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Lightweight_Hooligan t1_j883ls7 wrote

Very surprised at the Wests divorce, I thought the pair of them ran on loaned money and had been bankrupt before

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Striking-Tip7504 t1_j88857e wrote

You thought two of the most famous and successful people in entertainment for the last 15+ years were broke?

They’ve also got very successful business deals like the Yeezy sneakers. If anything I would have thought they’d be worth more.

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Lightweight_Hooligan t1_j8ag0xf wrote

Earning is one side of the equation, spending it is the other, they were both very good at spending, and even though they were never out of the media, the very successful business deals were anything but.

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/02/kanye-west-53-million-dollar-debt-explained

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Razatiger t1_j8llnkg wrote

You really brought up a bankruptcy article from 2016 as if Kanye didn't shortly after launch his Yeezy line with Adidas that has been the most popular shoe in the west for the past 5+ years now.

The dude made Adidas and Balenciaga BILLIONS of dollars in revenue, so much so that other companies were lining up at his door to save their fashion brands, up until his very public meltdown late last year.

With all the contracts he had before his meltdown, he was valued at around 5-6 billion dollars.

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ElTel88 t1_j889djf wrote

I had a look, I think the figure is very wrong and is a statement of how much money was on the table at the time - their combined wealth being the $2.7b.

From what I can see, it would appear, following his Yeezey brand disaster, she is both far more liquid than he is, but her net worth is now about $300m or so more than his.

I think they have split their $75m shared assets, the only agreement beyond this is his $166,000 per month per child payments, at $199,200 per annum. There is no spouse support

I think Kim's quite unfairly included in this list as, unlike others on here (I promise this isn't meant to as sexist, the theory would work identically if I included a wealthy woman and her husband - think J.K. Rowling and her husband - a doctor - divorcing), Kim was independently very wealthy (circa $ 750m), she has seemingly accepted a split of their joint owned assets, child support and joint custody.

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CablePicker t1_j88uav8 wrote

Because they are cancelled, the media will project they are poor and unsuccessful.

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