How Much is Khaby Lame Worth?
| Net Worth | $15 million |
| Name | Khaby Lame |
| Date of Birth | March 9, 2000 |
| Birthplace | Ziguinchor, Senegal |
| Country of Origin | Italy |
| Source of Wealth | Content creation |
| Updated | As of November 2023 |
As of November 2023, Khabane Lame, fondly known as Khaby Lame has an estimated net worth is $15 million.
Khabane Lame, popularly known as Khaby Lame, is a Senegalese born Italian content creator and influencer. He is known for his comedy skits that mock overly complicated “life hacks”, without saying a word.
He is the most followed TikToker in the world according to Forbes magazine. He is also recognized in the Forbes list of 30 under 30 Europe as an honoree.
The young and fast rising creator has grown quickly from a factory worker in Italy who lost his job and had to live from hand to mouth, to a celebrity signing partnership deads and becoming the face of giant tech industries. In 2021 alone, Forbes reported that Lame made $10 million dollars from just signing in and partnerships.
Early Life
Khaby Lame was born in Dakar, Senegal on March 9, 2000 to a family of five that constituted practicing Muslims. He has three siblings. His family then moved to Chivasso in Italy in search of greener pastures when he was just a year old. In Chivasso, His family lived in a public housing complex. Since he had lived in Italy since age one, Khaby Lame is very fluent in Italy.
In Italy, Lame’s parents sent him to study in Italian schools, until he was fourteen when he was withdrawn and sent to study temporarily in a Quranic school near Dakar.
After completing high school, Lame worked as a CNC machine operator at a factory near Turin until he was laid off in March 2020 when the pandemic hit hard.
Career
It could be said that Khabi Lame’s story is that of grass to grace. He got laid off from work and began to live from hand to mouth until his creative side set in. He decided to take advantage of the social media to become an influencer. He began to post videos of him dancing and watching video games. He decided to change the theme of his videos and soon rose to popularity with his video responses in the form of TikTok’s “duet” and “stitch” features to videos showing complicated “life hacks”, in which he performs life hacks that have been made to look complicated in a simple way without saying a single word, followed by a trademark hand gesture.
His videos have been described as having a form of Universal exasperated everyman quality. His humorous facial expressions also make his videos unique and free from language barrier since anyone from any country and language can perfectly understand him.
By April, 2021, Lame’s TikTok account had grown and even surpassed Gianluca Vacchi to become the most followed Italian on TikTok. In July, 2021, he supposed Addison Rae to become the second most followed personality overall. Recently in June, 2022, Lame surpassed Chali D’Amelio as the most followed creator on TikTok. He currently has over 151 million followers and over 2.5 billion likes.
Since his growth in the influencing world, Lame has appeared in a number of on-screen events which has contributed to the growth of his wealth.
Family
In October 2020, Khaby Lame announced his engagement to Zaira Nucci, a white girl from Sciacca, a town in Sicily, Italy. He kept information regarding his parents and siblings private, but media sources report that his father works in a private company, while his mother is a housewife. He also has two brothers who shares similar resemblance with him.
Apart from his online lifestyle, Khaby Lame is a professional basketballer who has played some junior-level basketball championships.
Khaby Lame Net Worth
There is no official report on Khaby Lame’s net worth. However, Khaby Lame’s net worth is estimated to be around $15 million As of November 2023. His net worth comes from endorsements and partnerships. Khaby Lame once confessed during an interview that apart from the massive likes on his video, he makes up to $750,000 per clip.
In August 2021, he featured as a co-star for Juventus F.C.’s announcement of Manuel Lacatelli.
He was invited to the Venice film festival as a special guest for the first screening of French film “Lost illusions” by Xavier Giannoli. He also signed a multi-year partnership with Hugo Boss and was featured in the hashtag #BeYourOwnBoss campaign. He also walked the ramo for Hugo Boss at the Milan Fashion Week and was paid $450,000.
He also signed a deal with cryptocurrency exchange, Binance in July 2022.
Khaby Lame is a lover of cars and spends his earnings on them. It is reported that he has a Volvo XC60 which was bought at a price of $190,000, a Lamborghini Huracan, Audi Q8, BMW X6, Porsche 911. He also owns a $6 million luxury mansion which has a swimming pool, advanced security, tennis court, wine cellar, among other amenities.
In August 2022, Khaby Lame was announced an Italian citizen by the Italian Undersecretary of the Ministry of the Interior.
Indeed Khaby lame has proved that changing ones fortune lies in ones hands.