Virgil Abloh's Net Worth - How Rich Was He?

Virgil Abloh's net worth is estimated at $100 million.

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Virgil Abloh's net worth stats

Net worth:	$100 million
Source of wealth:	Designer, entrepreneur, disc jockey
Date of birth:	September 30, 1980
Place of birth:	Rockford, Illinois

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How did Virgil Abloh build his net worth?

Virgil Abloh was a fashion designer and entrepreneur who built his net worth from his success as a fashion designer. He was worth around $100 million when he lost his battle with cancer in November 2021.

After earning a Master of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Virgil Abloh realized his heart lay in fashion. He joined the world of international fashion by enrolling for an internship at Fendi in 2009. He met Kanye West while doing his fashion design training, and he and West started collaborating on streetwear designs the following year. West employed Abloh as the creative director of his agency, DONDA, in 2011. The same year, Abloh was nominated for a Grammy as creative director of the JayZ West album, “Watch the Throne.”

Virgil Abloh founded Off-White, a luxury brand of woman’s street clothing, in 2013, showing his collection at the Paris Fashion week shortly afterward. He launched a line of shoes in partnership with Nike and later a luggage collection. By 2018, Off-White had surpassed Gucci in popularity.

Virgil Abloh was the first African American to take on the position of artistic director of Louis Vuitton, a position he took in 2018. The same year, he was named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people. In 2021, he sold his Off-White shares to Loius Vuitton. Off-White had 56 stores in 40 countries at the time of the sale.

As artistic director at Loius Vuitton, Virgil Abloh earned an annual salary of $10 million. Before his death, he helped to design the latest Mercedes Maybach. The car was launched in April 2022, with matching luxury streetwear accessories.

How did Virgil Abloh spend his wealth?

The media is full of praise for the genius that Virgil Abloh was, but there is little about his personal or home life.

He married his college sweetheart in 2009, and they had two children. Virgil Abloh traveled in a private jet, helping the manufacturer to design and customize it to his taste.