Hate them or love them, there's no denying that reality TV stars Kim Kardashian and Bethenny Frankel are savvy businesswomen.
Both have managed to turn their recurring reality show stints into sprawling business empires.
Notably, they attribute their success to a single trait: persistence.
Kardashian gained notoriety through her show, "Keeping Up with the Kardashians," which just wrapped up its 13th season in June, making it one of the longest-running reality television series in the U.S. Frankel shot to stardom after appearing on "The Real Housewives of New York City," which is now in it's ninth season.
Kim Kardashian
Kardashian told CNBC that she has made a fortune off her brand because of her persistence and ability to focus on achieving her professional goals (video below).
"You have to have the work ethic," she says in a recent video. "If you don't have that and don't want to work 24/7, it's not going to work for you."
In a 2015 Variety interview, Kardashian says she works hard for her money and attributes her success to "not being lazy."
"The reality is people don't want to get up and work," she says. "It sounds crazy, but I see it all the time."
Though she's become famous for appearing in reality television, Kardashian has since dabbled in other profitable ventures. The 36-year-old recently launched her beauty line called Kim Kardashian West Beauty. Her first round of products, contour and highlight kits, sold out in just under three hours.
The reality star created a hugely successful mobile gaming app in 2014, called "Kim Kardashian: Hollywood," which she publicly boasted earned her $80 million dollars in 2016.
In 2015, the businesswoman launched the highly in-demand Kimoji app and recently created a kids clothing line with her husband Kanye West. Kardashian also brings in money from her celebrity endorsements. In fact, she tells CNBC that she is a heavy social media user because it allows her to promote her brands.
Brands reportedly pay up to $500,000 for a social media shoutout to Kardashian's 101 million Instagram followers, according to Us Weekly.
The California native managed to rake in about $45 million dollars in 2017, despite a robbery and ensuing social media blackout, says Forbes.
Bethenny Frankel
Bethenny Frankel has managed to leverage a few years of reality TV into her thriving Skinnygirl empire, which just launched a deli meat brand in May of this year.
The reality star says the road to success wasn't easy and required a lot of grit and persistence despite various career obstacles. "I hit a lot of roadblocks, but I was a dog on a bone," Frankel tells CNBC .