Industrious Gold Diggers: Women Who Made Their Own Money After Marrying Money

October 5th, 2011 - By Alexis Garrett Stodghill

Gold Digger

A simple search online will reveal the commonly held misconception that many black women are gold diggers. Gold Diggers of course come in many colors and temperaments, ranging from kind and coddling to bossy or even lazy. But we are not here today to judge whether being a gold digger itself is bad or good, or what a women should do once she snags that man with cash. We are hear to cast an eye on that rare breed of woman who binds her meal ticket in hold matrimony, then bleeds him dry in order to create her own empire. This rare species — the Industrious Gold Digger — does not sit idly by and get manicures once she has secured the ring. Nor does she nag her new husband to death in a grim attempt to hold on to her money bag. No. She takes that access to wealth and parlays it into a fortune of her own, so she can keep or leave the man at her bidding. Regardless of whether the relationship goes sour, The Industrious Gold Digger has used her mate as a stepping stone to her personally controlled economic power. Here are seven such women who have capitalized on marrying up.

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  • Xenophon

    You mean these people who married money were able to use their time not spent going to a job to earn wages, and the access to credit and startup capital granted by their spouse’s wealth to actually create new wealth on their own? It almost sounds difficult.

  • KISS, keepitsimple

    Kerry and Georgina look like angels.

  • Isis Marceline

    How is Rachel Roy a golddigger if she was interning at RocaWear? She obviously has an interest in fashion and was willing to work AS AN INTERN to acheive success. Is it her fault that Dame Dash liked her?

    How is Kimora a golddigger? I think I stated above.

  • rene

    Kimora is not a Gold digger .According to her Biography she broke up wit Russel and He tracked her down and proposed to her. There is a difference in being a stacker gold digger and a classy woman who won't settle,

  • Brodie

    Are they gold diggers or are their former husbands tricks and got what they wanted anyway? I wish more women would invest in other things besides fashion, cosmetics, and entertainment. I guess I'll have to wait until I have the opportunity to stand at that cross roads:)

  • gina

    Very impressive ladies. Makes alot more sense for them and their off spring, they will never know the indignities poverty.

  • Kutta Mo.Fo.

    I think some of you guys are missing the point of the post. IF that’s the avenue you are going to take in an effort to acquire success and establishment, then these are the ones you should look up to and take notes from. That’s all. This is a day and time when women can beome famous simply because of WHO they’ve done as opposed to WHAT, garnering popularity and gaining lucrative opportunities that start to roll in simply because their status with some man, like prettly much all the people on this list. I wouldn’t call these women golddiggers. They’re more in the category of opportunists (a fancier term for golddigger).

  • The Voice of Reason

    Can't blame them. Its in women's nature to be golddiggers….

    Hoes will be hoes

  • Strug surviconqa

    Wait a minute kimora is black i thought she was asian

    • rene

      Her Dad is Black her mom is Asian

      • Jeff Johnson

        Yeah I saw them at the casino in St.Louis

  • http://www.facebook.com/alexis.stodghill Alexis Garrett Stodghill

    Wow, these comments are very interesting. There ARE women on it who are not black. Also, this is not exactly something that only black women do. I think I made it clear that all women do it, and that I am not judging. People who are rich and powerful often do shady things. That is just life. But you all make very interesting points. I also think you can marry for money, and love, and use both to do something constructive. I think that is more worthwhile than simply being married, getting divorced, and walking off with settlement money, which many people do. I am applauding these women for being INDUSTRIOUS. A very positive term.

    • Cat

      You may call them "industrious", but you also call them "gold diggers" which is highly offensive. It seems like as black women, we can never just simply pat each other on the back. There still has to be the under handed insult to go along with it as well. I also thought this site would be one that was just positive and only that. If some of these woman on this list actually did marry for money, then shame on them! But at the end of the day, who are we to judge. They could have very well married for love and the man just happened to be rich. The bottom line is, I agree that these things happen in our society, but your line up is a little off. At least pick women who are not hard working individuals and who display the "gold digger" charactersitics a little more. And your claim that it's not a "black thing" seems to be a bit of a contridiction. Under the Kim Kardashian picture, you really go in on the fact that she has gotten where she is by dating black men. I just really feel confused by this post all together and feel it could have been much more tasteful!

  • http://Google.com Allblueverything

    This has to be the most IGNORANT post I have ever read! I was under the assumption that madam noir was a respectful blog that empowered black women. The bottom line is, marrying with the hopes of later divorcing and getting a divorce settlement is not only wrong, but it lowers a woman’s stock severly, because doing so is prostitution. As a black man, I can honestly say that this is why the black family is suffering. We blame outside factors and the Devil (you know we love our religion), but the reality is, we are ruining ourselves.

    Madam noir, if you you want to remain a respectable blog, don’t compromise the integrity of your blog by posting bullsh!t because you have nothing else to say. Silence is golden.

    • Anna

      Tory Burch is white though….

    • L-Boogie

      @Allblueeverything, your response is valid and to the point. Thank you.

  • anj

    kimora was a high fashion model making plenty of money and buying her mother a house when she was still in high school….wouldn't lable her a gold digger

    • Agree

      Agree!! I don't understand why they keep saying that! She had her money and if antything he was the one that needed an arm candy! He was like half her age and she was already a runway model for like four years by the time he met her!

      • Isis Marceline

        Yes thank you! IT WAS HER who got HIM into Fashion! He probably would know NOTHING about it if not for her! Sheesh!!!

    • Isis Marceline

      Thank you!! She has been modeling sine 13 and Russell basically picked her off the runway floor.

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  • Babymama drama

    I went through all of this to see if Antoina Wright was on here, and of course no. She made her fame off of being lil wayne ex-wife/babymama. I mean come on!!

    • ummm

      Oh Please!!, they were like young when they got married and no longer together by the time she got famous. And so what if she used his name to make money…Jealous? you sound like it!

    • crazy

      when she got with little wayne they were like 14 or younger. She was 14 when she had her daughter. He didnt even have a career yet. she truley loved him, but when he became famous, more women (that wanted the fame and fortune came on the scene) thus they divorced. She got a reality show because she wanted to set the record straight and get out of the "baby mama" shadow….

      • Babymama drama

        Ok, I can agree with that, but how many times do we have to tear down the community to make it big, How many people before her mother/father was on drugs and still came out on top? There is no excuse for this, she is famous from being Lil Wayne babymama/ex-wife. It is what it is. That reality show still did not do her any better.

  • trinij333

    Hire me as an editor! Geez! "HEAR" when it should be "HERE"