Highlights
- Kim Zolciak's extravagant lifestyle is funded by her successful businesses, but financial trouble has led to a decrease in her net worth.
- Kim's stint on The Real Housewives of Atlanta and her spin-off show, Don't Be Tardy, contributed significantly to her income.
- Despite facing foreclosure on her mansion and struggling with overspending and a gambling habit, Kim continues to work on her beauty and lifestyle businesses.
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 managed to maintain her enviable lifestyle for a time. Together with her estranged husband, former NFL player Kroy Biermann, whom Kim called the police on at their Georgia home, the pair were rumored to be worth around $8 million. Today, Kim's net worth is $300,000, a clear indicator that Kim has gotten herself into financial trouble over the years.
The businesswoman and performer's Georgia house was facing foreclosure due to a failure to pay back a loan, which could have been due Kim's overspending that Andy Cohen even warned her about. So, what happened to Kim Zolciak's net worth?
Updated July 2024: Over the last two years, Kim Zolciak has managed to go from a net worth of $8 million to that of $300,000. She and her estranged husband, Kroy Biermann, have been given 90 days as of June 2024 to sell their Georgia home, or it will go into foreclosure proceedings and be sold at a loss.
8 Kim Zolciak's Work As A Reality TV Star
Kim Zolciak was a cast member of both The Real Housewives of Atlanta and Don't Be Tardy
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.
Kim 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 Kim 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, Kim made $1.15 million for Season 7 of Don’t Be Tardy, and was reportedly going to get a 20% raise for Season 8.
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7 Kim Zolciak's Businesses
Kim Zolciak's businesses include KAB Cosmetics and Kashmere Kollections
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,” Kim explained to In The Know.
“What can I do to keep my girls here and at home and working with me? We love cosmetics."
In 2016, Kim founded her beauty and lifestyle company called Kashmere Kollections. Later that year, she released her Kashmere perfume brand.
6 Kim Zolciak Had A Swimwear Line
Kim Zolciak had a swimwear line, Salty K, but it went out of business in 2022
Kim Zolciak 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…” Kim explained to Heavy during a July 2020 interview.
"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."
Kim concluded, saying, "Other than that, I spend all day and all night designing with my team and drawing and picking out colors.”
5 Kim Zolciak's Luxury Mansion's Worth
Kim Zolciak's mansion went on the market in 2024 for $4.5 million
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 room in her mansion.
"This is my favorite room in the whole house."
Kim went on to say, "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*****g good up here. Proud of myself,”
4 What Happened to Kim Zolciak's Mansion?
Kim Zolciak's home went into foreclosure
Rumors began circulating that Kim Zolciak and her estranged 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, 2023, 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.”
The foreclosure proceedings were stopped, allowing Kim and Kroy to make up their payments.
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However, payments were again missed in 2023 and the home went back into foreclosure.
The proceedings were stopped yet again in 2024, giving Kim and Kroy one more opportunity to sell the home or it will go into foreclosure and be sold by the bank at a huge loss.
3 Kim Zolciak May Lose Her Home
Kim Zolciak's home will go into foreclosure if she is unable to sell it by the end of September 2024
Kim Zolciak responded to the foreclosure allegations after no one purchased her home.
"WTF!! Nobody bought my house!"
Internet sleuths have determined that the sale was canceled.
“Was never for sale or in foreclosure …" Kim explained. "People make s**t 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.
However, what is not a misunderstanding is that per a June 2024 court order, Kim has until September 2024 to sell her Georgia home or it goes into foreclosure and Kim will not be able to stop that from happening.
2 Kim Zolciak Had A Donation Link
Kim Zolciak encouraged followers to donate to her LinkTree account in 2021 but later deleted it
In late 2021, followers of the former housewife noticed that Kim Zolciak had posted a link to her LinkTree account. It led people to wonder if she was having financial struggles after her bio listed all Kim was trying to pay for.
"Dont b Tardy 2 our party! Bravo star 13yrs 6 kids, 5 dogs, 4 companies and growing."
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 Kim Zolciak's Excessive Gambling Habit
Kim Zolciak gambled away $30,000 in Las Vegas and $25,000 in Montana while on 'Don't Be Tardy'
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.
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.
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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 trip 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.
The Real Housewives of Atlanta
TV-14
Reality
- Release Date
- October 7, 2008
- Main Genre
- Reality
- Creator(s)
- Scott Dunlop
- Cast
- NeNe Leakes , DeShawn Snow , Sheree Whitfield , Lisa Wu , Kim Zolciak , Kandi Burruss , Cynthia Bailey , Phaedra Parks , Kenya Moore , Porsha Williams , Claudia Jordan , Kim Fields , Shamari DeVoe , Eva Marcille
- Seasons
- 15
- Writers
- Scott Dunlop
- Streaming Service(s)
- Bravo , E! , Peaco*ck
- Franchise(s)
- The Real Housewives
