Singapore billionaire heiress Kim Lim’s highs and lows – from hanging out with Cristiano Ronaldo and K-pop star Seungri of Big Bang to becoming a divorced single mum

Sep 9 , 2020

Behind the mask, Kim Lim has lead a privileged but problematic life. Photo: @kimlimhl/Instagram

Her billionaire father is Peter Lim, the owner of Spanish football club Valencia CF, but since becoming a single mother heiress Kim Lim has had to stand up against racism and cyberbullying, and is now struggling to make her own way in the world

Born to Singapore business magnate Peter Lim – whose net worth is estimated at about US$2 billion – Kim Lim has lived a lavishly pampered, royal-like life, enjoying private jets and fancy holidays, and indulging in expensive luxury brands such as Louis Vuitton and Christian Louboutin.

Despite her fame and affluence, Kim’s personal life has not always been a fairy tale and while disheartened by her occasional misfortune, the billionaire heiress has positively chosen to devote herself to her career and becoming a better mother for her son.

Born in 1991, Kim has long captivated the public as she generously shared details of her life. At the age of 12, she was sent to board at the UK’s Queenswood School, where she learned to be independent. Although she could get almost anything with her family’s wealth, Kim decided to escape her father’s shadow, establishing a name for her own: On the stock market, her father is known as the “Remisier King”; on social media, Kim is today a top influencer.

Fans are fascinated by Kim’s jet-setting lifestyle and sophisticated sense of fashion, as well as her friendships with influential celebrities such as K-pop star Seungri of Big Bang and Cristiano Ronaldo – who made headlines when he stopped by to visit Kim and her newborn son in 2017.

Despite enjoying the perks of a princess, Kim has endured a lot of ups and downs privately. When she was only four years old, her parents went through one of the lengthiest and most bitter divorces in Singapore and, according to her, those moments were among the darkest in her life as she and her younger brother were constantly moved back and forth between her parents.

It was heart-wrenching that her own marriage, which was officialised in 2016 in a simple registration ceremony, would also end in divorce just three years later. Unlike her parents’, hers was an amicable divorce as both agreed to part ways in recognition of their irreconcilable differences, according to interviews and media reports.