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Is Kylie Jenner really a self-made billionaire?

Ananya
6 min readMar 30, 2021

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You have to be living under a rock to not know the infamous Kylie Jenner. If you do not know her, she’s acclaimed to be the youngest billionaire according to Forbes. At the age of 21, she was called the youngest “self-made" billionaire for running her cosmetics company. But was it really self-made?

Before answering that question, it’s important to understand her history and the history of her family. She’s a part of the very popular Kardashian clan that has been an entertaining family for years now. The mother, Kris Jenner was married to a rich lawyer, Robert Kardashian. They then had 3 beautiful daughters Kourtney, Kimberly, and Khloe, and one son Robert Jr. A few years later, the couple split up. Kris then met an Olympic medal-winning decathlete, Bruce Jenner. They then had another two girls Kendall and Kylie Jenner.

In the year 2007, Kim Kardashian had her notorious sex-tape, with the American singer Ray J, leaked. For most women, this would mean the end of their career, but for Kim, this was her start. That’s how the now known businesswoman/law student, Kim Kardashian started her career. Everything after this point took off for this family. They were offered their…

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Ananya
Ananya

Written by Ananya

I see myself as a philomath. There are lots of things in this universe that are beyond my capability to comprehend, but I sure do enjoy trying to learn them.

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