Now, talking to Interview, Kylie has responded and shared her own thoughts on the matter. “There’s really no other word to use other than self-made because that is the truth,” she said. “That is the category that I fall under.”
“I am a special case because before I started Kylie Cosmetics, I had a huge platform and lots of fans,” she added, addressing the following she amassed from appearing on Keeping Up With The Kardashians since the age of nine
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“I did not get money from my parents past the age of 15,” Kylie explained, although it is likely she was earing a considerable wage from her TV role. “I used 100 per cent of my own money to start the company, not a dime in my bank account is inherited… and I am very proud of that.”
Kylie’s status as a billionaire was confirmed on March 5, four years after starting the direct-to-customer beauty business.