Kathy Hilton Net Worth (Money & Salary)

What Is Kathy Hilton’s Net Worth?

With a net worth estimated at $350 million, Kathy Hilton is an American actress, fashion designer, and philanthropist. This amount reflects a combined net worth with her husband Rick Hilton, whom she married in 1979. The couple is perhaps most recognized for being the parents of Paris Hilton and Nicky Hilton.

Early Life

Kathy Hilton, born Kathleen Elizabeth Avanzino on March 13, 1959, in New York City, is the daughter of Kathleen Mary and Laurance K. Avanzino. She has Italian ancestry on her paternal side, along with Irish and Scottish heritage. Following the divorce of her parents, her mother wed Kenneth E. Richards, who had three adult children from a previous marriage. Her mother later welcomed Kathy’s half-sisters, actresses Kim and Kyle Richards. Additionally, Kathy has five half-siblings from her father’s second marriage. Attending a private high school in Los Angeles, she became best friends with Michael Jackson, maintaining their close friendship until his passing in 2009.

Kathy’s career commenced during her childhood, before she met her future spouse, Richard Hilton, heir to the Hilton Hotels fortune. At the age of 9, she began her acting career, featuring in TV shows such as “Bewitched,” “The Rockford Files,” “Nanny and the Professor,” “Happy Days,” and “Family Affair.” Her film roles included appearances in “The Dark” and “On the Air Live with Captain Midnight.” At 15, she crossed paths with Richard Hilton, coinciding with her “retirement” from acting. They wed five years later in 1979. In the 1980s and early 1990s, Kathy owned and managed a novelty gift and antique shop named The Staircase, located on Sunset Plaza in Los Angeles.

After marrying into the Hilton family, Kathy ventured back into the entertainment industry. In 2002, she started her hosting career on the home-shopping network QVC, and just three years later, she took the lead in the reality show “I Want to Be a Hilton” on NBC. Two years after that, she began marketing skincare products on HSN, a competing home-shopping channel. In 2008, Kathy made a brief appearance on the soap “The Young and the Restless” portraying herself. By 2011, she was featured in “The World According to Paris.” Kathy’s half-sisters, Kim and Kyle Richards, are regular cast members on the popular Bravo series “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.” Kathy revealed in 2012 that she avoids watching her sisters on the show due to the emotional toll it takes on her. During the earlier seasons, she made occasional appearances, but starting in season 11, she began to appear regularly. In June 2023, it was reported that Kathy decided to exit “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.” Since 2012, she has also created the Kathy Hilton Collection of party dresses, distributed in 400 stores globally, including Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Nordstrom. In December 2020, Kathy and her daughters, Paris and Nicky, featured in “Vogue” modeling the new Valentino 2021 resort collection.

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Personal Life

Kathy Hilton resides in Bel Air with her husband, Richard Hilton, and they are parents to four adult children: daughters Nicky and Paris, along with sons Barron and Conrad. Their family has expanded to include seven grandchildren: three from daughter Nicky and her spouse James Rothschild, two from Paris, and two from Barron. The couple’s home is located in Bel Air, Los Angeles.

Known for her charitable work, Hilton made efforts to support the Make-A-Wish Foundation in 2007 by soliciting celebrities to auction their items, donating the proceeds to the cause. In 2011, she was honored alongside her two daughters at the “A Stellar Night” gala hosted by the Starlight Children’s Foundation in Los Angeles.

Personal Real Estate

Kathy and Rick Hilton purchased a sprawling 7-bedroom estate in Water Mill, New York, for $3.385 million in 1999. They have rented this property during summer seasons for prices ranging from $300,000 to $400,000. In February 2024, they put their Hamptons mansion on the market for slightly under $15 million.

The Hiltons acquired a $2.5 million apartment in New York City’s Pierre Hotel in 2014. The following year, they invested $9.2 million in a large mansion in Bel-Air, which they later demolished. In September 2021, they listed this estate for sale at $55 million, ultimately accepting a $25 million offer in January 2024 from Zong Qinghou, one of China’s wealthiest individuals. Below is a video tour of their previous Bel-Air residence: