Kim Kardashian: Founder of Skims and SKKN by Kim

About Kim Kardashian: Founder of Skims and SKKN by Kim

Kimberly Noel Kardashian (born October 21, 1980) is an American media personality, socialite and businesswoman. She first gained media attention in 2007, after which she and her family began appearing on the E! reality series Keeping Up with the Kardashians, which aired until 2021 and led to several spin-offs before a revival as Hulu's The Kardashians (2022 to present) under a multi-year family deal with the streaming service. Her business ventures span beauty and shapewear. She founded KKW Beauty and KKW Fragrance in 2017, both of which operated until 2022; KKW Beauty was valued at over US$1 billion in 2021. In 2019 she founded the shaping underwear and foundation-garment company Skims, valued at over US$4 billion as of 2023, and in 2022 she launched the skincare line SKKN by Kim. Other products tied to her name include the 2014 mobile game Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, the 2015 photo book Selfish and the 2015 emoji app Kimoji. Her acting credits include Disaster Movie, two PAW Patrol films, American Horror Story and the legal drama All's Fair. Time included her on its list of 2015's 100 most influential people, and Fortune named her among its Most Powerful Women in 2023. She is the eighth-most-followed individual on Instagram and the thirteenth on Twitter. Critics and admirers alike have described her as exemplifying the notion of being famous for being famous. Sources: English Wikipedia (Kim Kardashian, accessed September 2026).

Basic Information

Founder, Skims and SKKN by Kim; media personality

Company Details

Skims / SKKN by Kim

Shapewear, Skincare, Beauty

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