Had a power ranking of 42 and was the 10th ranked money earner on the
2006 Forbes Celebrity 100 list, with 2005-2006 earnings of $84 million.
The earnings were mostly due to syndication residuals from the three
"C.S.I." shows.
In 2007 Forbes reported his earnings to be $120 million for the year 2006, largely due to his lucrative syndication and production deals.
He has produced one film that has been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Top Gun (1986).
Early in his career, he produced television commercials.
Owns a home in Bardstown, Kentucky.
Owns a 1500-acre farm in Kentucky and also another in Ojai, south of
Santa Barbara.