Check Out KIMBERLY BIZU’s Story

Today we’d like to introduce you to KIMBERLY BIZU.

Hi KIMBERLY, so excited to have you on the platform. So before we get into questions about your work-life, maybe you can bring our readers up to speed on your story and how you got to where you are today?
When I turned 25, half of my friends ran off to marry well, and the other half were girlbossing their way to the top. I found myself somewhere in between… do I get a boyfriend or a business plan? The latter happened first, and Rich Little Brokegirls was born.

Rich Little Brokegirls is a podcast and community that unpacks the pressure women face to be everything at once: “the perfect Housewife and the ambitious CEO.” Through intimate events and viral conversations, we create space for women to own their ambition and build lives anchored in independence and self-worth. My goal was to build a platform that emphasized the point in a woman’s life when she doesn’t quite have it figured out.

The name was inspired by Poor Little Bitch Girl by Jackie Collins, one of my first female idols. Jackie wrote about powerful Hollywood Housewives and CEOs—women who bent the world to their will. Through her stories, I learned that feminism, at its core, is a woman’s right and freedom to choose.

Before launching RLBG, I spent five years in New York working as the assistant to high-profile female executives and award-winning journalists in Fashion, Media, and Philanthropy—think The Devil Wears Prada. I had behind-the-scenes access to what it really takes to be a “woman on top”—a front-row seat to the realities of power, influence, and high performance. I always knew I would build something of my own, but that experience gave me the blueprint.

Since launching Rich Little Brokegirls, I’ve:

• Grown the podcast to 500K+ downloads and 300K+ followers across platforms
• Hosted 25+ events across NYC, LA, and London
• Scaled brand partnerships across beauty, tech, and media — including Google, Sephora, L’Oréal, Allure, and Poppi
• Partnered with 13+ female-founded brands — founded by women like Jessica Alba (HONEST), Cameron Diaz (Avaline), Laney Crowell (Saie Beauty), Diarrha N’Diaye (Ami Colé), and Olamide Olowe (Topicals) — to bring their products into the RLBG community through IRL events and cultural moments.
• Spoken at CultureCon alongside Yara Shahidi, AdWeek, and The Tamron Hall Show
• Produced a four-year partnership with ESSENCE Girls United and launched the Future Icons Collective
• Partnered with Planned Parenthood and The Center for Reproductive Rights
• Represented RLBG at TIME Women of the Year and Forbes Iconoclast Summit

Through Rich Little Brokegirls, I’m building a world where women don’t just share stories, they shape their own.

Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
It hasn’t always been smooth, but it’s felt aligned. And that’s made all the difference. Building Rich Little Brokegirls brought together everything I’m good at: building community, producing, speaking. I always say that’s why it works. It’s the first thing I’ve done that feels like a full expression of who I am. When you’re operating in alignment, even the hard parts feel worth it. The road hasn’t been perfect, but it’s been mine, and that’s something I’m proud of.

As you know, we’re big fans of you and your work. For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about what you do?
At my core, I’m a storyteller and strategist. I build conversations that turn into communities, and then turn those communities into culture. What I do lives at the intersection of media, womanhood, and impact.

I specialize in translating the personal into the powerful. Whether it’s through a podcast episode, a dinner party, or a live panel, I know how to create space that feels intimate and electric at the same time. My work doesn’t just spark engagement. It creates movement. That’s what I’m known for.

I’m proud of what I’ve built with Rich Little Brokegirls, but even more proud of how it’s made women feel: seen, supported, and smart for asking better questions about their lives. I’ve partnered with brands like Google, Allure, and Sephora not just for visibility, but to create meaningful moments where women connect beyond the algorithm.

What sets me apart is that I think deeply about how women experience content, conversation and community, and how that can be a launchpad for clarity, confidence and choice.

We’d love to hear about any fond memories you have from when you were growing up?
One of my favorite childhood memories is spending summers in Nigeria with my family, led by strong women. I have 17 cousins, and every year, one of our moms would take us there at the start of summer, then halfway through, another mom would tag in and bring us back home. It was like a beautiful, chaotic relay of aunties.

We had so much freedom to play, roam, and just be kids, but beneath all the fun, it was those summers that quietly instilled in me the value of family, community, and shared responsibility. My mother is one of three sisters, and watching them move as a unit, each stepping in to care for all of us, taught me what it means to be part of something bigger than yourself. It also rooted me in the belief that when you’re connected to where you come from, you blossom. That’s a lesson I carry with me in everything I build.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://richlittlebrokegirls.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kimberlybizu/
• Other: https://www.instagram.com/richlittlebrokegrls/

Image Credits
Headshot: Mark Clennon @mark.c