James Charles Net Worth: James Charles, is an American internet personality, makeup artist, and model who has a net worth of $22 million. James Charles Dickinson was born on May 23, 1999 in Bethlehem, New York. He is best known for his YouTube channel, which focuses on makeup and beauty. In 2016, he was named CoverGirl’s first male ambassador. Charles is also openly gay.
Charles’ YouTube channel, launched on December 1, 2015, is largely focused on beauty and makeup. As of January 2020, his channel had over 1.8 billion viewers, more than 250 videos and over 16.7 million subscribers. At the 8th Streamy Awards in 2018, his channel won the Best Channel Award in the Beauty category. He is also popular on the social media platform Instagram, where he has over 16.3 million followers as of January 2020. In his videos and posts he refers to his fans as “sisters”.
Charles has managed to successfully convert his online popularity into several lucrative businesses. In 2016, at the age of 17, he was named the first male brand ambassador for CoverGirl, where he worked alongside pop star Katy Perry. He is also the face of the So Lashy brand! by BlastPro Mascara. An accomplished makeup artist, Charles did the makeup for rapper Iggy Azalea’s music video for the song “Sally Walker” in March 2019.
In 2018, Charles launched an eyeshadow palette in collaboration with Morphe Cosmetics. The Morphe x James Charles palette has 39 shades and retails for $39. At its first sale on November 14, 2018, the range sold out completely in Europe in less than 6 minutes. In January 2019, Morphe Cosmetics invited him to the company’s second UK store opening in Birmingham, England. Over 7000 fans came to see it for the opening, disrupting traffic and bringing the city center to a standstill.
Alongside his career in the beauty industry, Charles has also ventured into modeling, walking the runway for fashion brand MarcoMarco ‘s ‘Six ½’ collection during Los Angeles Fashion Week 2017. In 2019, he was also the first Instagram influencer to be invited to the Met Gala.
James is the founder of a clothing line called Sisters Apparel. When the line originally launched, it was operated by Jeffree Star’s Killer Merch Fulfillment Services. After James and Jeffree got into a feud, which we’ll detail in the next paragraph, Sisters Apparel was briefly phased out in May 2019. The company was reintroduced a month later with a new distributor.
not cracked yet, but at his peak he could probably make at least $5 million a year just from his channel views (before taxes). He also has sources of income such as paid Instagram posts (like the one that sparked the feud with Westbrook), personal appearances, merchandising, and sponsorship deals with various companies such as Covergirl and Morphe Cosmetics, which bring in significant sums each month.
Home: In February 2020, James closed a $7 million home in Encino, California. He had previously paid $15,000 a month to rent a mansion not far away. The home is brand new, never lived in, and is on the same block as fellow YouTuber Logan Paul’s $6.6 million home. His new home is 10,000 square feet and has six bedrooms.
Assets: | $22 million |
Last updated: | 2020 |
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