Twitter Divided Over ‘Self Made’ Billionair Kylie Jenner

In mid-November, Kylie Jenner marked a milestone moment with a visit to a strip mall. For the past three years, her Kylie Cosmetics had only sold its makeup online and briefly in pop up shops.

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Last year Jenner made the cover of FORBES’  on the 60 self-made riches women issue when after they valued Kylie Cosmetics at nearly $800 million.

Cosmetics giant and “Keeping up with the Kardashians” star was announced of the FORBES list as the youngest self-made billionaire on Tuesday and tweeps weren’t happy.

On Tuesday, it was officially announced that she is the youngest self-made billionaire taking the title previously held by Facebook found Mark Zuckerberg.

However, tweeps again pointed out that the “Life of Kylie” star is not self-made with Dictionary.com’s Twitter page even jumping in to throw shade laced with truth.

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Fueled in part by the Ulta expansion, Kylie Cosmetics’ revenue climbed 9% last year to an estimated $360 million. With that kind of growth, and even using a conservative multiple from the booming makeup industry, Forbes estimates Jenner’s company is worth at least $900 million. She owns all of it. Add in the cash Jenner has already pulled from the profitable business, and the 21-year-old is now a billionaire, with an estimated fortune of $1 billion. She’s the youngest-ever self-made billionaire, reaching a ten-figure fortune at a younger age than even Mark Zuckerberg (who was 23 when he hit that mark).

“It’s the power of social media,” Jenner says. “I had such a strong reach before I was able to start anything.”

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When Kylie Cosmetics launched in Ulta in 50 states, the reaction was a real-life version of the online rush Jenner created years earlier, when her initial kits sold out online in less than a minute. Ulta shoppers went wild. In some stores inventory was gone in hours. “It sold out faster than we planned,” admits Tara Simon, Ulta’s senior vice president of merchandising.

Twitter Reacts.