Designing Wealth: Bobby Berk's Blueprint to Millions

Networth and Chill with Your Rich BFF

Vivian Tu

News, Business, Careers, Business News, Entrepreneurship

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

This week on Networth and Chill, Vivian sits down with design superstar Bobby Berk to explore how money mindset shapes everything from career pivots to creative success. Fresh off his Queer Eye fame, Bobby opens up about his journey to building a multi-million dollar design empire, sharing the financial lessons he learned while transforming both homes and his own bank account. From navigating the feast-or-famine cycle of creative careers to making smart investments in his brand, Bobby reveals the money moves that helped him turn his passion for design into serious wealth. Whether you're building a creative business or just trying to design a better financial future, this episode delivers the blueprint for turning your talents into lasting prosperity. Follow Bobby on Instagram and TikTok! Follow the podcast on Instagram and TikTok! Got a financial question you want answered in a future episode? Email us at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Living in New York City, and I moved there 21.
0:02.0	I made $2,200 a month.
0:04.0	That's what I brought home.
0:05.0	Okay.
0:06.0	And my rent was $2,100.
0:07.0	No.
0:08.0	And so I was living off $100 bucks a month.
0:09.0	I was literally buying a dollar chicken sandwich
0:11.0	from the dollar menu at McDonald's a day.
0:13.0	And I would split it in half,
0:14.0	you'd have them for lunch and have them for dinner,
0:16.0	and that was my meal every day. I was so skinny. My pants fell down. My financial philosophy back then was
0:22.7	just to survive. What's up, rich friends? Welcome back to another episode of Not Worth and Chill
0:35.4	with me, your host, Vivian 2, aka Your Rich BFF and your favorite Wall Street Girlie. So fun update, I'm likely going to be
0:43.8	extending my time in Miami, and that means I'm probably going to be finding a new apartment
0:48.9	pretty soon. And with a new apartment comes a series of headaches. You got to find a new place that that you like, you gotta lug all of your old stuff to the new place,
0:58.0	and sometimes you gotta buy some new stuff to fill the new space you have.
1:02.0	And I've always loved the Japanese, Scandinavian,
1:06.0	ultra-clean, modern, refined look, but aside from that,
1:10.0	I actually have no clue how to properly design
1:14.0	a space or a home. So I called in a friend, and today we are diving into the world where creativity
1:19.9	meets cold hard cash with someone who's become a household name by literally transforming households.
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