Yves Saint Laurent net worth
Yves Saint Laurent Net Worth: Yves Saint Laurent was a French fashion designer who passed away in 2008 with a net worth of $500 million. Yves Saint Laurent was born in Oran, French Algeria in August 1936 and died in June 2008. He is best known for his eponymous fashion line and is considered one of the most successful designers of the 20th century.
His career began in 1953 when he submitted sketches to the competition and won first place. At the age of 21, he became the chief designer of the House of Dior. With funding from J. Mack Robinson, Yves Saint Laurent founded the fashion house Yves Saint Laurent YSL in 1960 with his partner Pierre Berge. Laurent became the first living fashion designer to have a solo exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1983. He has starred in several films, including two in 2014, Yves Saint Laurent and Saint Laurent. Yves Saint Laurent died on June 1, 2008 at the age of 71 from brain cancer. A year after his death, Yves became the highest-paid deceased celebrity in the world, thanks to a $350 million real estate sale. Much of this comes from selling a large collection of art, including works by the likes of Picasso and Matisse.
