Rihanna followed his Instagram, then Netflix’s Bling Empire called – Kane Lim’s journey from real-life Crazy Rich Asian to reality TV celebrity

Jan 19 , 2021

Rihanna helped make Kane Lim famous – now Netflix is doing the rest. @kanelk_k/Instagram

Starring alongside Jaime Xie, Christine Chiu and Kelly Mi Li in Netflix’s ostentatious new reality TV show Bling Empire, real estate mogul and investor Kane Lim reportedly boasts US$380,000 worth of designer shoes

A real-world Crazy Rich Asian is about to make his name as one of Netflix’s newest reality stars. Much-anticipated new series Bling Empire – which follows the lives of the wildly rich Asian and Asian-Americans living in Los Angeles – is bringing the intricacies of Kane Lim’s gilded life into our homes, as well as other wealthy socialites including Jaime Xie, Christine Chiu and Kelly Mi Li.

Although Lim has kept a tight lid on his family’s billion-dollar empire up until now, Bling Empire – which debuted on Netflix on January 15 – shines a bright light on the young investor’s glamorous LA lifestyle.

Already a fan or wondering who to watch? Here’s what we know about the fashionable, 30-year-old, Singapore-born entrepreneur.

I have walked into a designer shoe store and said, ‘I’ll take one pair of everything you have in every colour, I’ll take it all’

Kane Lim, reality TV star, Bling Empire

He started investing in his teens

Lim has recalled in interviews that he started investing at the age of 17, thanks to a small loan from his father – which he promptly paid back. Lim does not divulge much about his father’s billion-dollar business in interviews, but makes clear that his upbringing was anything but the typical rich kid lifestyle of Singapore’s upper echelons.

Today, in addition to being a Netflix star and philanthropist, Lim is the director of an investment holding company with a portfolio spanning hospitality, renewable energy and property.

His shoe collection is rumoured to be worth over US$380,000 dollars

Lim reportedly owns over 200 pairs of designer shoes valued at over US$380,000 in total. Lim tasked wardrobe organiser to the stars, Linda Koopersmith, to organise his shoe wall in 2016, which has since offered fans completely swoon-worthy glances of his designer collection on social media.

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