation in a major cable franchise. The show also expanded into film with South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut in 1999. Earlier, the pair made Cannibal! The Musical in 1993 and later released Team America: World Police in 2004.

A key money driver was the 2007 Comedy Central agreement described by Forbes. Stone and Parker secured a 50-50 share of digital revenue from South Park in perpetuity, at a time when that income stream barely existed. As streaming grew, that clause became very valuable. Another part of his business is live theater. The Book of Mormon, which Stone co-created in 2011, became a worldwide touring and Broadway hit with more than 5,000 Broadway performances.

The latest Forbes estimate

Forbes put Matt Stone at $1.4 billion on its real-time billionaires tracker as of October 20, 2026. Forbes places him in Media & Entertainment and describes him as self-made. That estimate ties back to work in television, especially South Park, plus the long-running success of The Book of Mormon. Rather than a one-time payday, his fortune appears linked to years of ownership, production work, and participation in digital revenue.

One recent business event in the Forbes notes helps explain why the number stayed so large. In July 2025, Stone and Parker renewed their Paramount Skydance arrangement for new South Park episodes and payment for their half of digital revenue, estimated at $250 million per year. That matters because it combines new production with the same digital economics that became so valuable after the 2007 deal.