Kimora Lee Simmons has a whopping eight-figure net worth after Back In The Fab Lane
This is an insane amount of money
Kimora Lee Simmons’ return to our screens feels less like a comeback and more like a reminder of her long-standing influence.
With Kimora: Back in the Fab Lane landing on E!, we’re once again invited into the world of the woman who pretty much defined early-2000s luxury-meets-streetwear chic, balancing boardrooms, five children and a wardrobe that’s practically a fashion archive in itself.
But beyond the glamour is a strategic business mind and a seriously impressive portfolio.
Kimora has transformed runway fame, brand-building and sharp investments into a seriously formidable fortune. So let’s unpack the empire, and the eye-watering net worth, behind the Fab Lane legacy…
How Kimora Lee Simmons made her money
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Before she was a reality TV icon, Kimora was fashion’s It girl.
Karl Lagerfeld signed her to Chanel as a teenager, and she walked for houses like Fendi, Valentino, Dior and Yves Saint Laurent, becoming one of the most recognisable models of the ‘90s, reports Celebrity Net Worth.
That early high-fashion money and exposure set the stage for everything that came next.
Her real boss era kicked in with Baby Phat. Launched in 1999 as the women’s offshoot of Phat Farm, Kimora became designer, then president and creative director, turning it into a billion-dollar-valued lifestyle brand with denim, handbags, shoes, jewellery and fragrance.
In 2004, parent company Phat Fashions was sold to Kellwood for around $140 million, and Kimora stayed on running the brand, cementing herself as a legit fashion executive, not just a celebrity wife.
Even after leaving Phat Fashions in 2010, she kept the money moves going by launching KLS by Kimora Lee Simmons, fronting mass-market lines with Macy’s, and later re-acquiring Baby Phat and relaunching it in 2019 for a whole new generation of Y2K-obsessed girlies.
On top of fashion, Kimora built a seriously grown-up investment portfolio.
She’s been involved with beauty and wellness brands like French skincare line Codage, CBD company Pureform Global, and energy drink Celsius, plus co-founded Beverly Hills spa Pellequr.
Add in TV coins from Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane, House of Fab, her new Back in the Fab Lane series, her book Fabulosity, producing the Tony-winning Def Poetry Jam, and some very major real-estate plays in Beverly Hills and New York, and you can see how the checks have layered up over time.