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Born on 7 January 1964 in Paris, France, Christian Louboutin’s mother was from Brittany, and his father apparently an Egyptian. He is a designer best known for his footwear with red-lacquered soles. Operating in more than 25 countries, there are almost 60 boutiques with shoes whose brand is named after their designer. What determined a success for Christian Louboutin was resurrecting the fashion of stilettos in the 1990s and 2000s. Christian’s main goal was to make a woman look sexy and desirable wearing the shoes with heel heights of 120 mm (4.72 inches) and higher.

So justb how rich is Christian Louboutin? Sources estimate that Christian’s net worth reaches an amount of $85 million, . The fact that Christian Louboutin owns several houses once again confirms how rich he is.

Christian Louboutin Net Worth $85 Million

Louboutin studied drawing and decorative arts at the Academie Roderer. However, he had little interest in school, and aged 16, after being expelled from school, Louboutin went to work at the famed Parisian cabaret Folies Bergère. He did different sorts of jobs for the dancers, one of which was creating shoes for them. His passion for shoe design arose from watching Paris’ famous showgirls performing. Also, he was inspired by a book of Roger Vivier’s designs given to him by a friend. Louboutin liked the main idea suggested by Vivier that the essential parts of shoes are the body and the sole.

Christian Louboutin’s net worth is enviable. According to recent news Christian Louboutin sells more than 700,000 pairs of his specialised footwear each year, the cost of which ranges from around $400 up to $6,000,  One can just imagine what stupendous sums of money he earns. The coloured sole is a symbol of the brand which reflects the spirit of femininity and has become very popular all around the world. It is not surprising that Louboutin’s shoes have been awarded as the Most Prestigious Women’s shoes three years in a row. Now a list of his clients includes many famous celebrities, such as Madonna, Lady Gaga, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jennifer Lopez and Kim Kardashian.

His interest in fashion expanded into designing handbags in 2003, and he also offers a line of men’s shoes. These two further interests once again increased his assets and Louboutin’s net worth to a higher degree. However, Christian was confronted with some problems in preventing the exotic Laboutin shoes’ design from being copied; Christian even took the fashion company Yves Saint Laurent to court over its use of red sole on some of its footwear.

In terms of wealth, today Christian Louboutin has a home in the 1st Arrondissement in Paris, a palace in Alleppo, a fisherman’s-styled cottage in Lisbon, a home in Luxor and a houseboat on the Nile both in Egypt, and a 13th-century Vendee castle which he shares with his business partner. Obviously, Louboutin’s net worth is one of the most extensive among famous celebrities. Besides designing shoes for selling he often makes special shoe-designs and accessory-designs for charity. The designer has also hosted some charity events.

Christian Louboutin’s net worth makes him not only the rich person possessing one of the most famous brands in the world but also a noble man working for the welfare of people.

In his personal life, Christian Louboutin has lived with his partner Louis Benech, a renowned landscape architect, since 1997.