Khaby Lame
TikTok creator · Outside the United States
- Founded
- 2020
- Entered
- 2020
- Placed at
- 2020: first documented activity
- Status 2026
- Active
- Metro
- Outside the United States
- Embeddedness
- 2 connections
- Confidence
- verified · strongest source trade or financial press
Method
Khaby Lame loses his CNC machine job near Turin, Italy in March 2020 and starts posting silent reactions to life hacks on TikTok. He becomes the most followed account on June 22, 2022 with 142 million followers, signs Hugo Boss in January 2022 and gets Italian citizenship in August 2022. ICE detains him in Las Vegas on June 6, 2025 for a visa overstay and he self deports. In January 2026 Rich Sparkle Holdings buys his company Step Distinctive Limited in a reported $975 million all stock deal, taking exclusive commercial rights for at least 36 months and authority to build an AI digital twin of his face and voice; he becomes a controlling shareholder of the buyer. Forbes reports experts flagging the valuation.
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- paid byTikTokKhaby Lame becomes TikTok's most followed creator in 2022 and earns through its creator programs and brand deals. (partly verified)2021 to present
- sponsored byHugo BossHugo Boss features Khaby Lame in its January 2022 BeYourOwnBOSS rebrand campaign under a multi year deal and later releases a BOSS x Khaby capsule; Rich Sparkle Holdings agrees in January 2026 to buy his company Step Distinctive for 975 million dollars in stock, per an SEC filing.2022 to present