What does Bethenny Frankel, Kim Kardashian, Giselle Bundchen and Katy Perry have in common? Besides the fact that they are all successful, beautiful and famous they are also richer than their mates. All the women earn more than their partners in some cases much, much more. Recently posted on Shine.com Yahoo’s women’s channel they point out that each of these gorgeous entrepreneurs out-earn their partners making them the breadwinners. Girl power!
Below is a list of 5 celebrity women who earn more than their partners.
1. Kim Kardashian: According to Hollywood Life, the 30-year-old Kardasiahn makes about $5.45 million a year. How? She gets about $400,000 for her part in her family’s television show, “Keeping Up With The Kardashians,” the retail stores she co-owns bring in about $350,000, magazine spreads and other publishing endeavors bring her about $250,000, she pulls in about $600,000 from ads on her website, and she earns about $650,000 from public appearances (at $10,000 to $75,000 a pop). But the big money-makers for this reality TV star are her endorsements: $3.2 million came from promoting Quick Trim diet products, Fusion Beauty, Bravada, Fit In Your Jeans by Friday workout DVDs, Beach Bunny Swimwear, Kardashian for Bebe line, Kim Kardashian perfume at Sephora.
Kris Humpries makes: 3.2 million a year
2. Katy Perry and Russell Brand: Bubblegum pop star Katy Perry earned $44 million in endorsement deals and from sales of her album, “Teenage Dream,” from May 2010 to May 2011, Forbes reported. That’s more than six times the $6.6 million estimated net worth (net worth, not annual salary) of her actor/comedian husband, Russell Brand.
3. Giselle Bundchen and Tom Brady: The way everyone gushes about New England Patriots player Tom Brady, you’d think he was the one earning the big bucks. And he is—just not as big as his wife, supermodel Gisele Bundchen. The highest-paid model in the world brought in $45 million last year, compared to Brady’s $31 million.
4.Bethenny: Reality TV star and Skinnygirl founder Bethenny Frankel earned $55 million from May 2010 to May 2011, according to Forbes. Her husband is Jason Hoppy, a pharmaceutical salesman and real estate broker whose earnings aren’t even on the radar.
