Kenzo Takada Net Worth, spouse, young children, awards, movies

$100,000,000

Kenzo Takada, a famous Japanese fashion designer, had a net worth of $100 million at the time of his death in 202. Despite starting his career in Paris with little immediate success, he went on to establish his own brand, launch fragrance and skincare lines, and eventually sold the Kenzo brand for $80 million.

Key facts:

Kenzo Takada was a Japanese fashion designer.

He dropped out of Kobe City University of Foreign Studies before enrolling in Tokyo's Bunka Fashion College to study design as one of the school's first male students.

He opened his first store, Jungle Jap, in 197 and had a model appear on the cover of 'ELLE' magazine wearing his designs.

He debuted his clothes in Tokyo and New York in the early '70s before winning the Fashion Editor Club of Japan Award.

In the early '80s, he began designing men's clothing and later launched his own fragrance line in 1988.

In 1993, he sold the Kenzo brand to French conglomerate LVMH for $80 million.

In 2001, he released his own skin care line, KenzoKI.

He retired from the fashion industry in 1999 but continued to dabble in home goods designs in his retirement.

Basic Information About Kenzo Takada

Category	Business › Designers
Professions	Fashion designer, Designer
Net worth	$100,000,000
Date of birth	1939-02-27
Place of birth	Himeji
Date of death	2020-10-04 (aged 81)
Nationality	Japan
Gender	Male
Social Media	↗︎ Wikipedia

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1/ Filename: kenzo-50aw9CNu.jpg

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Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kenzo.jpg
Original Source: The photo was taken in Orono, Maine, USA
Author: Svetlana
Date taken: 01.11.2006

2/ Filename: paris-hotel-de-soyecourt-1143-oRFTCj7y.jpg

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Source URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Paris_H%C3%B4tel_de_Soyecourt_1143.JPG
Original Source: Own work
Author: Reinhardhauke
Licence: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
Date taken: 10 November 2011

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