On Friday, Kim Kardashian was spotted in Boston, mingling with the business brains of tomorrow. Kardashian paid a visit to Harvard Brand School, where she and Jens Grede, the co-founder of Kardashian’s shapewear business SKIMS, were asked to speak to students about the success of their business. A reporter from NBC Boston approached her as she left the business school on a Friday: “Kim, what do you think of Boston?”… “Love it,” Kardashian said.
#EXCLUSIVE: Harvard Business School students tell us @KimKardashian spoke for almost two hours. The class was a seminar on direct-to-consumer businesses.
“I think I was impressed we all kept our composure.” @NBC10Boston pic.twitter.com/pRaM93HZaS
— Eli Rosenberg NBC10 Boston (@EliNBCBoston) January 20, 2023
Forbes estimates that Kardashian’s net worth is $1.8 billion, mostly attributable to the success of her two DTC businesses, the cosmetics line KKW Beauty and the clothing company SKIMS, the latter of which was valued at $3.2 billion in 2017.
In keeping with the theme of their trip, Kardashian and Grede stopped by moving beyond DTC, a seminar devoted solely to e-commerce that is taught by Professors Len Schlesinger and Ayelet Israeli and Executive Fellow Matt Higgins. Before coming on campus, Kardashian generated social media excitement when she shared a fuzzy snapshot of the new Boston Common monument the embrace on her Instagram at approximately 10:30 a.m., leaving many wondering why she was visiting the city.
The business school’s iconic sign is a frequent subject of Kardashian’s videos. Others had hypothesized online that Kardashian was in town for another business-related purpose before she was photographed visiting Harvard Business School. Together with former Carlyle Group partner Jay Sammons, Kardashian established SKKY Partners in the fall of last year. The Boston Business Journal reports that Sammons, the company’s operational manager, is headquartered in the city.
Final Words
Kim K was spotted in Boston on Friday, hanging out with some of the future leaders of the corporate world. Kardashian and Jens Grede, co-founders of her shapewear firm SKIMS, were invited to talk to students at Harvard Brand School about how they built a successful company. If you’re interested in keeping up with the Kardashians, you may bookmark our site for future updates.