Kim Zolciak has launched three companies to help fund her lavish lifestyle and huge family, which has helped her accumulate a fantastic net worth since joining The Real Housewives of Atlanta. So, what’s her net worth?
Before she landed her spinoff show Don’t Be Tardy (previously titled Don’t Be Tardy for the Wedding), Kim starred in RHOA from 2008 to 2012. She returned to the Bravo franchise for season 10 and in May 2021 her spin-off was canceled after eight seasons.
Despite no longer being a main RHOA cast member, Kim has managed to maintain her enviable lifestyle. Together with her husband, NFL player husband Kroy Biermann, the pair are rumored to be worth around $8 million.
Despite her impressive net worth, the businesswoman and performer's Georgia house was facing foreclosure due to a failure to pay back a loan. So, what happened to Kim Zolciak's net worth?
8 Kim Zolciak's Work As A Reality TV Star
Kim Zolciak has made significant money over the years by appearing on The Real Housewives of Atlanta, as well as having her own Bravo spinoff show, Don’t Be Tardy.
Zolciak was a cast member on The Real Housewives of Atlanta during the reality show’s initial five seasons and then later appeared as a guest on Season 9 and a “friend of” on Season 10.
Although it has never been revealed just how much money Zolciak made from her stint on The Real Housewives, her former costar, Kandi Burruss, allegedly makes a little over $2 million per season.
According to Radar Online, Zolciak made $1.15 million for Season 7 of Don’t Be Tardy, and was reportedly going to get a 20% raise for Season 8. Kim’s daughter Brielle Biermann was also, allegedly, being paid a 20% raise on her $16,000 per episode salary.
7 What Are Kim Zolciak's Businesses?
Kim Zolciak has a business which sells skin, hair, and body products, as well as blended oils and spa accessories. The RHOA star also has a makeup brand line with daughters Brielle and Ariana called KAB Cosmetics
“My thought with KAB Cosmetics was I want my girls to stick around for forever,” Zolciak explained to In The Know. “What can I do to keep my girls here and at home and working with me? We love Cosmetics. Obviously, I’m 42, Brielle is 23, Ariana is 18. We’re all these different ages. Brielle is trying to keep me young.”
In 2016, Kim founded her beauty and lifestyle company called Kashmere Kollections. Later that year, she released her Kashmere perfume brand.
6 Kim Zolciak Also Has A Swimwear Line
Kim Zolciak also founded a swimsuit line called Salty K. Many of Zolciak’s bathing suits retail for around $90 on their website,
“My other passion is fashion, fabrics, design, I’ve always kind of been that way and I love the ocean, so Salty K was a no-brainer for me…” Zolciak-Biermann explained to Heavy during a July 2020 interview.
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“It all just kind of fell into my lap, and it’s been awesome. It’s really hard, the hardest part of Salty K is that I probably have 1,000 different designs and a gazillion different colors, so it’s been really hard for me to narrow down what I’m going to release first, how I’m going to release it, what colors I’m going to release it in…Other than that, I spend all day and all night designing with my team and drawing and picking out colors.”
5 How Much Is Kim Zolciak's Home Worth?
Kim Zolciak's luxury mansion was frequently showcased on her Bravo spin-off series Don’t Be Tardy for the Party.
The reality TV star proudly shared a tour of the five-bedroom property, which features a basketball court and an elevator
Kim revealed that the movie theater was her favorite oom in her mansion “This is my favorite room in the whole house. It’s called the ‘Hollywood Room,’ and this is actually my girls’ TV room where they hang out with their friends,” the mother of six said at the time. “I did f****** good up here. Proud of myself,”
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4 What Happened to Kim Zolciak's Mansion?
Recently, rumors began circulating that Kim Zolciak and her husband Kroy's Alpharetta, Georgia, mansion is in foreclosure after the couple defaulted on a $1.65 million loan they took out in October 2012.
In Touch confirmed that the home will be sold at an auction “to the highest bidder for cash” on March 7 during the Fulton County’s courthouse legal hours of sale.
The house was allegedly in foreclosure “because of, among other possible events of default, failure to pay the indebtedness.”
3 Will Kim Zolciak Lose Her Home?
Kim Zolciak soon responded to the forclosue allegations. “WTF!! Nobody bought my house!” Internet sleuths have determined that the sale was canceled. “Was never for sale or in foreclosure … People make s*** up because they are so bored … Stupid blogs.”
Zolciak-Biermann’s daughters Ariana and Breille clarified the home’s status to TMZ after news about the auction broke.
“Don’t believe everything you hear,” Ariana explained. “Everything is still there. We all live there.” According to the sisters, a “misunderstanding” in late 2022 is what led to the news first being reported.
2 Kim Zolciak Had A Donation Link
In late 2021, followers of the former housewife notices that Kim Zolciak had posted a link to her LinkTree account. It led people to wonder if she was having financial struggles.
"Dont b Tardy 2 our party! Bravo star 13yrs 6 kids, 5 dogs, 4 companies and growing," read the bio alongside booking information and her many businesses. On this link, her supporters are encouraged to donate $5, $10, $20, $50, or an amount of their choosing. However, after word of Kim's link hit the press, she deleted it.
1 Does Kim Zolciak Have A Gambling Habit?
Rumors of financial issues for the star have been brewing for some time. Kim Zolciak apparently admitted to gambling away enough money to buy "a whole RV," during a Las Vegas trip broadcast on Don't Be Tardy.
The Bravo star allegedly played the slot machines and tables for 11 hours. She told producers that she had pushed her luck during the gambling marathon. "I would have been up a whole RV, actually, had I just stopped while I was ahead, but I just can't help it - I kind of broke even," Zolciak said in a confessional.
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Zolciak also revealed that she had a reputation in the Nevada city for her gambling. On the Bravo show, she admitted that casinos had provided a number of complimentary amenities including limousine rides and penthouse suites for her daughters to stay in. These luxury perks are traditionally reserved for high-volume gamblers.
Zolciak was seen feeding $100 bills into slot machines in the episode broadcast in 2020. On the spin-off show, her 9-year-old daughter Kaia admitted that "My mom plays the casinos because she wants money."
Kim "gambled away $30,000 in Vegas'" in another tripped filmed for the reality show. In a 2016 episode of the series, she was seen losing $25,000 during a trip to a Montana casino,
