The Transformation Of Kane Lim From Bling Empire

Publish date: 2024-04-04

A quick look through Kane Lim's Instagram shows what he looked like back in 2013, posing for mirror selfies in Balmain jackets. The star has always been interested in clothing and originally moved to America in order to study merchandise marketing at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, according to Screen Rant.

Bustle reported Kane used a loan from his father to start building his investment portfolio at age 17, focusing on mainly fashion and stocks. He earned his first million before turning 20. He credits his online platform not to his family's extreme wealth, but to the singer Rihanna. "I have to credit the iconic Rihanna who followed me one day, and because of her I vividly remember how my phone died from the amounts of notifications I had," he told VoyageLA. "I have used my social media presence mainly to connect with individuals who enjoy fashion, but more importantly I have used this platform to raise awareness for charities that I support."

As Bling Empire shows, Kane's Buddhist practices are important to him. What audiences don't know is he only discovered the religion in recent years and was actually raised as a devout Catholic. Another surprising fact about the Singapore-born entrepreneur is that he came up with the show's concept, according to Screen Rant. After watching Crazy Rich Asians, Kane and his fellow castmate Kelly Mi Li pitched a docuseries about their lives to producer Jeff Jenkins, and Netflix quickly came onboard.

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