The richest Real Housewife in 2026 is Kathy Hilton of Beverly Hills, whom we estimate at about $350 million, with Diana Jenkins next at about $300 million. Both figures lean on family and investment wealth, so for women who built a fortune with a business, the leader is Lisa Vanderpump at about $90 million. All net worths here are our estimates, rounded, and set inside the ranges that public rankings and business reports give. We ranked ten cast members across franchises by the money behind them: businesses, brand deals and disclosed sales.
| Rank | Housewife | Franchise | Our estimate (USD) | Main source of money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Kandi Burruss | Atlanta | About $30 million | Songwriting, restaurants, production |
| 9 | Sutton Stracke | Beverly Hills | About $50 million | Boutique and family wealth |
| 8 | Adrienne Maloof | Beverly Hills | About $60 million | Family businesses |
| 7 | Heather Dubrow | Orange County | About $70 million | Television, brands and household wealth |
| 6 | Bethenny Frankel | New York | About $80 million | Skinnygirl brand sale, books, podcast |
| 5 | Lea Black | Miami | About $85 million | Skincare brand and family wealth |
| 4 | Lisa Vanderpump | Beverly Hills | About $90 million | Restaurants, wine and spirits, production credits |
| 3 | Kyle Richards | Beverly Hills | About $100 million | Television, producing, boutique and real estate |
| 2 | Diana Jenkins | Beverly Hills | About $300 million | Investments and a beverage company |
| 1 | Kathy Hilton | Beverly Hills | About $350 million | Family real estate wealth, retail and skincare ventures |
10. Kandi Burruss: about $30 million
Burruss is the self-made entry. She shared a Grammy for co-writing a hit for a girl group in the late 1990s, then built a business around songwriting, production and the restaurant Old Lady Gang. Public estimates run from $30 million to $40 million, and we use the lower number.
She is the only Atlanta cast member on the list, and the list is still mostly Beverly Hills.
9. Sutton Stracke: about $50 million
She runs a fashion boutique and her reported wealth is largely family money. Estimates sit around $50 million.
8. Adrienne Maloof: about $60 million
Her money comes from the Maloof family businesses, reported to include casinos, liquor brands and sports team stakes. She appeared in the early seasons of the Beverly Hills show. Estimates sit near $60 million, and the family holdings have changed over time, so the figure is approximate.
7. Heather Dubrow: about $70 million
The Orange County cast member has had acting roles, brands in skincare and wellness, and a husband with a medical practice and television career. Estimates run $70 million to $80 million, and we use the lower end because the brand revenue is private.
6. Bethenny Frankel: about $80 million
Frankel’s fortune is the neatest paper trail on the list. She sold her Skinnygirl cocktail brand to Beam in 2011 in a deal reported at about $100 million, though securities filings reportedly show a lower base price of $39 million to $64 million plus up to $25 million in performance payments. She kept licensing rights to the Skinnygirl name for other categories.
Her Housewives pay is reported to have grown from $7,250 in the first season to about $1 million per season. Add books, a podcast, a reported stake in a video-greeting company and real estate flips, and $80 million is the number most estimates reach.
5. Lea Black: about $85 million
The Miami cast member built a skincare brand called Sudden Youth, and she is known for charity fundraising. Public estimates put her around $85 million, and part of that is family wealth.
We rank her on the reported figure, and we treat it as soft.
4. Lisa Vanderpump: about $90 million
This is the best case on the list of a Housewife whose fortune predates the show. She and her husband ran restaurants in London before moving to Los Angeles, where SUR, Pump and TomTom followed. There is also a wine and spirits line, plus production credits on the spin-off series.
Her cast salary was reportedly about $500,000 a season, a small slice. A planned Las Vegas hotel with a casino operator was reported for 2026, though we have not verified an opening. Estimates run $90 million to $100 million, and we use the lower number.
3. Kyle Richards: about $100 million
A child actress who never quit, Richards has gone from Halloween films to a streaming comedy, and she runs a Beverly Hills boutique called Kyle by Alene Too. She also produces. Her husband founded a luxury real estate brokerage, which supplies much of the household balance sheet.
Rankings put her at about $100 million, which is the figure we use.
2. Diana Jenkins: about $300 million
Her reported wealth is tied to Neuro Drinks, a functional beverage company, plus investments in fashion and entertainment. Estimates cluster around $300 million. Cast members rarely have a number this large with so little television history behind it.
We hold this as a wide estimate, since the underlying holdings are private.
1. Kathy Hilton: about $350 million
Most public estimates agree on this number, and nearly all of them tie it to the Hilton family. Rick Hilton’s side of the family brings real estate wealth, and Kathy has added retail and skincare ventures of her own. She is the least reality-TV-dependent fortune on the list.
We treat the figure as household wealth, because the money is shared. The salary for a cast season is a rounding error against it.
Special mentions
Nina Ali of the Dubai franchise is often listed at $1 billion. That figure traces to her husband’s reported crypto and real estate interests rather than to her own business, so we do not rank it against the others. From the New York cast, Ramona Singer is listed at about $16 million and Dorinda Medley at about $10 million.
Records set in 2025 and 2026
The changes this year are in business, not in salaries. Vanderpump’s hospitality brand is reported to be expanding to Las Vegas in 2026, and Frankel and Burruss keep adding to their own ventures. We found no new disclosed sale on the scale of the Skinnygirl deal.
Why these figures are hard to pin down
Net worth for private companies is a guess with a calculator. A restaurant group is valued at a multiple of its profit, a skincare brand at a multiple of its sales, and neither number is public. Public rankings for the same name can differ by 30 percent or more, which is why Heather Dubrow shows up at both $70 million and $80 million and Lisa Vanderpump at $90 million and $100 million. We pick the lower end of the plausible range when sources disagree.
The second problem is the household. Many of the larger fortunes are shared with a spouse or family, and a couple’s balance sheet is not one person’s. We say so in each entry rather than pretend the number belongs to one woman, and we skipped names whose reported wealth comes mainly from a marriage or settlement.
The third is time. A brand worth $100 million at the sale is worth whatever the owner kept, and what was spent. A figure like Frankel’s was set by one deal 15 years ago, and since then it has been shaped by investments, taxes and lifestyle. Treat every number here as a snapshot of the right order of magnitude.
What drives these numbers
- Money before the show. The top spots come from family or investment wealth that predates the cameras.
- Brand sales beat salaries. A season’s pay is typically at most low seven figures. One brand sale can be ten times that.
- Shared households. Several figures belong to a couple, not one woman.
- Beverly Hills dominates. Six of the ten are from one franchise, because it has had the biggest cast of wealthy people.
FAQ
Who is the richest Real Housewife?
By our estimate, Kathy Hilton of Beverly Hills, at about $350 million, mostly household and family wealth.
Who is the richest self-made Real Housewife?
Lisa Vanderpump, at about $90 million, with a restaurant and hospitality business that predates the show.
How did Bethenny Frankel get rich?
She sold the Skinnygirl brand to Beam in 2011 in a deal reported at about $100 million, and has since added books, a podcast and real estate.
How much do Real Housewives get paid?
Pay varies. Frankel’s is reported to have grown from $7,250 in the first season to about $1 million a season, and Vanderpump’s to about $500,000.
Are these exact net worths?
No. They are our estimates, rounded, and based on public reports of businesses, deals and ranges published elsewhere.
Which franchise has the richest cast?
Beverly Hills, which has six of the ten names here.
How we put this list together
We ranked items by verified sale price, drawing on auction house results and disclosed sales compiled in an internal valuation model. Prices are approximate, depend on whether a buyer’s premium is included, and change as new records are set.
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Last updated: October 2026.
