Kristin Cavallari Net Worth

How much is Kristin Cavallari worth?

About Kristin Cavallari

American TV personality/celebrity Kristin Elizabeth Cavallari hasn’t had an easy life, but it has been interesting. Born on 5 January, 1987, in Denver Colorado, she had a stressful upbringing after her German mother Judith Eifrig divorced her Italian dad Dennis Cavallari and moved with her two kids to Barrington Illinois. She graduated from Laguna Beach High School in 2005, already a celebrity by that time.

Known for her appearances on reality TV shows, she also has interests in fashion, having created her own line Uncommon James, which offers clothing and jewelry for women on-the-go.

She wed former football quarterback in Jay Cutler on 8 June, 2020, but the couple announced their decision to divorce as a result of ‘growing apart’ in April 2020 before putting up their Nashville mansion for sale at $7.9 million in June. Together they have three children, Camden, Jaxon and Saylor.

Kristin first shot to fame during her appearance in popular MTV reality show Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County when she was still in her junior year of high school. Her romance with on-again off-again Stephen Colletti was central to the plot and caused a rivalry with cast member Lauren Conrad so that a love triangle, central to the plot, kept viewers glued.

Despite appearances in TV series and films, it is reality TV that Kristin does best. She has appeared in Very Cavallari, Get This Party Started (cancelled after two episodes), Laguna Beach’s spin-off series, The Hills, as well as the 13th season Dancing With the Stars where she partnered with Mark Ballas and reached third place.

As a hostess, she has presented red carpet awards shoes with E! News.

Films which feature Kristin include Fingerprints (2006), Wild Cherry (2009) and National Lampoon’s Van Wilder: Freshman Year (2009).

Despite different business interests, most of her wealth has come from reality TV – and it came early. She revealed that she bought her first pair of Christian Louboutin’s when aged 18 using her own money which flowed in through stings on reality television and accompanying endorsements.

What most people don’t know is that Kristin has a brain for business, She headed up a lucrative shoe collaboration with Chinese Laundry for six years and launched Uncommon James in 2017. She trudged through the early months working out of her home, however the business took flight once the reality show Very Cavallari premiered. She stopped the show after three seasons to avoid her divorce from playing out in the public eye.

Not many businesses are as entertaining to watch as Uncommon James so as to justify their own reality show, but Kristin knows how to provoke enough to get a reaction and serve some drama. It’s her good looks and talent for reality which has seen her rise from her villainous days as a bad girl on Laguna Beach to being a badass fashion boss on Very Cavallari.

Kristin can also spot an opportunity and uses reality TV to her advantage, whether it be promoting her business or two cookbooks. Her True Roots reached the New York Times best-seller list, whereas True Comfort was released in September 2020.

A self-proclaimed “go-getter”, Kristin has said she got her first job at 14 because she wanted rather than needed it. Since then, she’s not rested on her laurels and has steadily built her empire through sheer hard work and a drive to succeed.

Cavallari’s Total Net Worth

Kristin Cavallari has earned estimated total career income of $15 million dollars. As Cavallari has lived in numerous states during her career it is estimated that she has paid an effective tax rate of about 42% on her career income. After tax, it is estimated that her career earnings are at around $8.7 million dollars, having paid $6.3 million dollars in taxes.

In 2017, Cavallari founded a jewelry brand called Uncommon James in Nashville, Tenessee. The company sells jewelry as well as a selection of home goods and was reported to be doing $20 million dollars in revenue in 2019. In total, it is estimated that her share of the business is worth about $8 million.

Kristin Cavallari married American football quarterback, Jay Cutler, in 2013 and they divorced seven years later in 2020. It is estimated that Jay paid Kristin $10 million dollars as part of a divorce settlement agreement. Not including ongoing child support for their three children, Camden Jack, Jaxon Wyatt and Saylor James Cutler.

In 2012, Cavallari bought a 20,000 square-foot mansion on 8.6-acres of land in Nashville, Tennessee for $5.3 million. She later sold the property in 2020 for $4.95 million, a $350,000 loss. In 2014, she bought an 11,000 square-foot mansion in Lake Forest, Illinois for $4.25. When she sold the property in 2017 she did so for $3.6 million, a $650,000 loss. In 2018, she bought again in Nashville, Tennessee. $4.3 million for a 35-acre 10,000 square-foot mansion in the outskirts neighborhood of Leiper’s Fork.

In her personal life she has likely spent $3-4 million dollars of her earnings, including personal losses, but also earned $2-3 million dollars from her investments. She will have also had to pay around $1 million dollars in business costs. Therefore, it is estimated that Kristin Cavallari has a net worth of around $30 million dollars.

Summing-Up

There’s more to bad girl Kristin Cavallari than meets the public eye. Her charity work with Until There’s a Cure has helped raise funds for AIDS and HIV research, and she has worked hard for her success.

But it has not all been plain sailing. She’s weathered many storms from drawing national criticism from refusing to vaccinate her children in 2014 to the death of her older brother in 2015, following a car crash; and from the stress of her parents’ divorce to her own split this year. Despite the trials, Kristin knows how to survive and has shown plenty of resilience which has ultimately contributed to success.

Every time she is knocked down, Kristin springs back with courage. Bouncing back and upwards is her super power.