As the longtime creative director of Chanel and Fendi, Karl Lagerfeld made his fortune in high fashion. After the news broke yesterday that Lagerfeld had died in Paris at the age of roughly 85 (his exact birth year is disputed), some wondered who would inherit his estate. The fashion designerâs net worth is estimated to be between $200 and $240 million, according to different sources , but he never married or had children.
Lagerfeld didnât live alone, though. The iconic designer shared his home with Choupette, a 7-year-old Birman cat whose name seems to be a play on ma choupette , a cutesy French term of endearment that translates to, literally, "my cabbage," but is used more like "my pumpkin." According to Marie Claire , the fluffy white feline will inherit a chunk of Lagerfeldâs fortune. This is on top of the amenities the cat has already been afforded: She reportedly has two maids, a personal chef, a bodyguard, and an iPad. She also gets weekly manicures and has her own Wikipedia page , Twitter account , and Instagram , with more than 200,000 followers on the photo platform.
All this pampering hasnât made her lazy, though. Choupette has somehow found time to model, create a makeup collection and fashion line, and âwriteâ a book titled The Private Life of a High-Flying Fashion Cat . However, Lagerfeld forbade her from doing cat food commercials, because she is âtoo sophisticatedâ for that, obviously.
The designer had adopted her from a friend, model Baptiste Giabiconi, in 2011. In a 2018 interview with Numéro , Lagerfeld said he had named Choupette, among others, as an heir to his fortune (the others are presumably human).
However, even if Choupette does inherit a sizable portion of his wealth, she still wonât be the worldâs wealthiest cat . Grumpy Cat (a.k.a. Tardar Sauce) is also a millionaire, even if she doesn't seem too pleased about it.
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