The Real Housewives of Orange County
Estimated net worth: $20M
Lauri Waring Peterson’s life seemed like a fairytale, from the point she had her dream wedding to husband George until they celebrated their 13th wedding anniversary earlier this year. And while things between husband and wife may be a dream and they may have access to all of the material wealth you could imagine – not everything that glitters in the Waring Peterson household is gold.
The couple’s son, Josh, is behind bars on an attempted murder charge, although he continues to maintain his innocence to this day. The family is still working always to try and get him out of prison. Lauri and George adopted their granddaughter (Josh’s daughter,) Kennady, because of the entire situation. Lauri, while of course being devastated about her son being behind bars, is also grateful that he’s clean, as he battled addiction for over a decade before his arrest.
Sonja Morgan
The Real Housewives of New York
Estimated net worth: $8M
The New York social scene wouldn’t be quite the same without affluent housewife Sonja Morgan. If the name sounds familiar, it’s because she got it from being married to the great-grandson of the J.P Morgan. Before she was married, she was a model, strutting her stuff for high-end fashion labels. Now, she’s quite the entrepreneur, running a few different businesses that she recently launched, like her shoe line, French Sole, and her brand of alcohol, Tipsy Girl.
The reality star recently came out with her website and blog, sonjamorganonline.com, where she’s published a line of toaster oven dinner recipes that make for easy, quick, and delicious suppers. She also uses the blog as a platform to sell items from her shoes and clotheslines, as well as posting her various achievements and publications, like all of the magazine covers she’s been on over the years.
Melissa Gorga
The Real Housewives of New Jersey
Estimated net worth: $1.5M
Melissa Gorga was born and raised in New Jersey, where she attended NJ City University. She’s entrepreneurial in spirit and has tried her hand at multiple different avenues of earning artistically – such as her jewelry line that she released on Home Shopping Network in 2014. Gorga has also dabbled in music, releasing many singles over the years, including “I Just Wanna.”
She and her husband, Joe, recently bought a new million-dollar mansion on Barnegat Bay in Toms River. Gorga launched a boutique called Envy, which sells everything from dresses to shoes and jewelry. She has also authored a book titled "Love Italian Style: The Secrets of My Hot and Happy Marriage." Well, if that is any indication of how her relationship with Joe is going, that should tell you something!
Kandi Burrus
The Real Housewives of Atlanta
Net worth: $35M
Burrus is a Grammy-winning songwriter and former hip-hop singer who began her career singing with Xscape in the early ’90s. In the early 2000s, she was writing hit singles, including TLC’s "No Scrubs" and "Bills, Bills, Bills" by Destiny’s Child. In 2013, she wrote and produced co-star Kim Zolciak’s song, "Tardy for the Party."
Burrus is very open about her sexuality and her relationship with her husband, which led her to launch a sex and relationship talk series in 2018. She also owns her own sex toy company called Bedroom Kandi. But every Sunday, she and the family make a cameo appearance at the "Church of Holiness."
Tamra Judge
The Real Housewives of Orange County
Estimated net worth: $2M
Tamra Judge was born and raised in California, so it’s only natural that she would set up shop and launch her fitness career in her home state. She opened her fitness center, CUT Fitness, in Rancho Santa Margarita, and has been operating it since 2012. Aside from her successful gym, she makes $600,000 for each season of RHOC – contributing to her estimated net worth of nearly $2 million. Judge is the 9th highest paid person on the entirety of the Real Housewives franchise.
But even if she is a super successful entrepreneur, it doesn’t mean everything is sunshine and unicorns. She’s had quite the dramatic past few years, thanks to her teenage son coming into the spotlight for transphobia. Needless to say, she’s had to do some serious damage control. But she’s got even more on her plate these days because rumor has it, she’s got another bun in the oven.