Kim kashes in at fund talk

BUSINESS — or at least talking about it — pays. A source told Page Six that Skims founder Kim Kardashian got around $1 million for her appearance at a conference during Miami’s so-called “Hedge Fund Week,” though some attendees smugly felt they were too good to go see her talk.

Kardashian spoke at the iConnections Global Alts conference at the Fontainebleau hotel last Tuesday about her newly launched private equity firm SKKY Partners with her co-founder, industry vet Jay Sammons.

iConnections CEO Ron Biscardi told us, “We don’t comment publicly on [monetary] arrangements with speakers.”

Another source told us that Kardashian’s fee was less than half a million.

In 2016, Page Six exclusively reported that Kardashian made $700,000 to take selfies with Instagram stars at an event in the Hamptons.

Despite the fact the KKW Beauty founder and reality star has created her own business empire — making Forbes’ billionaire list in 2021 — we’re told some snooty hedgies turned up their noses at attending her panel, instead opting for a boat ride.

One source told us they heard an attendee smugly state, “Yeah, she’s hot, but I came in from London to do business. What am I going to learn from her?” Probably a lot. Despite a few naysayers, we hear Kardashian’s talk was so packed they needed two overflow rooms.

Biscardi told us, “She received huge applause when she walked out onto the stage. It was standing room only in the room where she spoke, with people spilling into the hallway. We had even more people in overflow rooms where the video was streamed to accommodate the sell-out crowd.”

Biscardi added, “I was happy to see so much support for a female fund manager in an industry dominated by men.” Other speakers at this year’s conference included Mark Cuban, Mike Novogratz, Anthony Scaramucci and more. We hear tickets to the event cost $10,000.