He owns a magic collection that is worth hundreds of millions of dollars and includes the collections of Georges Melies and Jean Eugene Robert-Houdin, two of his most celebrated predecessors.įor the last 13 years, Copperfield has sold out the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, performing two shows a day Sundays through Fridays and three shows on Saturdays, seven days a week, 42 weeks a year. He spent an additional $35 million to renovate one of those islands, Musha Cay, and transform it into a vacation destination, complete with magic antiques such as Houdini’s pool table. In 2006, Copperfield purchased a chain of 11 islands in the Bahamas for $55 million and renamed them the Islands of Copperfield Bay.
By the time he was in his early twenties, he was starring in network TV specials devoted to his magic. Two years later, he changed his name to David Copperfield (from the Charles Dickens novel) and left for Chicago to play the lead in The Magic Man, which became the longest-running musical in the city’s history. He also taught a magic course at New York University. At 16, he performed onstage in his hometown as Davino, the Boy Magician. At 12, he became the youngest person ever admitted to the prestigious Society of American Magicians. A weekend visit to a magic shop in New York City sparked his interest, and soon he was performing tricks adults couldn’t do. Born David Seth Kotkin in Metuchen, New Jersey, as the only child of two Jewish immigrants, he was an accomplished ventriloquist by age 8, when he performed for his school. Signs of Copperfield’s potential surfaced early. His chiseled face adorns postage stamps in six countries. He has won 21 Emmy Awards and holds 11 Guinness World Records. In collaboration with Francis Ford Coppola, he performed Dreams & Nightmares in 1996, which still retains the Broadway record for most tickets sold in a week.
Magician David Copperfield is the highest-grossing solo entertainer in history, with upwards of $4 billion in ticket sales.
The ultra-successful illusionist astonishes audiences by appearing to fly unaided across the stage, but he relies on business jets to traverse longer distances.
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