Kim Kardashian garnered fame worldwide for her chronicled life on the hit reality show Keeping Up with the Kardashians. Since the 2000s, she has been one of the widely popular as well as most controversial personalities in the world of entertainment.
The 41-year-old television personality and entrepreneur were born in Los Angeles, California. She supports criminal justice reform, gun safety, and cancer research.
Kim is also regarded as among the world's most influential celebrities on social media, with 70 million Twitter followers and 240 million Instagram followers.
From Reality TV Star to Successful Entrepreneur
Kim's reality TV program was her main source of income, wherein she gets a talent fee of around $15,000 per episode but eventually, it was increased to $500,000 per episode.
Her improved revenue allowed her to buy a $4.8 million Tuscan-style mansion in Beverly Hills in 2010. It has an area of four acres and bedrooms of five.
Kim Kardashian has other sources of revenue, bringing in millions and millions of dollars to her bank accounts. She has ventured into the business of cosmetics and shapewear. Her mobile game also became a hit among players and significantly contributed to her net worth.
In 2015, she became the highest-paid celebrity on the planet for the first time when she reportedly earned $53 million, per Celebrity Net Worth.
Her ownership in KKW Beauty, her cosmetics and fragrance brand, accounts for a sizable amount of her fortune. Launched in 2017, KKW Beauty Line spawns more than $100 million in gross revenue. She sold 20% of the company to Coty for $200 million in 2020.
In 2019, she created the Skims shapewear line. Her stake is estimated worth $375 million.
Moving On From Kanye West
In 2012, Kim and music artist and producer Kanye West started dating. The following year, their daughter Nori was born. In 2014, the couple got married. Then their second child, Saint, was born in 2015. Kim and Kanye also had children who were born via surrogacy process: Chicago and Psalm. According to People, Kim chose the method due to serious health reasons.
In February 2021, Kardashian filed for divorce from her husband Kanye West and recently was declared legally single.
Kim is currently dating comedian Pete Davidson. Despite her ex-husband's bad-mannered statements against their relationship, the couple seems unshaken. Kim focuses more on her current romance with Davidson, and they are becoming more serious to the extent where Davidson could meet Kardashian's four children from her previous marriage, as reported by Elle.
Kim Kardashian's net worth has grown dramatically every year, according to Celebrity Net Worth. In 2009, her net worth was $10 million then it had risen to $20 million by 2011. She was valued at $40 million in January 2013.
Kim's fortunes improved vastly during the following years. She was valued at $85 million in 2015. By 2017, her net worth had nearly risen to $150 million. Kim Kardashian's net worth is $350 million as of April 2020.
According to Forbes, Kim Kardashian's Net Worth 2022 is $1.8B.