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Kylie Jenner is named Forbes youngest self made billionaire for a second year in a row

Photo credit: Kevin Mazur - Getty Images
Photo credit: Kevin Mazur - Getty Images

From Cosmopolitan

Today Forbes released it's annual list of The World's Billionaires, which charts the net worth 0f the world's richest. Last year at aged 21, Kylie was revealed to be the world's youngest self-made billionaire, knocking Mark Zuckerberg - who was 23 when he made his first billion - off the spot.

Now, at 22, Kylie has held onto the title for a second year in a row, after selling off 51% of her cosmetics brand, Kylie Cosmetics in November for $600m (roughly £486m). The sale means her business is now valued at roughly $1.2 billion.

Last year, Forbes was forced to address backlash against calling Kylie 'self-made', given that she the Kardashians are one of the most famous and wealthiest families in the world.

In response, Forbes stated, "Yes, self-made (despite a lot of help from her famous family, she didn’t inherit her business—she built it). And yes, billionaire (she’s worth $1 billion)."

Kylie is one of only 2,095 people in the world worth 1 billion or more. She's also the youngest and richest of the Kardashian-Jenner clan. Except the kids... for now.

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