They can act kind and friendly in person at awards and fashion events, but something tells me that there is a strong rivalry at all times between Kim / Kanye and Jay-Z / Beyonce. Who has the best album? Who has the most valuable product line? Who is the biggest celebrity in the world? Who has the biggest TV / Netflix contract? Who sold the most shows? Who has the best house? Who has more houses?
But the most important question in your rivalry, has to be …
Which couple is richer?
For a long time, the answer to that last question has definitely been Jay-Z and Beyonce.
For more than a decade, Kanye's net worth was unable to hold a candle against Jay. In 2013 Jay-Z was worth $ 500 million, while Kanye was worth around $ 75 million.
Jay-Z became the first billionaire rapper in history in June 2019. At the time, Beyonce was worth $ 400 million, making her combined net worth $ 1.4 billion. Today we set the net worth of Jay-Z and Beyonce at $ 1.5 billion.
If you were back a year ago, Kim and Kanye are worth around $ 600 million together, roughly $ 300 million from him, $ 350 million from her. In the past few months we have received (and have been investigating) information showing that our assessment of Kanye's Yeezy business was a long way off. We had been estimating Yeezy's value at $ 500 million.
Recently released financial documents clearly show Yeezy's business is worth AT LEAST $ 2 billion, perhaps even closer to $ 3 + billion.
Kanye's other assets are worth around $ 300 million ($ 120 million – real estate, $ 80 million in music production / royalties, $ 120 million – Yeezy.com and others). He has about $ 100 million in liabilities, primarily in the form of mortgages related to a property portfolio that includes multiple homes in Los Angeles and more than 10,000 acres of land and commercial space in Wyoming.
When he subtracts the $ 100 million in liabilities from his $ 3.3 billion in assets, he reaches a net worth of $ 3.2 billion for Kanye.
We still set Kim Kardashian's net worth at $ 350 million.
Thus,
Kim and Kanye's combined net worth is $ 3.55 billion.
I know this isn't going to please Jay and Bey fans, but the Kardashian-Wests are now worth more than double The Knowles-Carters.
In fact, if J + B DOUBLED their net worth, they would still be $ 550 million away from K + K.
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Another fun fact that should make Kanye happy this weekend: he is by far the richest member of the extended Kardashian family.
I have a feeling Kanye hasn't enjoyed taking a corporate seat behind Kylie Jenner for the past year or two, as the world crowned her as a "self-made" billionaire.
Kanye West is now richer than THREE Kylies (3b) + one Kris (90m) + one Khloe (50m) and one Kourtney (45m) combined.
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