Who is Kathy Hilton’s husband Richard?
WHILE his wife Kathy is officially a Bravo-certified Housewife, Richard Hilton doesn't appear on the show, and the two are relatively private.
But that doesn't stop Real Housewives viewers from wondering about Richard Hilton, who is the grandson of the infamous Hilton hotel chain's founder.
Who is Richard Hilton?
Richard Hilton, who goes by Rick, was born on August 17, 1955, and is an American businessman.
He is the chairman and co-founder of Hilton & Hyland, a real estate brokerage firm focusing on luxury real estate in southern California.
Rick is the grandson of Conrad Hilton, the founder of Hilton Hotels and Resorts.
He told the Wall Street Journal in a 2014 interview that he'd been an entrepreneur for most of his life.
He began working for himself at 12 years old when he began selling stationary door-to-door.
He told the outlet his father told him: "You're going to make much more money as an entrepreneur than working for others."
According to his wife, they also expected their children to work hard for their money.
"My children were not overly spoiled," Kathy told TooFab in 2011.
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"They had to make their beds. They had to line up their shoes."
She also reportedly said that daughters Paris and Nicky both had to pay for half of their first cars.
What is Richard Hilton's net worth?
According to , Rick's net worth is $350million.
The real estate mogul takes great pride in his business.
According to the Hilton & Hyland website, the company raked in $4billion in sales in 2021.
On a YouTube video from September 2019, Rick talked about the business, which he co-founded in 1993.
He said: "We've created a brand that's globally recognized, which didn't happen overnight."
He continued: "My father told me it takes 30 years to build a reputation, but it'll take you five minutes to ruin it, so we try to be very ethical in all of our dealings."
"We teach our agents the same thing."
Hilton & Hyland sold Hugh Hefner's Playboy Mansion for $100million.
The luxury real estate firm also brokered the biggest residential deal in Los Angeles history when they sold Candy Spelling's estate for $119.75million in 2019.
How did Richard and Kathy meet?
Rick and Kathy met when she was only 15 years old, and he was 18.
They met at a party while she was in high school at Montclair College Preparatory School in Los Angeles.
They married five years later when she was 20 and he was 24.
They've been together ever since, and they celebrated their 42-year anniversary with a party in November 2021.
Rick and Kathy have four children together.
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They are the parents of daughters Paris and Nicky and sons Barron and Conad Hilton.
They also have four grandchildren, with another on the way.