NeNe Leakes made most of her money from her appearances on RHOA. She began appearing on the show in 2008 and was a regular for seven seasons
NeNe Leakes earned $1 million per season of “The Real Housewives of Atlanta” before leaving the show in 2015. That is the highest per-episode pay of any Bravo housewife.
Leakes had a clothing line on Home Shopping Network before launching her SWAGG boutiques in select cities across the country, in addition to her television projects.
NeNe Leakes Entertainment, a television production company, was founded by Leakes. Along with True Entertainment, the company produced Leakes’ spin-off series I Dream of NeNe: The Wedding, which premiered on September 17, 2013.
Nene Leaks also has other businesses. In October 2020, Leakes posted on Instagram that she would be opening a lounge in Duluth, Georgia.
The Linnethia Lounge, named after Leakes’ birth name, opened in May 2021. Singers such as KeKe Wyatt and Tamar Braxton have made appearances and performed concerts.