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Kyle Richards has an estimated net worth of $100 million, a figure that reflects her combined marital assets with estranged husband Mauricio Umansky, accumulated across more than five decades in entertainment, real estate equity, and business ventures. Richards is the longest-serving original cast member of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, a franchise that has anchored her adult public identity since 2010, while her career actually dates to child acting roles in the mid-1970s.
Updated March 2026: According to Bravo’s The Daily Dish and multiple entertainment industry reports, Richards remains the highest-profile active cast member of RHOBH heading into Season 15, with industry sources estimating her combined net worth with Umansky at $100 million — though her individual share is widely understood to represent a significant portion of that figure under California community property law.
Kyle Egan Richards was born on January 11, 1969, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, the youngest daughter of Kathleen Mary Dugan, a talent agent, and Kenneth Edwin Richards, a lieutenant colonel. Her parents divorced in 1972, when Richards was just three years old. She grew up alongside her older sisters Kim Richards and half-sister Kathy Hilton (now Kathy Hilton, matriarch of the Hilton family). The Richards household was immersed in entertainment from an early age — her mother’s work as a talent agent opened doors, and Kyle began acting at roughly age four. She attended school in the El Centro area of California and graduated from Central Union High School in El Centro in 1987. She did not pursue a college degree, having already established a professional acting career well before graduation.
Her childhood was defined by her parents’ difficult divorce, frequent relocation, and the pressures of being a working child actress in Hollywood. She has spoken publicly about the impact of her parents’ split and has credited that experience as formative in her later commitment to family stability. In adulthood, she converted to Judaism upon marrying Mauricio Umansky and has maintained a close, if sometimes publicly complicated, relationship with both Kim Richards and Kathy Hilton throughout her life.
Richards’ professional acting career began in earnest in the mid-1970s. She appeared in the crime drama Police Woman in 1974, before landing an 18-episode arc on Little House on the Prairie as Alicia Sanderson Edwards, the role that first made her recognizable to a national audience. In 1978, she played Lindsey Wallace in John Carpenter’s original Halloween — a casting that established a lasting connection to the horror franchise.
After a quieter period in the 1980s and 1990s, Richards maintained a steady television presence. She appeared in 80 episodes of NBC’s ER between 1998 and 2006, playing Nurse Dori. She reprised the role of Lindsey Wallace in Halloween Kills (2021) — which grossed $131 million worldwide and set an R-rated pandemic-era box office record — and again in Halloween Ends (2022). In 2017, she competed on The New Celebrity Apprentice, earning $25,000 for Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. She co-executive produced the Paramount Network series American Woman (2018), inspired by her own 1970s childhood. More recently, she has appeared in Netflix’s The Lincoln Lawyer (2026) and Wild Cards (2025), demonstrating continued scripted television demand.
Her longest-running role, however, is on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, which she joined as an original cast member in Season 1 (2010). As of 2026, she is the only original cast member still appearing on the show — a tenure that spans 15 seasons and makes her one of the most durable figures in the entire Real Housewives franchise. According to The Hollywood Reporter and entertainment industry sources, she has been among the highest-paid cast members throughout the show’s run.
Richards’ wealth derives from multiple overlapping income streams built over five decades. Key contributors include:
Richards married real estate developer Mauricio Umansky on January 20, 1996. The couple have three daughters together — Alexia Simone Umansky (born 1996), Sophia Kylie Umansky (born 2000), and Portia Umansky (born 2008) — as well as Richards’ eldest daughter from a prior relationship, Farrah Brittany Aldjufrie (born 1988). Richards and Umansky announced their separation in October 2023 after 27 years of marriage; as of early 2026, divorce proceedings have not been finalized. The separation has been a recurring storyline on RHOBH Season 15.
Richards resides primarily in an Encino, California mansion the couple purchased in 2017, as well as properties in Palm Springs. She denied reconciliation rumors following a joint New Year’s appearance in Aspen in January 2026. She has been publicly sober since approximately 2022, marking three-plus years of sobriety as of early 2026. She is a committed philanthropist, with Children’s Hospital Los Angeles among her primary charitable causes; her mother, Kathleen Richards, died of breast cancer in 2002, and Kyle has since supported breast cancer awareness initiatives. She also supports NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness).
Kyle is a sister-in-law to Paris Hilton and Nicky Hilton through her half-sister Kathy Hilton’s marriage to Richard Hilton. Her sister Kim Richards has also appeared on RHOBH across multiple seasons.
Kyle Richards’ net worth is estimated at $100 million, a figure that represents her combined marital assets with estranged husband Mauricio Umansky. Industry sources attribute the majority of the couple’s wealth to Umansky’s real estate business, The Agency, with Richards contributing through her RHOBH salary, acting income, boutique businesses, and residuals. California community property law means Richards holds a legal claim to assets accumulated during the marriage.
Industry reports indicate Richards earns approximately $270,000 to $500,000 per season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, making her one of the highest-paid cast members in the franchise’s history. A late 2024 report cited a salary increase to retain her for Season 15. In Season 1, former cast member Camille Grammer publicly stated Richards earned $134,000 while other cast members earned approximately $36,000.
As of March 2026, Kyle Richards and Mauricio Umansky are separated but not yet legally divorced. They announced their separation in October 2023 after 27 years of marriage. Both parties have publicly stated the separation is amicable and that they remain committed co-parents to their daughters. Richards denied reports of a reconciliation following a joint New Year’s appearance in Aspen in January 2026.