Who is richer, Kim Kardashian or Kanye West? let’s find out.
Kim Kardashian has a greater net worth than Kanye West due to her businesses such as Kylie Cosmetics and KKW Fragrance.She is the owner of KKW Beauty which is a beauty line that has sold over half of its products since its launch in 2017. Kim’s husband Kanye West also has a stake in the business and it was reported that he sold 20 percent of his share last year.
In addition to her beauty lines, Kim has made a lot of money from her reality TV show “Keeping Up With The Kardashians” and has become one of the most famous TV stars in the world.
Recently, she negotiated a $600 million deal with Coty to sell half her KKW Beauty brand. This deal made her even richer than her husband Kanye West as she now holds majority ownership of KKW Beauty. This deal increased Kim Kardashian’s net worth even further, making her one of the wealthiest celebrities in the world.
Kanye West is a rapper, music producer, and fashion designer. Kanye is said to have a 5% stake in the rapper’s music catalog, which he sold his mother’s stake in for $81 million. Kanye has also earned a lot of cash from his solo career and from his Yeezy sneaker line.
Kim Kardashian is best known for her reality show Keeping Up With The Kardashians, as well as her KKW Beauty makeup line and shapewear brand Skims. Kim was the majority owner of all three businesses until recently when she sold 20% of KKW Beauty for $200 million to Coty Inc., making her even richer than before.
Kanye West, however, has been busy building his own fortune. After becoming a rapper and creating his own sneaker brand Yeezy, Kanye West became the richest black person in America according to Forbes estimates.
It’s estimated that Kanye West’s net worth is around $1.3 billion as of 2021 and he made most of this money from selling his Yeezy line of shoes and apparel. Kanye first created the design sneaker brand Yeezy in partnership with Adidas in 2013. Since then he has made his Yeezy line one of the most sought-after fashion items on the market today.
In 2020, Forbes reported that Kanye West signed a 10-year deal with Gap for $970 million which was later updated to include additional revenue for Yeezy. This deal helped boost Kanye’s net worth by an estimated $400 million and secured him as one of the wealthiest people in the world according to Forbes estimates.
Kanye’s success with his Yeezy line comes from not only selling one item but also creating a lifestyle brand that can be seen everywhere from celebrity red carpets to music videos and beyond.
Kim Kardashian is the most well-known of the Kardashian family, and her net worth is estimated by Forbes to be $900 million. However, when it comes to who is richer between Kim and Kanye, Kim takes the cake. Her mother Kris Jenner has played a major role in negotiating her kids’ deals with various companies to ensure they are getting the best payouts.
Her kids’ earnings have been estimated by Forbes to add up to around $500 million in total. With that being said, Kris Jenner’s net worth has also been estimated by Forbes at around $90 million.