$900,000,000
Kim Kardashian
Net Worth
Born in (City)
Los Angeles, California
Born in (Country)
United States
Date of Birth
21st December, 1980
Date of Death
-
Mother
Kris Jenner
Father
Robert Kardashian
Children
- North West
- Psalm West
- Chicago West
- Saint West
About
Kimberly Noel Kardashian West is an American media personality, socialite, model, businesswoman, and actress. Kardashian has developed an online and social media presence, including hundreds of millions of followers on Twitter and Instagram. She has released a variety of products tied to her name.
Early Life
Kim Kardashian was born on October 21, 1980, in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Robert and Kris. She has an older sister, Kourtney, a younger sister, Khloé, and a younger brother, Rob. Their mother is of Dutch, English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry, while their father was a third-generation Armenian-American. After their parents divorced in 1991, her mother married again that year, to Caitlyn Jenner, the 1976 Summer Olympics decathlon winner.
She attended Marymount High School, a Roman Catholic all-girls school in Los Angeles. In 1994, her father represented football player O. J. Simpson during his murder trial. Simpson is Kardashian's godfather. Kardashian’s father died in 2003 of cancer. Kim Kardashian had a relatively normal childhood. With a large, raucous family and a well-known father, Kardashian demonstrated a willingness to be in the spotlight at a very early age.
Road to Success
Throughout her teenage years, Kardashian continued to be interested in fashion and style. She worked at a boutique for a number of years, but when she started spending more time with her childhood friend, Paris Hilton, her career really took off. Kardashian mostly credits her hard work and entrepreneurial spirit as key elements in helping her reach her highest potential.
From October 10, 2007, she and her other family members signed to star in the reality television show, 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians'. The show went on to become a huge success.
In a recent interview with The Cut, the KKW Fragrance founder got candid about the fact that she would pick good fortune over fame any day. In Kardashian West’s own words, what really helped her attain such success was utilizing the perfect blend of old school media and new school media to promote herself as well as her products. Recently, the Keeping Up with the Kardashians star opened up about how important it was for her to have mastered both traditional media like television and new-age social media like Instagram. By respecting both forms of media, Kardashian West was able to extend her reach given the sheer volume of people who were exposed to her. The bulk of her wealth comes from her cosmetics and fragrance company KKW Beauty, which generated about $100 million in sales in 2019. She is reportedly following in her father's footsteps and apprenticing to be a lawyer. She launched Skims in 2019, an inclusive shapewear brand that raised $5 million from VC firm Imaginary Ventures.
KKW Beauty values at $1 billion, making Kardashian West worth about $900 million, according to Forbes’ estimates. Despite all the scandals and controversies, Kim Kardashian stands as an undefeated business mogul.
Challenges
Kim was relatively unknown in the mid-nineties and was usually seen hanging around her much more famous friend Paris Hilton. But all that changed in 2007 after the leak of a sex tape she made with her ex-boyfriend Ray J. It was released by porn company Vivid Entertainment who said they purchased the tape from a "third party" for $1million. Bottom of Form. Kim sued the firm for invasion of privacy and for the profits and ownership of the tape but eventually agreed to a $5million settlement. There is an enduring conspiracy theory that Kim’s mom Kris Jenner was the one who leaked the tape, but this has always been denied. The first episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians aired just a few months later and launched Kardashian's career.
There were a number of challenges that Kardashian had to face along her way to the top. Recently, she started a new shapewear company named 'Kimono'. While the product was well-received, the name drew a ton of backlash. The hashtag #KimOhNo started trending almost immediately after she made her announcement. More importantly, Japanese people and Japanese Americans were offended by the name. A Japanese American in California was responsible for the hashtag. She called Kardashian out for cultural appropriation and insensitivity. After the controversy over the old name completely disappeared, she relaunched under the name SKIMS.
Failures
Some of the biggest failures in Kardashian's life is her failed marriages. Her 72 day marriage to basketball star Kris Humphries. Kim Kardashian’s whirlwind romance was documented through Keeping Up With The Kardashians. After knowing each other for only six months, Kris got down on one knee and proposed to Kim, which allegedly had to be filmed again for the show’s sake. Their relationship continued to go quickly, as they planned their wedding to be three months away from their engagement date. This wedding was highly publicized and was a big part of the Kardashians’ reality show. There were some major red flags raised during the wedding planning process and right after the wedding. Only 72 days into marriage, Kim filed for divorce, despite Kris’ protests. They have had a variety of lawsuits against each other since.
The year 2008 produced great music and funny movies. Kim Kardashian was cast to star in a movie this year, but it was a flop. Disaster Movie was made to parody the movies that teens at the time loved.
Achievements
Kim Kardashian is one of the richest female entrepreneurs in the world.|Kardashian was the recipient of Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Female Reality Star from 2011, 2012 and 2013|Kardashian was the Favorite Reality TV Star award winner from 2018 to 2020
Quotes
- There's a lot of baggage that comes with us, but it's like Louis Vuitton baggage; you always want it.
- I love when people underestimate me and then become pleasantly surprised.