What is Patrisse Cullors' net worth?

PATRISSE Cullors is a co-founder of the Black Lives Matter activist group.

The self-proclaimed “trained Marxist” has been branded a “fraud” after it was revealed she splashed out $1.4million on a property in Los Angeles.

Who is Patrisse Cullors?

Cullors was born in Los Angeles, California, and grew up in Pacoima, a neighborhood in the San Fernado Valley.

As a child she was involved with the Jehovah Witnesses but became disillusioned with the church.

She went to Cleveland High School in Reseda before attending UCLA where she gained a degree in religion and philosophy.

Afterwards she passed an Masters in Fine Arts at the University of Southern California.

Patrisse Cullors, 37, describes herself a "trained Marxist" and "freedom fighter".

Her website describes her as an artist, author, educator, and abolitionist working towards "challenging social concepts and reframing our nation’s intercultural dialog – one medium at a time."

Cullors works as a professor of Social and Environmental Arts at Prescott College in Arizona and last October signed a deal with TV and movie studio Warner Bros.

The contract states that the activist will develop and produce original programming for the entertainment giant.

In her 2018 memoir, Cullors said she was raised by a single mother and lived in a "two-story, tan-colored building where the paint was peeling and where there is a gate that does not close properly and an intercom system that never works."

What is her net worth?

Cullors net worth is not exactly clear although Biography Daily estimated she was worth $1m in 2021.

It is not clear how she got the funds to purchase the Topanga Canyon property.

"BLM co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors magically found $1.4m down the back of her sofa to buy a house in 88.2% white neighborhood near Malibu. Not bad for a black Marxist," a Twitter user wrote. 

"Patrisse Khan-Cullors a co-founder of BLM has just bought a $1.4 million property in Topanga Canyon an expensive area near Los Angeles. It's a white area that is less than 2% black. She's an avowed Marist who wants the abolition of capitalism. #PatrisseKhan-Cullors, set up for life," read another tweet. 

When did she found the Black Lives Matter foundation?

Cullors founded Black Lives Matter with Opal Tometi and Alicia Garza in 2013 after the acquittal of George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch coordinator who killed unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin.

However, last year, the co-founders left the group leaving Cullors to assume control of the BLM Global Network – which oversees local chapters.

According to the Associated Press, BLM took in $90m donations in 2020.

It is unclear if or how Cullors is paid by the activist group she co-founded.

Cullors has also served as executive director of the Coalition to End Sheriff Violence in LA. Jails

She also co-founded the prison activist organization Dignity and Power Now.

How many houses does Patrisse Cullors own?

Cullors was branded a “fraud” after she brought a $1.4million three-bathroom house in Topanga Canyon, a largely white neighbourhood, which comes complete with a guest house.

In her new area, 88 per cent of locals are white while 1.8 per cent are back, according to the census, reports the Daily Mail.

The expensive property has a large back yard which the realtor says is "ideal for entertaining or quietly contemplating cross-canyon vistas framed by mature trees."

Other details about her property empire have also come to light.

The Topanga Canyon homestead is one of three properties that Cullors owns in Los Angeles, according to public records viewed by the New York Post.

In 2020, Cullors and her spouse Janaya Khan purchased a fourth home in Georgia, Atlanta. The $415,000 property spans 3.2 rural acres in Conyers that includes a studio apartment with a private airplane hangar located underneath it.

In 2016, she bought a three-bedroom house in Inglewood for $510,000 which is now worth around $800,000.

She was also looking at properties in a resort located in the Bahamas where golf legend Tiger Woods and pop star Justin Timberlake resided, according to the New York Post. 

Twitter users have questioned why the activist chose to buy a luxury property in a white neighborhood.

One account called Cullors a "fraud", tweeting: "Well at least it should finally be clear to everyone what a fraud Patriss Khan-Cullors is."

Vallejo for Racial Justice posted: "We're talking generational wealth off of the deaths & struggle of Black folks here.

"Justice Teams Network & BLM founder paid $1.4 million dollars for a home.

"This past week we bought a cot for our unhoused Black elder friend to keep him off the ground."

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