By anushree garg | February 20, 2014 0 Comments

Net Worth: $50 Million

Introduction

Kimora Lee was born on 4^th May 1975. Missouri in United States is the birth place of Kimora Lee. She is an American fashion model. Baby Phat was created by her and she was the Creative Director. In year 2011 she was even hired as a president for JustFab. She is the brand ambassador for many products. She is even considered to be the fashion icon. People use to follow her trends. Apart from being an entrepreneur and a fashion model she is an outstanding author too. She has written many books and her books have even gained a lot of appreciation.

Early life

Joanne Perkins is the mother of Kimora Lee. Joanne Perkins is a Korean lady. Vernon Whitlock is the father of Kimora. Vernon Whitlock is an African American. He was a very successful man and handled many positions like Federal Marshal, a bail bondsman, an equal employment opportunity commission investigator.

Career

Kimora started with her career in modelling when she was just 14 years old. At the age of 14 she was given a modelling contract by the Chanel. She worked under the guidance of Chanel designer named Karl Lagerfeld. In year 1989 she performed in the Haute Couture show belonged to Karl Lagerfeld. She got a great appreciation and fame through this show. Along with her husband named Russell Simmons she created Baby Phat and became the creative executive of the company. The company reached great heights with the efforts of Kimora and her husband. Apart from all this acting is also a part of her career. She has done small roles in films and television shows. She has appeared in many films like Beauty Shop, For Love or Money, The Big Tease, Rebound, Waist Deep and Brown sugar. She has even played a variety of roles in television series like for your Love, Kimore: Life in the Fab Lane and Kimora: House of Fab.

 

Creativity

Kimora is a very creative lady. She has written a self help book named Fabulosity what it is and How to get it. Harper-Entertainment published this book. In year 2006 this book got published. The book is said to be a lifestyle manual which is based on spirituality and fashion. There are five perfumes which are launched by Kimora. The perfumes are just outstanding and are specially launched for women. Kimora named the perfumes as Seductive Goddess, Golden Goddess, Goddess, Love me and Baby Phat Fabulosity. She is also a philanthropist. She has instigated a well known scholarship fund scheme named Kimora Lee Simmons scholarship at high school. She is also an active participant of Youth Advocacy organisations which includes The G&P Foundation, Amfar, Keep a child alive Rush Philanthropic and Hetrick Martin Institute.

Personal life

She is a very popular model. She is very attractive too. She has beautiful black colour hair. Her brown coloured eyes further enhances her beauty. She met Russell in a fashion week which was held in New York City in November 1992. She was just 17 when she met her and Russell was 35 at the same time. After their marriage they were graced with two daughters named Aoki Lee Simmons and Ming Lee Simmons. But unfortunately this relationship didn’t work well and they got separated. Kimora filed for a divorce in March 2008. They finally got divorced in year 2009. After their divorce Simmons dated a well known actor named Djimon Hounsou. Even after the divorce of Kimora and Russell, they are working together in Baby Phat.

Richness

Kimora is a quite well established model. Her net worth money is said to be around $50 million. She earns around $1 million every year. She leads quite a luxurious and lavish life. She got married to Russell Simmons who is also a very rich personality. They own a hosue which is named as Saddle River home. The house is quite big and luxurious. It covers around 49,ooo square feet of area. The house is located in New Jersey. The house has a total of 10 bed rooms. Apart from big luxurious ten bed rooms the house has many other things like wine cellar and movie theatre. It even has a pool which further enhances the beauty of the house. Russell is also a very rich personality. He is very fond of cars and brands. He has mini cooper car which is quite expensive and luxurious. It is a sports car. Additionally he is very particular about the brands he wears. He wears brnads like Phat, Adidas, Argyleculture and NY. Kimora has one more beautiful house. The house is quite huge and is named as Beverly Hill estate. The interior of the house is outstanding with a modernised kitchen and mesmerising closet. The house has six bedrooms and around eight bathrooms. The garden area of the house is also very big and beautiful. The house also has unique things like and outdoor fire place and a pool. It has a master suit which has a sitting area within it. Her husband Russell Simmons also owns a penthouse in New York. The estimated price of the pent house is said to be $11 million.