Real Housewives of New York’s net worths, ranked: Ramona Singer, Luann de Lesseps, Sonja Morgan ... which cast member has the most millions to play with?
- Bethenny Frankel is the richest RHONY star overall after selling her Skinnygirl Cocktails brand, while Luann de Lesseps has money from her marriage to a count
- Leah McSweeney has women’s streetwear brand Married to the Mob, while Sonja Morgan was married to a descendant of Morgan Stanley and J.P. Morgan’s founders
Former Housewife Bethenny Frankel was regarded as the highest-earning reality star in 2011 after starring in the first three seasons of The Real Housewives of New York. Off the back of the show – which she left for the second time in 2019 – Frankel built her brand with spin-off series, books that became bestsellers, and her Skinnygirl Cocktails label.
In 2011, she sold the company for at least US$39 million – and possibly quite a bit more, according to Celebrity Net Worth, who put her current wealth at US$70 million. She has come a long way since earning just US$7,250 for the entire first season of the show – during her more recent stint, she raked in US$40,000 per episode.
1. Luann de Lesseps (US$25 million)
Known as “The Countess”, De Lesseps is believed to derive the bulk of her net worth from her previous marriage to Count Alexandre de Lesseps, who is worth US$50 million.
Since her 1993-2009 marriage to the French aristocrat, she has come a long way. Joining the show in 2008, according to Page Six she was earning US$20,000 per show by 2015, and has used her platform to get into acting and singing, even taking a one-woman show on tour. In 2019, she sold her Bridgehampton, New York property for a whopping US$8 million.
2. Ramona Singer (US$18 million)
Singer is the longest-running full-time cast member and, according to Celebrity Net Worth, she earns US$500,000 each season. She graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology and made her fortune as a lifestyle entrepreneur. She has fashion and jewellery brands (True Faith Jewelry, which she launched with her jeweller ex- husband Mario Singer) exclusive to Amazon and the Home Shopping Network, and skincare brand Tru-Renewal. Like former co-star Frankel, Singer has dabbled in the world of alcoholic drinks and has her own pinot grigio label.