Kim Kardashian West — KKW Beauty Inc., Skims Body Inc.

Founder, KKW Beauty Inc.; Co-Founder and Co-Owner, Skims Body Inc.

THE LATEST: Kardashian’s Culver City-based Skims Body Inc. was valued at $1.6 billion in April 2021 after receiving $154 million in a funding round led by venture firm Thrive Capital. Her Woodland Hills-based KKW Beauty Inc. in 2020 got a $200 million investment from New York-based Coty Inc. for a 20% stake in the makeup company, bringing its valuation to $1 billion.  
BACKGROUND: Kardashian West, along with her mother, Kris, and her ubiquitous siblings, made her name starring in the E! reality television series “Keeping Up with the Kardashians,” which aired from 2007 to 2021. She married rapper Kanye West in 2014 and had four children. The couple has since filed for divorce. Kardashian West launched makeup company KKW Beauty Inc. in 2017 and co-founded shapewear brand Skims with Jens Grede in 2019. 
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