<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>How Kanye West&#x27;s wealth estimates evolved</title><link>https://howitunfolded.com/companies/kanye-west-wealth/</link><description>Published estimates of Kanye West&#x27;s wealth rose with Yeezy&#x27;s business and fell after Adidas ended their partnership. Follow the dated figures, West&#x27;s disagreement with Forbes and the business events behind the estimates, without treating them as audited balances.</description><language>en</language><item><title>2 Nov 2026: Forbes&#x27;s profile still displays USD 400 million</title><link>https://howitunfolded.com/companies/kanye-west-wealth/#e14</link><guid isPermaLink="false">kanye-west-wealth-d6fe3d988d</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Forbes&#x27;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.</description></item><item><title>11 Feb 2025: Forbes says its valuation has not changed</title><link>https://howitunfolded.com/companies/kanye-west-wealth/#e13</link><guid isPermaLink="false">kanye-west-wealth-b0d0558e08</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Feb 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Forbes repeated its USD 400 million estimate and said it had not changed its valuation despite West&#x27;s renewed billionaire claims. The chart identifies this as an unchanged assessment rather than a documented fresh appraisal.</description></item><item><title>31 Dec 2024: Adidas&#x27;s inventory wind-down is not West&#x27;s net worth</title><link>https://howitunfolded.com/companies/kanye-west-wealth/#e12</link><guid isPermaLink="false">kanye-west-wealth-9ab50904c6</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Dec 2024 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>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.</description></item><item><title>Jul 2024: Adidas reports a settlement</title><link>https://howitunfolded.com/companies/kanye-west-wealth/#e11</link><guid isPermaLink="false">kanye-west-wealth-91e44de363</guid><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jul 2024 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Adidas&#x27;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.</description></item><item><title>5 Apr 2023: Forbes&#x27;s annual-list explanation repeats USD 400 million</title><link>https://howitunfolded.com/companies/kanye-west-wealth/#e10</link><guid isPermaLink="false">kanye-west-wealth-fad8a1032b</guid><pubDate>Wed, 05 Apr 2023 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Forbes explained West&#x27;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.</description></item><item><title>25 Oct 2022: Adidas ends the deal and Forbes estimates USD 400 million</title><link>https://howitunfolded.com/companies/kanye-west-wealth/#e9</link><guid isPermaLink="false">kanye-west-wealth-5c7d3563c4</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2022 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>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.</description></item><item><title>Sep 2022: The Gap partnership ends</title><link>https://howitunfolded.com/companies/kanye-west-wealth/#e8</link><guid isPermaLink="false">kanye-west-wealth-21d3e10bc5</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2022 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Gap&#x27;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&#x27;s wealth.</description></item><item><title>2022: Forbes&#x27;s annual estimate reaches USD 2 billion</title><link>https://howitunfolded.com/companies/kanye-west-wealth/#e7</link><guid isPermaLink="false">kanye-west-wealth-cbd7942564</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2022 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Forbes&#x27;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.</description></item><item><title>18 Mar 2021: Forbes publishes USD 1.8 billion and explains its approach</title><link>https://howitunfolded.com/companies/kanye-west-wealth/#e6</link><guid isPermaLink="false">kanye-west-wealth-1bd999a42a</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2021 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>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.</description></item><item><title>26 Jun 2020: Gap announces royalties and potential equity</title><link>https://howitunfolded.com/companies/kanye-west-wealth/#e5</link><guid isPermaLink="false">kanye-west-wealth-1e551842b1</guid><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2020 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>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.</description></item><item><title>24 Apr 2020: Forbes publishes USD 1.3 billion and West disagrees</title><link>https://howitunfolded.com/companies/kanye-west-wealth/#e4</link><guid isPermaLink="false">kanye-west-wealth-994bd42fac</guid><pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2020 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Forbes estimated West&#x27;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.</description></item><item><title>6 Dec 2019: An earnings estimate measures something different</title><link>https://howitunfolded.com/companies/kanye-west-wealth/#e3</link><guid isPermaLink="false">kanye-west-wealth-d15de39828</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2019 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>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.</description></item><item><title>13 Jun 2019: Forbes estimates USD 240 million</title><link>https://howitunfolded.com/companies/kanye-west-wealth/#e2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">kanye-west-wealth-590326b93d</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2019 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>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.</description></item><item><title>29 Jun 2016: Adidas and West expand the partnership</title><link>https://howitunfolded.com/companies/kanye-west-wealth/#e1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">kanye-west-wealth-b16acbe98c</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2016 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Adidas announced an expanded collaboration covering footwear, apparel and accessories across streetwear and sport. The agreement supplies context for later estimates of West&#x27;s interest in the business.</description></item><item><title>Feb 2015: Yeezy footwear provides the business context</title><link>https://howitunfolded.com/companies/kanye-west-wealth/#e0</link><guid isPermaLink="false">kanye-west-wealth-40fcc17f39</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2015 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><description>Adidas&#x27;s later announcement dates Yeezy Season 1 to February 2015 and identifies the Boost 750 as the collaboration&#x27;s first release. This is a business milestone, not a personal wealth estimate.</description></item></channel></rss>