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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier
The truth is that very few (very) wealthy people are truly self made Nicky. That's not to say that self made individuals don't exist but usually they're more in the realms of "have done well for themselves", maybe even "low" millionaire status but when you're talking hundreds of millions / billions, the sad fact is that it's usually established dynasties involved somewhere, at least enough wealth to have gone to good schools / universities / "met the right people" (it's not what you know it's WHO you know, etc.)
The Kardashians as a unit HAVE, to be fair, greatly exceeded traditional expectations... Essentially by being at the cutting edge of the "influencer gold rush" - social media monetisation is a brand new industry and they were some of the early pioneers and have been overwhelmingly successful - but Kylie as an individual has benefitted immensely from the success of the family unit and brand and simply COULD NOT be where she is today purely on individual merit and entrepreneurship.
Yes she has done extremely well to capitalise to such an extent on the opportunities presented to her, it IS impressive in its own right, but they were not by any stretch self-driven opportunities.
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i doubt anyone can become a billionaire on their own
Oprah from the bottom to successful yeah ok, but still if she wasn't an actress first of all at start of her career, she wouldn't have gotten a sort of fanbase which helped her make her talkshow so successful
and also she took the opportunities she was given
the color purple truly kickstarted oprah's career honestly, and from there it went upwards real fast, and she had a great production team for oprah Winfrey show behind her, signing some major stars to be on the show too (for good solid ratings so many years)