How did the Malfoys get rich?

The Malfoys expanded their already large estate with the lands of their Muggle neighbours, and dabbled successfully into Muggle currency and assets, becoming one of the wealthiest families in wizarding Britain.
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How did Lucius Malfoy become rich?

According to Forbes, Lucius Malfoy is number 14 on the list of wealthiest fictional characters. (SOURCE) It seems to indicate that the Malfoys' money comes from inheritance rather than a profession. In all fairness, the Forbes list is from 2007.
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What does Draco Malfoy do for a living?

That's not a joke, he actually doesn't work. Rowling shared on Pottermore, “Independently wealthy, without any need to work, Draco inhabits Malfoy Manor with his wife and son.” He lives off of inheritance money!, so the lucky man can dedicate his life to hobbies without the stress of making money.
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What is the Malfoy family business?

Malfoy Apothecary was a business owned by the affluent pure-blood Malfoy family. Among their products was Superior Red, a brand of red wine matured for a thousand years.
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Why is Bellatrix so rich?

As the eldest of three sisters, Bellatrix was first in line to inherit their parents' possessions when they died. She also would have merged her assets with those of her husband, Rodolphus Lestrange (another bloodline featured in the Sacred Twenty-Eight). The most convincing proof lies in Bellatrix's vault.
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Why are the Weasleys poor?

The Weasleys are not especially poor. It's just that Arthur works at a comparatively low paying job at the Ministry, and has a huge family to feed. Molly is a housewife and does not add to the income. As to how poor they are, well, they are helped by not having to feed their children throughout the year.
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How many owls did Draco get?

8 Draco Malfoy

Perhaps this is why Draco only has three O.W.L.s., including one in Transfiguration, Potions, and Defense Against the Dark Arts.
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Do Hogwarts professors get paid?

Hogwarts Professor: $32,000 – $47,000

Hogwarts is funded by the government, so MoviePilot figures its teachers make about as much as other educational professionals in the U.K., which comes to somewhere in the $32,000-$47,000 range.
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What job did Luna Lovegood get?

As an adult Luna became a famous Magizoologist, a wizarding naturalist. She discovered and classified many species that had never been encountered before. She was also shown to be very skilled at handling various magical creatures, such as Thestrals, showing her proficiency in Magizoology.
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How rich was Sirius Black?

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter contains lots of bits of information, like the net worths of some of the series' most prominent characters. Sirius Black is super, duper rich, possessing a whopping 199,513 Galleons, or $1.6 million. Not bad for someone who's a wanted man.
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How did Harry's parents get so rich?

Over the next several decades, members of the Potter family worked diligently to maintain the family's wealth, Rowling explained. Fast forward to the 20th century, where Fleamont Potter, a distant descendant of Linfred of Stinchcombe, "took the family gold and quadrupled it."
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Are the Weasleys inbred?

Other families

The Weasley family, despite being pro-Muggle and unwilling to take up inbreeding for the sake of purity, had shown certain signs of having engaged in it. Arthur and Molly Weasley were possibly second cousins once removed.
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Who is the richest actor in Harry Potter?

Radcliffe is currently the wealthiest actor from the Harry Potter franchise.
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Who is the richest Harry Potter actor?
  • Emma Watson at $85 million.
  • Rupert Grint at $50 million.
  • Tom Felton at $20 million.
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Do the Malfoys have a car?

Draco Malfoy has possession of a black flying Mercedes-Benz with a license plate reading 666. His father Lucian gave this car to him.
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What is the highest paying job in Harry Potter?

The Head Goblin at Gringotts earns £36,000 (about US$46,000), the same as a teacher at Hogwarts. The highest-earning job in the wizarding world is – you guessed it – the position of Minister of Magic, which will earn you £156,000 (about US$200,000).
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Are Aurors paid well?

Auror, $41,500-$51,600

An Auror is a government position in the wizarding world similar to a high level police investigator (it's also what Harry eventually went on to do). According to the Harry Potter Wikia: “An Auror is a member of an elite unit of highly-trained, specialist officers.
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What was Ginny's job after Hogwarts?

Ginny has enjoyed an athletic career on and off the Quidditch pitch: Immediately following the Battle of Hogwarts, she played professionally for the Holyhead Harpies. After retiring her broomstick, she became the senior Quidditch correspondent and eventual sports editor at one-time fake news outlet The Daily Prophet.
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How many newts did Hermione get?

Factual Error; Harry Ron and Hermione

However, exceptional students go beyond this: Percy took twelve N.E.W.T.s, and Hermione Granger took seven. Harry Potter and Ron Weasley each took five."
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How many newts did Voldemort get?

Dumbledore said that Tom was the most gifted Hogwart's student ever. Voldemort wanted to be the best student ever and used that to manipulate stuff into his direction so he taking 12 OWL may not be that unbelievable even if he did not have a time turner.
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How did Ginny do on her OWLs?

Ginny took her O.W.L.s, despite the tragedy that had occurred at the school and spend most of her time with Harry. She attended Dumbledore's funeral, along with several others. At the funeral she sat next to Harry, Hermione, and Ron, instead of sitting with the rest of her family.
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What did James and Lily do for a living?

James has gold, enough to support Sirius and Lily. So I suppose they lived off a private income. But they were full-time fighters, that's what they did, until Lily fell pregnant with Harry.
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Why was Ron made prefect?

Ron's becoming a prefect is designed to give him self-confidence which he has lacked to this point. Ron, an average wizard, feels overshadowed by the alarmingly competent Hermione and the famous Harry Potter, despite their being his best friends.
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Why didn't the Weasleys fix their house?

The magical integrity of the object would not be restored. Their house was definitely held up by magic - so even if they used the Mending Charm it'd just fall down again.
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