Calvin Klein Net Worth $700 Million
Klein married Jayne Centre, a textile designer, in 1964. They have a daughter, Award-winning television producer Marci Klein who is best known for her work on NBC’s Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock. They divorced in 1974. In September 1986 Klein married his assistant, Kelly Rector, in Rome while they were on a buying trip in Italy. She later became a well-known socialite photographer. After separating in 1996, they divorced in April 2006 after 20 years of marriage.
In 2003, Klein bought an ocean-front estate in Southampton, New York on Long Island, and demolished it to build a $75 million glass-and-concrete mansion. In 2015, he put his Miami Beach, Florida mansion on the market for $16 million. The Florida home sold in February 2017 for $12,850,000. In June 2015, Klein bought a mansion in Los Angeles, California for $25 million.
Calvin Klein dated Nicholas Gruber. Klein is a supporter of the U.S. Democratic Party, having given over $250,000 to candidates and PACs since 1980.
In 1974, Klein designed the tight-fitting signature jeans that would go on to gross $200,000 in their first week of sales. In that same year, he also became the first designer to receive outstanding design in men’s and women’s wear from the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) award show. In 1983, he was placed on the International Best Dressed List. Also in 1981, 1983, and 1993, he received an award from the CFDA.
