[user104658]

I believe that she established her cosmetics line with her own capital, but it's capital she made off of her family name and by virtue of "Being A Kardashian" in the first place, and also, the company took off with ease because she was already an established "social media influencer" and thus had a huge marketplace ready to buy her product before she even started, and with little to zero advertising.

Its a self made business in a sense, as it was built without the backing of a company or investor, but as an individual neither she nor her image were "self made" BEFORE she started the business, so it's not really possible to describe the overall fortune as self-made. She might have built the rocket ship but her family gifted her the launchpad.

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

I believe that she established her cosmetics line with her own capital, but it's capital she made off of her family name and by virtue of "Being A Kardashian" in the first place, and also, the company took off with ease because she was already an established "social media influencer" and thus had a huge marketplace ready to buy her product before she even started, and with little to zero advertising.

Its a self made business in a sense, as it was built without the backing of a company or investor, but as an individual neither she nor her image were "self made" BEFORE she started the business, so it's not really possible to describe the overall fortune as self-made. She might have built the rocket ship but her family gifted her the launchpad.

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

[Stevieb]

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

Who said Trump was self-made? Do you think KK actually does any of the real work, that that requires intelligence and creativity, she pays others for that. She is just the name on the product raking in the profits. Definitely never will be self-made.

[user104658]

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.

[Nicky91]

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.

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)