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Originally Posted by Nicky91

so bit more self made than a Trump, who did get 2 to 3 million from his daddy to start up his business





and also Mark Zuckerberg isn't that ''self made'' either, bit of a well off family, with him having went to harvard, some of his friends came up with the facebook idea so i've read





Kylie owns 100% of her company, so it is her money she makes from it, not her family





she definitely has proven she's a lot smarter than most were thinking she'd be

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.