Kim Tae-hee
- Net worth $40 million
- Birthday March 29, 1980
- Status -
- Country South Korea
- Source(-s) of wealth Actor, Model
How much is Kim Tae-hee Worth? Kim Tae-hee Net Worth in 2026
Kim Tae-hee’s net worth is estimated at $40 million as of November 2026. In November 2025 she sold her Hannam The Hill apartment to the head of a cleaning company for 12.77 billion won, three times the 4.23 billion won she paid in cash in 2018. That sale is the cleanest number in a fortune that is mostly tangled up with her husband, Rain.
| Net worth | $40 million (our estimate, range $30 million to $60 million) |
|---|---|
| Born | March 29, 1980, Ulsan (age 46) |
| Country | South Korea |
| Known for | Stairway to Heaven, Iris, My Princess, Yong-pal, Hi Bye, Mama! |
| Main income sources | Advertising, acting fees, Seoul property |
How much is Kim Tae-hee worth in 2026?
About $40 million, by our estimate, and it counts only what we can reasonably put in her name. The couple’s biggest asset, a building by Gangnam Station, is 60% Rain’s personally. We credit her with half of the remaining 40%, which sits in a company the couple own together. We convert at about 1,338 won to the dollar, the rate on X-Rates on November 11, 2026. This is a rough estimate: her own savings are not documented.
How we got to $40 million
| Source | Our estimate | What it rests on |
|---|---|---|
| Cash from the Hannam The Hill sale | $9.5 million | Sold in November 2025 for about 12.77 billion won. She bought it in cash, so no loan comes off. Before any tax on the gain. |
| Her share of the Gangnam Station building | $14.5 million | Bought in 2021 for 92 billion won with an estimated 45 billion won of loans. A November 2024 report said it had gained at least 50 billion won, so at least 142 billion won. Less the loans, about 97 billion won of equity. 40% sits in the couple’s company; we give her half of that, 20%, or 19.4 billion won. |
| Ad and drama earnings, other property, cash | $16.0 million | Our assumption: 21.4 billion won. She was Korea’s advertising model of the year in 2008 and has led dramas for two decades, and before marriage she owned Gangnam buildings, one sold in March 2021, a deal Tatler Asia said brought her about $6.37 million. We assume part of that money went into the 2021 building, which we already count, and keep this row cautious. |
| Total | $40.0 million | Our sum. |
Three times the money on a Hannam apartment
The unit is 233 square meters in Hannam The Hill, the Seoul complex where several K-pop stars also own homes. She paid 4.23 billion won in August 2018, entirely in cash, and sold it in November 2025 for roughly triple that, Asia Business Daily reported in February 2026, citing Korea Economic TV. The buyer was Koo Ja-kwan, chief executive of Samkoo INC.
Our calculation: a gain of 8.54 billion won over about seven years and three months works out to roughly 16% a year, compounded, with no borrowed money involved.
The building with the first Shake Shack
The bigger asset is an eight-storey building on Gangnam-daero, between Gangnam and Sinnonhyeon stations. The couple bought it in 2021 for 92 billion won, with roughly 47 billion won in cash and 45 billion won in loans. About a year later they tried to sell it for 140 billion won and withdrew it. Korea’s first Shake Shack is a tenant, and the whole building rented for about 230 million won a month when they bought it, the November 2024 report said.
By our math, that rent is about 2.76 billion won a year, or 3% of the purchase price. The money here was made on land value, not rent.
The CF Queen years
She studied fashion design at Seoul National University and broke through as the scheming stepsister in Stairway to Heaven in 2003. In 2008 the Korea Broadcast Advertising Corporation named her advertising model of the year, and the press started calling her the CF Queen, her career record shows. Iris, My Princess and Yong-pal followed, then Hi Bye, Mama! in 2020, Lies Hidden in My Garden in 2023 and the series Butterfly in 2025. She married Rain in January 2017; they have two daughters.
Why other estimates disagree
Most public estimates are really the couple’s combined wealth, or they hand her the whole Gangnam Station building. Rain owns 60% of it in his own name, which is the single biggest reason her figure looks smaller here.
What would move the figure
A sale of the Gangnam Station building. At the 140 billion won asking price from 2022, her credited 20% of the equity would be about 19 billion won, close to what we carry, so the real swing is whether the price now clears that. A clearer split of the couple’s company would also change the row.
Kim Tae-hee net worth FAQ
What is Kim Tae-hee’s net worth?
We estimate $40 million as of November 2026, counting her own home sale and her share of the couple’s Gangnam Station building, not Rain’s holdings.
How much did Kim Tae-hee make from selling her Hannam The Hill home?
She bought it for 4.23 billion won in 2018 and sold it in November 2025 for about 12.77 billion won, a gain of about 8.54 billion won.
Who owns Kim Tae-hee and Rain’s Gangnam building?
Rain holds 60% personally and 40% is held through a company represented by Kim Tae-hee and owned by the couple.
How much did Kim Tae-hee and Rain pay for their Gangnam building?
92 billion won in 2021, with an estimated 45 billion won in loans. They tried to sell it for 140 billion won about a year later.
How old is Kim Tae-hee?
She was born on March 29, 1980, in Ulsan, so she is 46.
Why is Kim Tae-hee called the CF Queen?
In 2008 the Korea Broadcast Advertising Corporation named her the top advertising model of the year.
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How we estimate net worth
Our estimates are based on public reporting, company valuations, and deal and earnings figures all compiled in an internal valuation model. They are approximate, and figures change over time as new information emerges.
Last updated: November 2026.
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