Duff & Phelps announced the fourth edition of its Celebrity Brand Valuation Report 2018, titled, The Bold, the Beautiful and the Brilliant.
The report provides a ranking of India’s most powerful celebrity brands based on brand values derived from their endorsement contracts.
Key findings from the report include:
-Virat Kohli retains the top position for the second consecutive year. His brand value rose by 18% to US$170.9 million in 2018.
-Deepika Padukone rises to the second position, whereas Shah Rukh Khan falls to the fifth position.
-Total value of the top 20 celebrity brands stands at US$877 million, with the top 10 contributing more than 75% of the total value.
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Celebrity - Top 10 | 2018 | 2017 | |
Brand Rank | Brand Value | Brand Rank | |
Virat Kohli | 1 | 170.9 | 1 |
Deepika Padukone | 2 | 102.5 | 3 |
Akshay Kumar | 3 | 67.3 | 4 |
Ranveer Singh | 4 | 63.0 | 5 |
Shah Rukh Khan | 5 | 60.7 | 2 |
Salman Khan | 6 | 55.8 | 6 |
Amitabh Bachchan | 7 | 41.2 | 8 |
Alia Bhatt | 8 | 36.5 | 9 |
Varun Dhawan | 9 | 31.6 | 10 |
Hrithik Roshan | 10 | 31.0 | 7 |
Varun Gupta, Managing Director, Asia Pacific Leader for Valuation Services says, "Celebrities have an overwhelming influence on a consumer’s choices, which is one of the reasons why product brands rely on them for their endorsements."
See the entire report below:
https://www.slideshare.net/SocialSamosa/celeb-brandvaluation2018