Ｋ・カーダシアンさん、フォーブス長者番付に初登場

【ワシントンＡＦＰ＝時事】米誌フォーブスが6日発表した2021年版の世界長者番付で、米タレントで実業家でもあるキム・カーダシアンさん（40）が、初めて資産総額10億ドル（約1100億円）以上の富豪の仲間入りをした。（写真は米タレントのキム・カーダシアンさん）
　同誌によると、カーダシアンさんはテレビ出演やコマーシャル契約に加え、自身の二つのブランドから収入を得ている。
　カーダシアンさんの資産総額は、昨年１０月の７億８０００万ドル（約８６０億円）から、今春までに２億ドル（約２２０億円）以上増加し１０億ドルに達したと同誌は推定している。わずか５年前に、初の５１００万ドル（約５６億円）超えが報じられていた。
　２０１７年に立ち上げた化粧品ブランド「ＫＫＷビューティー」は、同じくタレントとして活躍する４姉妹と提携した商品を販売することも多く、ソーシャルメディアで大々的に宣伝している。カーダシアンさんだけでもツイッターでは６９７０万人、インスタグラムでは２億１３００万人のフォロワーがいる。
　２０１９年にはカーダシアンさん自身のファッションの特徴でもあるシンプルなデザインの下着と部屋着ブランド「スキムス」を発表した。
　株式の過半数をカーダシアンさんが所有する同ブランドは売上高を公開していないが、同誌はその資産価値を５億ドル（約５５０億円）以上と推定している。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2021/04/08-11:56）

Reality television star, influencer and business owner Kim Kardashian West is officially a billionaire, according to an estimate from Forbes, making her debut on the exclusive global list only one year after her younger sister Kylie Jenner fell off of it.
Kardashian West's money comes from TV income and endorsement deals, according to the magazine, as well as her two lifestyle brands.
The star saw her wealth jump more than $200 million just since October, Forbes estimated, from a worth of $780 million last fall to $1 billion this spring, only five years after the magazine first reported she had made her first $51 million.
KKW Beauty was launched in 2017, often releasing cosmetic products in partnership with her four famous sisters that were heavily promoted through social media -- Kardashian West alone has 69.7 million Twitter followers and 213 million Instagram followers.
By 2018, the company was making about $100 million in revenue, according to Forbes, which has listed 2,775 billionaires in this year's rankings.
The 40-year-old's most recent project, Skims, launched in 2019 to offer underwear and loungewear in the founder's signature minimalist style, a move that proved lucrative during the work-from-home era.
Though the company -- of which Kardashian owns a majority stake -- has not disclosed revenue figures, Forbes has estimated its worth at more than $500 million.
Jenner, the youngest member of the Kardashian family empire, fell out of the Forbes rankings in 2020 after the magazine claimed the 23-year-old had been inflating the size of her own cosmetic business. She had been named the world's youngest self-made billionaire in 2019 at age 21.
The family's hit reality show Keeping Up With the Kardashians is set to end this year after a 20-season run, as news also emerged earlier this year that Kardashian West had filed for divorce from rapper Kanye West.