8 celebrities with investment firms, from Kim Kardashian’s Skky and Serena Williams’ Serena Ventures, to NBA star Stephen Curry’s SC30 and Jay-Z’s Marcy Venture Partners

Kim Kardashian is starting her own private equity firm called Skky Partners with Jay Sammons, a veteran of The Carlyle Group. This is her first investment-focused company, but the reality TV star has previously proven her business acumen especially with the success of brands like Skims and Skkn. Kardashian joins a growing list of celebs who have broken into investing. So, which A-listers own investment firms? 1. Kim Kardashian On September 7, the TV reality star announced the launch of her own private equity firm with Sammons. The firm, Skky Partners, will invest in consumer products, media and entertainment, hospitality and luxury, according to a press release announcing the company’s creation. “I’m excited to launch Skky Partners to invest in the next generation of consumer brands, leveraging my experience founding and building global businesses and partnering with innovative companies to help them grow,” Kardashian said in the release. How did Lisa Marie Presley lose all the Elvis millions? The billionaire is no stranger to the business world, having founded a number of companies, including KKW beauty, a cosmetics company and Skims, a shapewear and clothing brand. Still, this is her first foray into private equity investing, which involves investing in, or outright buying private companies and managing them before selling them. 2. Serena Williams The tennis star recently announced that she plans to step back from playing tennis and focus full-time on her venture capital firm, Serena Ventures. Williams’ fund invests in under-represented founders, including women and people of colour. Williams has invested in MasterClass, Daily Harvest and Clubhouse. Meet Jamie Foxx’s bombshell actress-model daughter, Corinne Foxx 3. Ashton Kutcher The actor founded his venture capital firm, A-Grade Investments, in 2010 with two long-time friends. A-Grade was an early investor in Spotify, Uber and Airbnb. 4. Jay-Z The rapper and producer’s company, Marcy Venture Partners, was founded in 2018 and has invested in Madison Reed, Rihanna’s Savage x Fenty and Gemini, which was launched by the Winklevoss twins. 5. Alex Rodriguez The former pro-baseball player founded A-Rod Corp in 1995 to invest in real estate. Later, he founded VCP Ventures with former Walmart exec Marc Lore. Rodriguez has invested in Acorns, a fintech company and Eight Sleep, a mattress company. 6. Jessica Alba The actress founded the baby and beauty products company Honest Company in 2012. It went public last year and was briefly worth more than US$1 billion. She also invests in early-stage companies, per CrunchBase. In 2015, she put in money for Headspace, a meditation app. Is Madonna’s son David Banda the new face of gender-fluid fashion? 7. Sean “Diddy” Combs The entrepreneur and rapper, also known as “Puff Daddy”, runs Combs Enterprises. He is one of the wealthiest rappers, thanks to some of his investments. He is currently invested in Aquahydrate, and he co-owns alcohol brands Cîroc and DeLeón tequila. 8. Stephen Curry Stephen Curry is a pro basketball player for the Golden State Warriors, but off the court, he runs his investment firm, SC30. Curry has invested in at-home smart gym Tonal, and Literati, a children’s subscription book club. Read the original article on Insider. Want more stories like this? Follow STYLE on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter.