Top 10 Richest International Designers
Designers start from the bottom and try and work all the way up top. For some international designers, things went right for in a sense that today they are billionaires. Here is a list of the top richest designers.
1) Miucci Prada
Miucci is a 69 year old Italian fashion designer and entrepreneur behind Prada and Miu Miu. On 2 December 2013, she was awarded the first International Designer of the Year at the 2013 British Fashion Awards at the London Coliseum. As of 2014, she is listed as the 75th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes.
2) Giorgio Armani
Giorgio is an 80 year old Italian fashion designer, known for his menswear. He is known today for his clean, tailored lines. He started his company Armani in 1975. By 2001 he was acclaimed as one of the most successful designers from Italy.
3) Ralph Lauren
Ralph is a 75 year old American fashion designer, best known for Ralph Lauren Corporation clothing company. His company is set to be making billion dollars. In 2012 Forbes estimated his wealth at $7 billion. Which makes him the 191 richest person in the world. In 2014, Lauren was awarded the James Smithson Bicentennial Medal.
4) Patrizio Bertelli
Patrizio is a 68 year old Italian fashion designer, who is the CEO of Prada. He is married to Miucci Prada. Forbes listed him as the 302th billionaire in 2014. He has an estimated wealth of 5.1 billion.
5) Domenico Dolce
Domenico is a 56 year old Italian designer, he is known for co-founding Dolce & Gabbana. The company specializes in luxury items influenced more by designers and is more formal and ‘timeless’, responding to long-term trends as well as seasonal changes. It also sells sunglasses and corrective eyewear, purses, and watches. Dolce was listed by Forbes as the 1056th billionnaire, with an estimated wealth of 1.7 billion.
6) Stefano Gabbana
Stefano is a 52 year old Italian fashion designer, who is known for being the c0-founder of Dolce & Gabbana. He was also ranked by Forbes as the 1056th billionaire, with an estimated wealth of 1.7 billion.
7) Valentino Garavani
Valentino is an 82 year old Italian fashion designer and founder of the Valentino SpA brand and company. His main lines include Valentino, Valentino Garavani, Valentino Roma and R.E.D. Valentino. January 24, 2008, Valentino was presented with the Medal of the City of Paris for his services to fashion in the city where he was educated. On September 7, 2011, Valentino was presented with the sixth annual Couture Council Award for Artistry of Fashion from the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology. He has an estimated wealth of 1.5 billion
8) Diane von Furstenberg
Diana is a 68 year old is a Belgium born American fashion designer, best known for her warp dress. She rose to prominence when she married her ex husband, but still uses her marriage surname in business for House of Furstenberg and Prince Egon of Furstenberg. In 2005 she was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award. She has an estimated wealth of $1.2 billion.
9) Michael Kors
Michael is a 55 year old New York based fashion designer, known for designing American sportswear for women. He is Honorary Chairman and Chief Creative Officer for his company, Michael Kors Holdings Limited (KORS). n 2010, Kors was the youngest recipient ever of the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) and received the Fragrance Foundation’s FiFi Award for Lifetime Achievement. He has an estimated wealth of $1 billion.
10) Tory Burch
Tory is a 48 year old American fashion designer who has won several awards for her designs. As of 2014, she is listed as the 79th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes. Her fashion line is carried at over 1,000 department and specialty stores worldwide. She has an estimated wealth $1 billion.
