Kanye West or Kim Kardashian: Who Has the Higher Net Worth in 2025?
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s love story didn’t go exactly as planned. The two started dating in 2012 and learned later that year that they were pregnant with their first child, daughter North West. Eventually the two became engaged, and they married in 2014. Kardashian and West then welcomed three more children before divorcing in 2022.
West and Kardashian’s relationship has been on a tightrope ever since, but the two have still built highly successful careers for themselves. While West’s actions have been nothing short of controversial, not many people have always taken Kardashian’s career seriously. Still, both stars have amassed serious fortunes for different reasons. But which of them has the higher net worth?
Kim Kardashian is worth a whopping $1.7 billion
Kim Kardashian knew from a young age that she wanted to be a celebrity. And some would say she was willing to do anything to get there. From once styling Paris Hilton’s closet to now being a high-profile attendee at the annual Met Gala, it’s safe to say she’s risen to fame — but the road has been filled with all kinds of business ventures.
Kardashian’s family landed their reality show, Keeping Up With the Kardashians, on E! Network back in 2007, and it set the stage for Kardashian’s lucrative career. At the time, she was modeling, but she later turned to the business side of things. In addition to the reality show, Kardashian launched her own beauty line, KKW Beauty, and later her own shapewear line, Skims. Both have been tremendously successful, though KKW Beauty shut down in 2021 (she now operates SKKN by Kim). These days, while running her businesses, Kardashian has also broken into the social justice field, rooting for prison reform and helping people get out of unfair sentences. Over the last 20 years in the spotlight, Kardashian’s net worth has ballooned to an estimated $1.7 billion, per Celebrity Net Worth.
Kanye West’s fortune has dropped to an estimated $400 million
Kanye West has made most of his money as a rapper, but his investments took him to billionaire status back in 2020. His hits like “Gold Digger” and “Heartless” helped him rise to fame in the music industry throughout the early 2000s, and he maintained a successful career in that space for the next decade.
West eventually broke into fashion and later landed a major deal with Adidas for his Yeezy line, pushing his net worth to somewhere between $2 billion and $3.3 billion in 2022, per Forbes. However, after a slew of antisemitic remarks, Adidas dropped Yeezy, which cost him a whopping $1.5 billion. He has since continued to be a controversial public figure.
Today, Forbes estimates that he is worth $400 million thanks to what he has left: a real estate portfolio, a music catalog worth around $100 million, plus a 5% stake in Skims, Kardashian’s shapewear company.
