Published estimates of Kanye West's wealth rose with Yeezy's business and fell after Adidas ended their partnership. Follow the dated figures, West's disagreement with Forbes and the business events behind the estimates, without treating them as audited balances.
Forbes's profile displayed an estimated USD 400 million as of 2 November 2026. This is Forbes's estimate, not an audited statement or confirmation of West's cash, and later restatements do not establish fresh appraisals.
Selected Forbes estimates in nominal US dollars. Observations are spaced equally in publication order, not by elapsed time. Dashed connectors guide the eye only. No value is inferred between observations, and no uncertainty interval is available. Hollow points repeat or display an earlier assessment.
Profile displayed this estimate as of 2 November. This is a display check, not proof of a fresh appraisal.
Read source: Forbes Kanye West profile, observed 2 November 2026Business context: see the related events below. West disputed Forbes's 2020 estimate, claiming $3.3 billion. That claim appears in the chronology and is not a Forbes chart point.
| Date / period | Estimate (USD) | Observation | Method and context | Source |
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| 2019-06-13 | $240M | Published estimate | Forbes's ranking valued West at USD 240 million, with Yeezy central to its assessment. | Forbes: Forbes wealth ranking of rappers in 2019 |
| 2020-04-24 | $1.3B | Published estimate | Forbes's published estimate after reviewing supplied records. West disputed it, claiming USD 3.3 billion. Current article has a later update date. | Forbes: Forbes publishes its first billionaire assessment of Kanye West |
| 2021-03-18 | $1.8B | Published estimate | Forbes excluded the unlaunched Gap business and explained its disagreement with higher reported figures. | Forbes: Forbes explains its USD 1.8 billion estimate |
| 2022 | $2B | Published estimate | The annual figure is reported retrospectively in Forbes's October article. Exact appraisal day is not supplied. | Forbes: Forbes reassesses West after Adidas ends the partnership |
| 2022-10-25 | $400M | Published estimate | Forbes reassessed after Adidas ended the deal. This is estimated value, not cash lost. | Forbes: Forbes reassesses West after Adidas ends the partnership |
| 2023-04-05 | $400M | Repeated assessment / display check | Forbes's annual-list explanation repeats USD 400 million. | Forbes: Forbes explains removal from the annual billionaires list |
| 2025-02-11 | $400M | Repeated assessment / display check | Forbes explicitly said its valuation had not changed. | Forbes: Forbes states that its valuation remains unchanged |
| 2026-11-02 | $400M | Repeated assessment / display check | Profile displayed this estimate as of 2 November. This is a display check, not proof of a fresh appraisal. | Forbes: Forbes Kanye West profile, observed 2 November 2026 |
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Adidas's later announcement dates Yeezy Season 1 to February 2015 and identifies the Boost 750 as the collaboration's first release. This is a business milestone, not a personal wealth estimate.
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Adidas announced an expanded collaboration covering footwear, apparel and accessories across streetwear and sport. The agreement supplies context for later estimates of West's interest in the business.
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Forbes placed West in its ranking of wealthy rappers with an estimated USD 240 million. It said its assessment relied heavily on a conservative valuation of Yeezy.
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Forbes estimated USD 150 million in pretax earnings for West in its June-to-June reporting period. This income figure is excluded from the net worth chart because earnings over a period are not a stock of wealth.
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Forbes estimated West's net worth at USD 1.3 billion after reviewing records supplied by his team. Its article reproduced his disagreement, claiming USD 3.3 billion. The two numbers reflect different assessments, not a verified range.
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Gap announced a Yeezy clothing partnership with royalties and potential equity tied to sales achievement. Its promotional announcement also referenced a valuation without supplying a full personal balance sheet, so that figure is not included as a comparable Forbes observation.
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Forbes estimated USD 1.8 billion and disputed larger figures circulating in media reports. It said it excluded the unlaunched Gap business from its valuation and distinguished current revenue from projected future earnings.
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Forbes's October 2022 article records an earlier 2022 assessment of USD 2 billion. The chart labels this as the 2022 annual estimate rather than inventing an exact appraisal day.
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Gap's October statement says it announced an end to the Yeezy Gap partnership in September. This is recorded as business context, without assigning an unsupported amount to its effect on West's wealth.
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Adidas ended the partnership and announced it would stop payments to West and his companies. Forbes then estimated USD 400 million, explaining that it had valued the Adidas income stream at USD 1.5 billion. This was a change in estimated asset value, not proof of an equivalent cash loss.
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Forbes explained West's removal from its annual billionaires list and again estimated USD 400 million. Its explanation valued remaining assets and discussed the loss of the Adidas income stream.
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Adidas's later annual report says the parties settled their arbitration dispute in July and withdrew their claims. The disclosure supplies no personal wealth appraisal, so the settlement does not create a chart point.
A settlement is not by itself an admission of wrongdoing.
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Adidas reported no remaining Yeezy products at year-end and about EUR 650 million in 2024 Yeezy revenue. That company revenue is excluded from the personal wealth chart.
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Forbes repeated its USD 400 million estimate and said it had not changed its valuation despite West's renewed billionaire claims. The chart identifies this as an unchanged assessment rather than a documented fresh appraisal.
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Forbes's profile displayed USD 400 million with an as-of date of 2 November 2026 when checked. Its background text carries an older editorial update date, so the observation is a dated display check and does not establish a new underlying asset review.
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