Kylie Jenner's lip kits made her richer than every Kardashian, Jenner, and West combined


The Kardashian-Jenner-West family can't afford to give lip to one of its youngest members.
Kylie Jenner has become the youngest person on Forbes' annual list of America's richest self-made women, which was released Wednesday. The 20-year-old's net worth of roughly $900 million puts her in the No. 27 spot overall — and on track to become the youngest self-made billionaire ever.
Forbes values Kylie Cosmetics, Jenner's makeup company, at nearly $800 million, and Jenner owns it all. That fortune, along with her clothing line, TV show income, and endorsements, puts her 27 spots above older half-sister Kim Kardashian West.
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And Jenner beats out more than just Kardashian West's $350 million net worth. She's richer than Beyonce and Jay-Z, and richer than every other Kardashian, Jenner, and West combined — yes, including Kanye. Haters may say Jenner's famous family means she wasn't "self-made," but the Kardashian name didn't launch everyone else into similar megawealth. Their combined net worths of around $758 million still can't touch Jenner's fortune.
Jenner has another three years to beat out Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to become the youngest person to earn $1 billion, per Forbes. With $330 million in cosmetics sales last year, there's a high chance Jenner will crack a billion this year — even if she herself has opted for newly natural lips.
Check out the rest of the list — and read more about Jenner's business chops — at Forbes.
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Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.
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