Meet Kim Kardashian’s Best Friends and Inner Circle: The People Who She Can’t Live Without

Ivanka Trump

Fans were shocked to learn the women have been friends for years after Ivanka attended Kim’s exclusive 43rd birthday party in October 2023. Later that month, the Skims founder returned the love in an Instagram Stories post of the pair together, writing, “Happy Birthday to the most thoughtful sweetest soul @ivankatrump. Can’t wait to celebrate you asap!”

While Kim and Ivanka’s friendship took many fans by surprise, they’ve been pals for a long time. “Kim and Ivanka have been friends for years and have hung out on a number of occasions,” a source told Us Weekly in October 2023. “They initially bonded nearly a decade ago at the Met Gala over motherhood and being new moms. But they continued to connect numerous times over the years.”

Lauren Sanchez

Another somewhat surprising guest at Kim’s 43rd birthday bash in October 2023, which was later shown on The Kardashians season 5 in June 2024, was Jeff Bezos’ fiancée, Lauren Sánchez. The birthday party came one month after the Kardashian-Jenners hung out at Beyoncé’s concert with Lauren and Jeff.

“It makes me feel so good that everyone wanted to come out and celebrate and have dinner with us,” Kim said at her party. “But honestly, I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for my friends. Like I have the best friends and they’re super supportive. I think that’s probably why I’ve never seen a therapist, is because I have the best friends in the entire world, and they mean everything to me.”

Stephanie Shepherd

Steph has been in and out of Kim’s life since she started as the reality star’s personal assistant in 2013. The pair were so close as Steph travelled the world with the entrepreneur and even helped assemble Kim’s daughter North’s first stroller. They were as close as sisters, but Steph had bigger career aspirations and the two parted ways in 2017.

After dabbling in modeling and being a social media influencer, Kim eventually made Stephanie the chief operating officer of all Kardashian West Brands, including KKW Beauty and KKW Fragrances, but the two soon parted ways again. This time they remained on a friendly basis, and Kim attended her pal’s June 24, 2023, wedding to music executive Larry Jackson. Steph made a rare appearance on Kim’s Instagram in a July 23, 2023, selfie showing the pair hanging out in bed together having a girls’ night.

Ashley Kraines

Like some of Kim’s other childhood friends, Ashley keeps a pretty low profile, especially in comparison to her famous chum! Ashley works as a yoga instructor, and brother Todd Kraines once appeared on Keeping Up With the Kardashians.

Sarah Meyer Michaelson

Sarah (pictured on the left) is certainly impressive in her own right. Kim’s lifelong pal is the founder and CEO of Roe Caviar, and has rubbed shoulders within Hollywood’s fashion community.

Lindsay May

Kim’s pal Lindsay keeps a relatively low profile, but she did cofound Mayflower Entertainment and has worked alongside brands like Gucci. Impressive!

Zoe Winkler Reinis

This is a connection you might not have seen coming, but Kim is a “lifer” friend with Zoe Winkler Reinis, who just so happens to be Henry Winkler’s daughter! She is the cofounder of an organization called This Is About Humanity, that works alongside immigrant families trying to create better lives in the United States. She keeps her personal life, however, behind closed doors thanks to her private social media presence.

Simone Harouche

Simone is lucky enough to be part of Kim K’s inner circle, and the stylist and interior designer has a picture-perfect life (if Instagram is anything to go by). She’s shared throwback photos of her and the reality TV star from time to time, posting a sweet tribute to Kim on her birthday in 2020.

“We met when we were 11 years old and I thought you were the coolest girl in the world! You were kind, funny, down to earth, friends with everyone, beautiful and knew everything about makeup (lol),” Simone wrote. “29 years later, I can still say the exact same things about you except now you’re a F–KING BOSS! I’m so in awe of all you’ve become and accomplished. I love you,” she concluded, before writing, “LIFERS4LIFE.”

Allison Statter

Kim and Allison have been best friends since childhood and attended grade school together. Her father is legendary talent manager Irving Azoff, who happens to be one of Kim’s mom Kris Jenner’s closest pals.

“I know I always say ‘My BFF’, and I definitely have lots of them, but Allison and I go way, way back,” Kim revealed in a 2016 video on her website.

“Allison is like the first person that I would call if there was like a huge family drama. Like, before anyone,” the businesswoman continued. Allison then added, “And I would do the same. We’re basically as close as you get to sisters without having blood.”

“I don’t know life without Kim,” the Blended Strategy Group cofounder continued, adding, “You’ve just been such an amazing sister to me. It’s also just really comforting and really nice to be on the same path in life too. We had our kids at the same time, were like married with kids at the same time. … It’s rare and it’s unique and I just feel so blessed that we have each other.”

Tracy Romulus

Best friends and work colleagues! Tracy is the brand manager for Kim’s companies and the pair have been pals for over 15 years. “You are the most loyal and biggest cheerleader,” the entrepreneur gushed in a 2021 birthday tribute about her confidante, adding, “One of the hardest working people I know.”

Natalie Halcro

While the origin of Natalie and Kim’s friendship is unclear, they have been in each other’s lives for years. The Canada-born influencer appeared on Keeping Up With the Kardashians and the women support each other on social media. Kim and her daughter Chicago attended Natalie’s daughter Dove’s first birthday party in 2021, and the SKIMS founder threw Natalie a slumber party with their closest pals in February 2023 to celebrate the Relatively Nat and Liv star’s 35th birthday.

Olivia Pierson

The blonde half of the Relatively Nat and Liv duo is also one of Kim’s close pals. Like Nat, she’s a Canada native and social media influencer who is a frequent guest at soirees involving Kim’s inner circle. Olivia’s younger sister, Sophia, also manages to score invites to the entrepreneur’s parties and events.

Sevana Petrosian

Sev is close friends with most of the Kardashian-Jenner sisters. She works in the beauty industry as an aesthetician and has her own laser hair removal service. Sev was also one of the lucky attendees at the intimate slumber party Kim threw for Natalie.

Mario Dedivanovic

Kim’s longtime makeup artist is one of her closest friends and confidantes. “We’re such big supporters of each other,” he told Us in July 2022. “I think it’s been almost 15 years now. We literally test and try whatever we’re working on with each other. I’ll test and try her stuff. I give her my stuff.”

Kim reflected on their long friendship during an April 2022 episode of The Kardashians. “Seeing Mario [get] so emotional [about me hosting SNL] just reminds me of when his agency told him not to work with me because I was just a ‘reality star,'” she revealed in a confessional, adding, “And that he was never going to have a career if he was my makeup artist, and he told them basically to go f–k themselves.”

Jonathan Cheban

The “Foodgod” has been a constant presence in Kim’s life since 2009, when they met at mutual friend Brittny Gastineau‘s birthday party. He appeared on countless episodes of Keeping Up With the Kardashians, and the pair are still close today. In an October 2022, Instagram photo cozied up with Jonathan, Kim wrote, “Friends Foreva.”