Kris Jenner said that she had “no мo𝚗ey” to her name when she married lawyer Rob Kardashian
Jenner served as a flight attendant for American Airlines before her 1978 marriage to well-known attorney Robert Kardashian, who is best known for representing O.J. Simpson in his 1995 mᴜrder trial, according to The New York Times.
According to Forbes, Jenner claimed that she had “no mo.ney” to her name while married to Kardashian in her 2011 autobiography “Kris Jenner… and All Things Kardashian.”
She then married Olympian Caitlyn Jenner in 1991 and began managing her
In 2015, the same year that she and Robert Kardashian divorced, Jenner married Olympic athlete Caitlyn Jenner, who had transitioned.
On Janet Mock’s podcast, “Never Before with Janet Mock,” Jenner re.vealed that in the 1990s, she took on the role of managing her then-husband, putting up a press kit and pitching Caitlyn for speaking engagements.
Jenner opened a children’s clothing store with her daughter Kourtney in 2004
According to Forbes, Jenner and her daughter Kourtney ran the children’s clothing company Smooch in Calabasas, California. According to E! News, the business shut its doors in 2009.
Jenner eventually spearheaded the launch of her family’s first reality series which premiered on October 14, 2007
According to Forbes, Jenner offered “Keeping Up With The Kardashians” to producer Ryan Seacrest in 2007, pitching the reality show that documented her family’s turbulent lives. Later that year, the show’s debut season began. However, Insider previously re.vealed that the initial contract’s value isn’t disclosed to the general public.
According to Deɑdline, the family signed a three-year contract with E! in 2012. That agreement also increased Eright !’s to first look at other unscripted ideas and family-related topics.
Variety claimed in 2015 that the family had extended their contract with E!, although a network spokesman would not re.veal the dollar figure. The Hollywood Reporter estimates that the deal was worth about $80m.
The Kardashian-Jenner family’s deal with E! was once more extended in 2017. An unnamed source told Variety that the contract had been extended through 2020 and cost “below $100m.” Regarding the details of the contract extension, including the cost, E! declined to say.
Jenner has had other personal projects and deals over the years
According to WWD, Jenner debuted her Kris Jenner Kollection collection for QVC in 2011. Caitlyn Jenner and Jenner had previously advertised fitness equipment on the network in the 1990s.
The New York Times claims that Jenner previously agreed to endorse a teeth-whitening product but afterwards called it “too co.rny.” A discussion program that the manager also piloted with the Fox TV Station Group for six weeks in 2013 ended after it wasn’t renewed for a full season, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
“In the Kitchen with Kris,” Jenner’s cookbook, was also published in 2014.
The family’s subsequent series premiered in April 2022 on Hulu
The six principal “Kardashians” actors — Kris, Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, Kendall, and Kylie — reportedly split a nine-figure compensation for the show. Khloé reportedly told Variety that they were “all equals.” The family did not provide the precise sum, according to Variety’s article.
Variety said that the family had many options when choosing their new network, but they ultimately chose Disney, which airs “The Kardashians” on Hulu.
Although the contract to bring the family to Hulu was expensive, Dana Walden, chairman of entertainment at Walt Disney Television, told Variety that she thought Disney had “stepped up to a tremendous offer that they very much deserve.”
Jenner takes 10% of everything that her children earn from products, gigs, and television shows
According to Jenner, who spoke to Forbes, she struck a bargain with her children at the outset of their business endeavors, promising to “work hard” to assist them in exchange for a 10% cut. According to Forbes, she receives 10% of the total revenue from her modeling assignments, TV appearances, and children’s items. She didn’t tell Forbes about her own income.
Kim Kardashian’s Skims, Khloé Kardashian’s Good American, Kourtney Kardashian’s Poosh, Kendall Jenner’s 818 Tequila, and Kylie Jenner’s Kylie Cosmetics are just a few of her children’s brands.
According to Forbes, Jenner directly invested in Kendall’s 818 Tequila.
Jenner is estimated to have received $20m when Coty bought Kim Kardashian’s KKW Beauty
Forbes claims that Jenner is ru.mored to have investments in her children’s companies, including a 1% estimated stake in Skims (valued at $3.2 billion in January), a 5% estimated stake in Kylie Cosmetics (valued at $1.2 million in January 2020, when Coty acquired a 51% stake), and a 10% estimated stake in Good American.
According to Forbes, when cosmetics giant Coty bought a 20% share in KKW Beauty in January 2021, Kylie Jenner’s estimated 10% stake—which has since been sunsetted in favor of Kim Kardashian’s skincare line SKKN by Kim—amounted to a $20 million profit.
Jenner is estimated to own 7% of her cleaning brand Safely
Along with co-founder Emma Grede, Jenner is one of the two founders of the cleaning product line Safely. 7% of the company is reportedly owned by Jenner, according to Forbes, though it is unknown how much money the business has raised. Regarding Safely’s earnings to Forbes, neither Grede nor Jenner made any comments.
She owns multiple homes and properties, including a $20m mansion
Jenner’s 16,000 square foot Hidden Hills property in the San Fernando Valley reportedly cost $20 million, according to the magazine Dirt. In the fifth episode of season one of “The Kardashians,” Jenner showed off the house, which also had a home theater and a cupboard full of china dinnerware.
Additionally, according to Dirt, Jenner bought a $12 million mansion in La Quinta, California, which is a city in the Coachella Valley, in 2018.
Jenner also owns a Beverly Hills condo, which she reportedly “kinda forgot” about once because she usually uses it as a station for wrapping gifts around the holidays.
She also has a car collection that includes a Ferrari and a rare Rolls-Royce
According to the South China Morning Post, Jenner has acquired a number of vehicles over the years, ranging from a Bentley to a Moke electric vehicle that CEO of Moke America Todd Rome personally gave to Jenner in 2017.
There have been a few significant purchases: Jenner’s daughter Kylie gave her mother a $250,000 red 488 Gran Turismo Berlinetta Ferrari for her birthday in 2018, according to a prior story from People.
According to People, Jenner also became the first North American owner of the $332,500 Rolls-Royce Ghost in 2021.
Jenner is also a partner in SKYY Partners which launched by her daughter Kim
Kim Kardashian and Jay Sammons, a former partner at Carlyle Group Inc., started a private equity company called SKKY Partners, according to a September Wall Street Journal report.
Sammons gave the Wall Street Journal confirmation that Jenner will become a partner in SKKY.
According to Forbes estimates, Jenner has a net worth of $230m
Forbes pegs Jenner’s net worth at at $230 million as of 2022. She was included in the “50 Over 50: Lifestyle” list of the magazine in 2022, and she is ranked 93rd on Forbes’ list of the richest self-made women.