DJ Khaled collection. Photo courtesy DJ Khaled Twitter, now X
American rapper and record producer DJ Khaled who’s net worth is $80 million, tops the list with the biggest shoe collection, comprising 10,000 pairs of sneakers, valued at $8 million. His impressive ‘shoedrobe’ stands as one of the most sought-after shoe collections online, and takes up 10% of his $80 million net worth.
Mayor Farese. Photo courtesey Mayor Farese Instagram
Perhaps best known in the shoe world as a compulsive sneakerhead, Mark ‘Mayor’ Farese, whose net worth is around $16 million, follows, with 3,600 pairs of sneakers valued at $1 million. His most expensive pair is an Undefeated x Jordan IV, worth $25,000. Mayor's shoe collection takes up 6.25% of his net worth.
Coming in third is entrepreneur Jordan Geller, whose net worth is $400 million and who was in the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest shoe collection, has a museum devoted to shoes. His current collection of 2,388 pairs makes up 25% of his net worth, making his the most expensive shoe collection in the world.
Philippino musical artist, DJ, and entrepreneur Bigboy Cheng, who’s worth $30 million, is fourth in rank, with over 1,000 sneakers (he once had 20,000 sneakers, but scaled back his collection) valued at over $1 million. His most expensive shoe is the $85,000 Back to the Future Nike Air Mags with an auto-lace feature.
Following Dj Bigboy Cheng is rapper Chris Brown taking the fifth place with his massive floor-to-ceiling shelving setup footwear collection with over 1,000 unique sneakers. His passion for the collection led him to take all 1,000 pairs on tour at one point.
Kylie Jenner. Photo courtesy Kylie Jenner Instagram
Reality star, once billionaire and cosmetics entrepreneur Kylie Jenner, who is worth $750 million, ties with Chris Brown with her 1,000 pair collection worth over a $1 million, (taking up only 0.1% of her net worth). Her most expensive is a $76,000 pair of Birkin Birkenstocks.
Hollywood star Mark Wahlberg, who acted in Arthur the King, and has a net worth of around $400 million, is seventh in place, with 137 pairs worth $100,000.
US basketball legend Michael Jordan, whose net worth is $3.2 billion, owns ‘The Dynasty Collection’, valued at $8 million, which may be the smallest in size but is among the most expensive shoe collections in the world, comprising only six individual Air Jordan sneakers. Ranked as the eighth with the least amount of pairs, Michael Jordan is on the second place tied with DJ Khaled with the worth of the collection.
(From a study by Public Desire. : https://us.publicdesire.com/)
Mayor Farese collection. Photo courtesy Mayor Farese Instagram
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