Being a cat lady pays off… literally.
Beloved glamorpuss Taylor Swift, a Scottish sheepdog named Olivia Benson, is the third richest pet in the world, in response to a latest report All about cats. Fat Cat has amassed a powerful estimated net worth of $97 million.
The cat’s fantastic in second place, with an estimated $100 million, is a social media influencer @Nala_cat, siamese and brindle mix. The German Shepherd Dog Gunther VI, owned by the Italian media company Gunther Corporation, won the award for the world’s richest pet with a staggering $500 million.
The list was compiled using Instagram analytics and a possible pet payout per social media post. in 2020 Swift posted a photograph Olivia stretched out on the couch, which garnered over 2 million likes on her Instagram page.
![Taylor Swift's cat, Olivia Benson, is the third richest pet in the world.](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/01/taylor-swift-richest-cat-736.jpg?w=1024)
![In 2020, Taylor Swift posted a photo of Benson on Instagram, gaining over 2 million likes.](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/01/taylor-swift-richest-cat-735.jpg?w=1024)
The Post contacted a representative of Swift for comment.
The ‘Midnights’ star didn’t hesitate to indicate how much she loved her cat, which was named after actress Mariska Hargitay’s popular character ‘Law & Order: Special Victims Unit’. Her fluffy cat appeared in her “Blank Space” and “Me!” music videos, in addition to in various commercials, including one for Weight-reduction plan Coke in 2014.
“Before I got my second cat, I used to be asking everyone I knew saying, ‘There is catscat lady?’” said Swift during an interview in 2014 in “Live With Kelly and Michael”, in which she emphasized the plural of “cat”.
“Two cats are cats, and there are a couple of. They usually’re like, “No, three cats are a cat lady, two cats are a celebration.”
![Taylor Swift is not ashamed of how much she loves her cats, as she said in a 2014 interview.](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/01/taylor-swift-richest-cat-737.jpg?w=1024)
![Taylor Swift and her pet weren't the only high-profile duo to make the list.](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/01/taylor-swift-richest-cat-738.jpg?w=1024)
Behind Benson on the list of the richest pets were Oprah Winfrey’s dogs Sadie, Sunny, Lauren, Layla and Luke for $30 million; Pomorski Jiffpom for $25 million; late Karl Lagerfeld’s cat. Choupette for $13 million; and the late actress Betty White’s dog, Pontiac, for $5 million.
The tie at $1.5 million apiece are Instagram dogs Doug the pug, Big food and Marutaro.
Swift owns one other cat, Benjamin Button, named after the character played by Brad Pitt in the 2008 film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Button is a ragdoll cat. He didn’t make it.