The Kardashian sisters altogether are a beautiful clan. But have you ever wondered about the most chiseled and gorgeous model out of their clan? Our gorgeous Kendall Jenner is definitely a show stopper not only on her ramps but also among the Kardashian-Jenner sisters! The name Kardashian obviously means businesses and in the literal sense. Our gorgeous 25 years old apart from being an obvious businesswoman (with all due credits to her name and the Kardashian’s brain), is also a model. She is reportedly the highest-paid model in the world to date. Let’s find out how she grew the Kendall Jenner net worth!
Grab your screens and hop onto your beds with some munchies because here we’re going to give you all you need to know about Kendall Jenner, her life before fame, her relationships, her career, net worth, and more!
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Who is Kendall Jenner?
Like most of her other Kardashian sisters, Kendall Jenner owes her popularity to Keeping Up With The Kardashians, which owes it’s existence to the popularity of Kim K Superstar.
Kendall began modeling when she was 14 years old. She made a significant leap in 2014-15 when she walked at the Paris Fashion Week for fashion designers in New York and Milan.
Jenner did several editorial shoots and shoots for cover for Vogue and Love magazines internationally.
Kendall is also the brand ambassador of Esteé Lauder, the multinational beauty brand.
In 2015 she was placed in the sixteenth position on highest paid models on the Forbes list with an approximate $4 million.
Jenner replaced Gisele Bündchen. She had been at the top of the highest-paid model list for 14 years, in 2007.
She may not be the richest Kardashian, but she sure is the richest model, which significantly adds to the Kendall Jenner net worth.
Life before fame
Kendall Nicole Jenner is the daughter of Kris and Caitlyn Jenner. She was born in 1995, on November 3, in Los Angeles. Kris was a homemaker at the time, and her father, Caitlyn, an Olympic athlete.
Kris named her child’s middle name Nicole as a token of remembrance to her best friend, Nicole Brown Simpson. She was killed before Kendall had been conceived.
Kendall was brought up in a step family with step siblings due to her mother’s second marriage to her father. She has nine siblings out of which eight are her half-siblings. Brody, Brandon, Burton are her half brothers. Cassey is her half-sister. Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, Rob are all half-siblings to her as well. She has one younger sister, Kylie.
Kendall was brought up with her younger sister Kylie and the Kardashian family in a place called Calabasas.
Jenner attended Sierra Canyon School. Later she switched to homeschooling because she wanted to give modeling a shot. She graduated in the year 2014.
In 2014 she bought an apartment of two bedrooms for $1.4 million in Los Angeles, which came from the Kendall Jenner net worth she made from KUWTK and her modeling career.
Journey to fame
Jenner gained her popularity and started being a known face through Keeping Up With The Kardashians in 2007. She was commissioned to make appearances on it with her family. The success of KUWTK gave rise to its popular spin-offs, which benefitted the Kendall Jenner net worth a great deal. Jenner made several appearances in Kourtney and Khloé Take The Hamptons, Khloé, Lamar, Kourtney, and Kim Take New York and Kourtney and Kim Take Miami.
Career
Beginning of career in modeling and recognition.
Kendall had started modeling when she was 14. Wilhelmina Models agency signed a contract with her on July 12, 2009. Nick Saglimbeni did Jenner’s portfolio photoshoot with Wilhelmina, and a cinematographer directed the shoot.
Kendall’s first modeling task was with Forever 21, a campaign for Twist, the Rocker Babes in 2009 of December and 2010 of January. She also starred in a snapshot Teen Vogue on April 19, 2010.
Jenner walked at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week for Sherri Hill in September 2011. She was a popular cover face on Teen Prom, American Cheerleader, Flavour Magazine, GenLux, Lovecat by the beginning of 2013. She has also been the chosen face for campaigns like Agua Bendita, Leah Madden, and White Sands Australia.
Kendall teamed up with Russell James, a photographer with Victoria’s Secret, in November 2012. Their work appeared in Harper’s Bazaar Arabia, Miss Vogue Australia, and Kurv.
She has two features for James’ Nomad Two Worlds: Australia, book launches at Los Angeles and Sydney.
Her then-recent editorial works gave her an opportunity to take on high fashion. She formed a contract with a popular model management company called The Society Management in 2013, on 21st November.
Marc Jacobs, Givenchy, Giles Deacon, Donna Karan, Chanel, Diane von Fürstenburg, Ports 1961, Tommy Hilfiger, Bottega Veneta, Fendi, Balmain, Dolce and Gabbana, Sonia Rykiel, Pucci were all of her first Society Management jobs for which she walked for.
In 2014 November, she was titled ‘It girl’ by Katie Grand, editor of Love magazine.
Success in Modeling
Kendall has walked for fashion designer Alexander Wang, Vera Wang, Oscar Arístides Renta Fiallo, and Michael Kors, H&M, N°21, Elie Saab are some of the brands that she walked for. She even walked for the 2015 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.
Jenner has done editorial shoots, and covers shoots with Marie Claire in Indonesia, Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue China and Japan, Love, GQ.
Kendall worked for Karl Lagerfield, Estée Lauder, and a campaign for voter registration, Rock The Vote.
She signed a contract to work for Calvin Klein Jeans in 2015, March, and Peneshoppe in May of the same year.
Jenner’s wax statue at Madame Tussaud’s in London was made in 2016.
She walked for Dior and Miu Miu.
She shot editorial and did cover shoots for W Korea, Vanity Fair, V. Jenner had also been dedicated a special editorial section to herself in the April Vogue issue that year.
Kendall has several other campaign features to her name.
Her contract with La Perla was the cause of controversy as she was left with no choice but to back out of the Victoria’s Secret shoot for her representation of La Perla.
All of her modeling gigs, big and small, kept upping the Kendall Jenner net worth significantly to be what it is today.
Career in Business
Kendall made two nail paints for Kardashian Kolors, a nail paint line in 2011. Altogether Kendall and Kylie made a profit of $100,000 from it.
She has her own webisode series with her sister Kylie called Gillette Venus Gets Ready with Kendall and Kylie Jenner. They were named Creative Directors of it on March 16, 2012. The series was aired on the Facebook Gillette page.
Kendall, along with Kylie and partner Pascal Mouawad’s Glamhouse, created the Metal Haven by Kendall and Kylie, a jewelry collection.
Kylie and Kendall collaborated with Steve Madden’s Madden Girl to release a handbag and shoe line under it.
The Kendall and Kylie Collection, after being reviewed, had been released in 2013 February. On February 3, 2015, Kendall and Kylie confirmed their partnership of Kendall+Kylie with Topshop.
Kylie and Kendall released a ‘vintage’ line of Tees on Kendall+Kylie in 2017 June. It was priced at $125. They had to later take it off of the website owing to copyright issues.
Kendall and Kylie confirmed reports that they were unable to pay Bangladesh workers for Kendall+Kylie due to the pandemic in June 2020.
They have previously worked with the Global Brands Group (GBG).
Kendall has created the Kendall Jenner Teeth Whitening Pen with Moon in 2019 April. She also partnered with the skincare company called Proactive in the same year.
Jenner aired Kendall Jenner x Kylie Cosmetics in June.
She released a toothpaste which removed stain with Moon as well, sold on StockX.
All of her business endeavors kept adding significantly to the Kendall Jenner net worth.
Career on Television
Jenner appeared in a lot of advertisements commercially owing to her career in modeling. She also endorsed her own Pure Color Envy Matte Sculpted Lipstick.
She became the guest editor accompanied by Irene, a beauty blogger for Estée Edit and an eye-shadow palette.
Kendall also dabbled a little in photography and did quite well there. She photographed and styled Kaia Gerber, Cindy Crawford’s daughter, for Love magazine.
Her career as an actress began when she started appearing in KUWTK. Then she starred in the spin-offs, Kourtney and Khloé Take Miami, Kourtney and Khloé Take New York, and Khloé and Lamar.
Kendall appeared in Blacklight, a music video by One Call. She played a part on Hawaii Five-0.
Jenner did voiceovers for The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange for the character of Strawberry. She appeared in another music video, this time with her sister Kylie, called Recognize by PartyNextDoor. She also made a small appearance in the movie Ocean 8.
Kendall and her sister Kylie were given the title of “Style Ambassadors” and was featured in Style Stars in 2011 in Seventeen magazine.
Kendall broke the headlines on television for being a co-author to the book Rebels: City of Indra with Kylie and Maya Sloan, a ghostwriter in 2014. Time Of The Twins, a follow-up to it, was also announced to be released.
All of her other ventures and endeavors contributed to upping the Kendall Jenner net worth year after year.
Kendall Jenner- Personal Life
Kendall dated Blake Griffin, an NBA player, for a little over a year. Their relationship ended in 2018.
She then started dating Ben Simmons, the basketball player. Their relationship also lasted for a year, and the couple separated in 2019.
Kendall faced many controversies and caught in the midst of public criticism because she decided to throw a splendid birthday party in the midst of a pandemic. It cost her a fortune at a time when the economy was struggling globally. Celebs like Justin and Hailey, The Weekend, Winnie Harlow, are some of the many guests invited to the event.
Kendall Jenner Net Worth
Kendall Jenner net worth currently stands at $45 million in 2022. The Kendall Jenner net worth started with $500 thousand in 2011 and has kept increasing ever since. The Kendall Jenner net worth upped to $1 million in 2012, $5 million in 2013, $10 million in 2014, $13 million in 2015, $18 million in 2016, $23 million in 2017, $31 million in 2018, $40 million in 2019. It stood at a gorgeous $45 million in 2022.
Jenner earned $250,000 for an Instagram post endorsing the Fyre Festival in 2017.
In a given year, Kendall can easily earn $10-$20 million at ease from her sources of modeling, social media endorsements, and some of her smaller business ventures.
Lavish Real Estates
Kendall brought her first condo in Westwood in California for $1.3 million in 2014. She tried to sell it off in the market for double the price but had to eventually lower to price to $1.5 million to bag a buyer.
Jenner brought her Hollywood Hills home from John Krasinski and Emily Blunt. She sold it in the market for $6.85 million and made a profit of $350,000 from its sale. Moreover, she had to sell it as it did not have protection and always had 911 stalkers at the property.
She bought a five-bedroom property in Beverly Hills for $8.55 million. This property is much more secure than her last one at Hollywood Hills.
Final thoughts
Our 25 year old, 5ft 10 inches gorgeous head-turner, model, actress, businesswoman and socialite, Kendall Jenner, cannot just be measured by her net worth. Our young Jenner has a compassionate personality who believes that everyone is beautiful in their own way. Kendall not only preaches but also practices what she preaches.
We have intel that our young Jenner plans on designing clothes someday soon in the near future and have a clothing line exclusively to herself. The Kendall+Kylie Collection has already caused such a rage we cannot wait to see what an exclusive Kylie Collection would look like!