American businesswoman, author, television personality, and entrepreneur Bethenny Frankel. She first appeared as one of the show’s original cast members and has since appeared in eight of its thirteen seasons since its 2008 debut. She is best known as a star of the Bravo television series The Real Housewives of New York City.
She finished second in the 2005 season of the NBC reality competition series The Apprentice: Martha Stewart before this.
She has starred in several short-lived shows of her own, including the FOX daytime talk show Bethenny (2013–2014), the Bravo spin-offs Bethenny Ever After (2010–2012) and Bethenny & Fredrik (2018), and the HBO Max reality competition series The Big Shot with Bethenny (2021).
What Is Bethenny Frankel Age?
Bethenny Frankel was born in New York City on November 4, 1970. She is currently 52 years old. Her mother Bernadette Birk worked as an interior designer, while her father Robert J. Frankel trained horses.
When Frankel was barely four years old, her father abandoned her, and when she was five, her mother remarried John Parisella, another horse trainer.
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Frankel’s early years were challenging; she moved around a lot and attended numerous schools as she grew older until she enrolled in boarding school.
She completed her education at the Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, before enrolling in the Natural Gourmet Institute in New York City, spending two years at Boston University, and finally earning a psychology and communications degree from New York University.
When Did Bethenny Frankel Start Her Career?
Frankel relocated to Los Angeles in 1992 with aspirations of becoming an actor. Despite the short lifespan of her first firm, In Any Event, an event planning company, she developed connections while working in modest acting parts and jobs like the nanny to Paris Hilton and personal assistant to Jerry and Linda Bruckheimer.
Television Appearances
2003 Frankel founded BethennyBakes, a business that delivers ‘healthy’ baked products and meals in New York City. She made it through the process to become one of the finals and was featured on the reality competition series The Apprentice: Martha Stewart in 2005.
Even though the business failed in 2006, Frankel’s time on the reality competition show served as the launchpad for her career in the genre.
The Real Housewives of New York City cast members chose her to be a part of their cast in 2008. She left Real Housewives in September 2010 for personal reasons, and after a three-season hiatus, she returned in 2014. In August 2019, she abruptly departed the show again, saying she wanted to concentrate on her personal life.
Frankel was a part of the Bravo reality series Bethenny Getting Married? which covered the couple’s engagement, wedding, and daughter’s birth. Her co-star at the time was Jason Hoppy.
Following the start of negotiations in 2011 for her to host a show, she also obtained her talk show. On September 9, 2013, The Bethenny Show debuted; it was short-lived and ended on February 14, 2014.
What is Bethenny Frankel’s Net Worth?
An American reality television star and businesswoman, Bethenny Frankel has an estimated net worth of $80 million. Her career in reality television and selling her Skinnygirl cocktail brand are the primary sources of her wealth. She has been a reasonably successful home renovator and flipper in recent years.
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When Did Bethenny Buy Her Hamptons Property?
Bethenny has purchased and sold many magnificent houses in New York City, Greenwich, Connecticut, and the Hamptons. The list of the top purchases and sales is broken out as follows:
Bethenny spent $4.995 million in 2011 to purchase a penthouse in NYC’s Tribeca district. She then reportedly carried out modifications, estimated to have cost $500,000. In 2016, she put this house up for sale for $6.95 million, and in ONE DAY, she found a buyer willing to pay the total asking price.
Bethenny purchased a two-bedroom condo on Mercer Street in New York City for $4.2 million in 2014. She once more carried out some extensive improvements. She tried to sell this house in 2016 for $5.25 million, but in 2020 she settled for $3.65 million.
She invested $2.7 million in a property in the Hamptons in 2015. She still possesses this property now.
She purchased a second home in the Hamptons in 2017 with the intention of renting it out. She invested $2 million in this home but later regretted it and sold it for $2.3 million in 2020.
In the SoHo district of New York City, Bethenny purchased a 4-bedroom condo for $4.2 million in 2017. She then carried out a thorough renovation. Bethenny put the property on the market in December 2021 for just under $7 million.
To be nearer to her fiancé Paul Bernon, Bethenny purchased a property in Boston’s Back Bay district in 2019.
Bethenny purchased a residence in Greenwich, Connecticut, for $2.1 million in 2020. She sold her house for $3.3 million in the middle of 2020. She also spent $1.8 million on another Greenwich house in 2020. She undertook extensive renovations before selling this house for $3.5 million a year later.
Bethenny spent $4.5 million to buy a mansion in Greenwich, Connecticut, at the start of 2021.
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