The announcement was controversial, to say the least. In 2019, Forbes magazine crowned Kylie Jenner the world’s youngest self-made billionaire, igniting an uproar over what, exactly, constitutes “self-made.” The Keeping Up With the Kardashians star, 22, reached the milestone thanks largely to the success of her beauty brand, Kylie Cosmetics, which she’d started at 18. “[The recognition] feels really good,” she told Forbes. “That’s a nice pat on the back.”
Too bad the “self-made” part may not have been the only exaggeration. A bombshell May 29 report, also from Forbes, alleges that Kylie and her business aren’t worth as much as she and momager Kris Jenner, 64, have long claimed. In a story headlined “Inside Kylie Jenner’s Web of Lies — and Why She’s No Longer a Billionaire,” the magazine…