No, that quantity within the headline is not a typo and is the truth is Rihanna’s internet price – our jaws are on the ground too.
The Umbrella hitmaker has overtaken Kim Kardashian as America’s youngest self-made feminine billionaire with a internet price of $1.4billion (£1.17bn) on the age of simply 34.
But it surely’s not all unhealthy information for Kim Okay, 41, whose internet price is only a measly $1.8billion (£1.5bn), yanno, nothing main or something…
Kim’s fortune comes from quite a lot of areas, together with her actuality TV profession bringing in a 10-figure fortune, alongside together with her cellular sport, cosmetics model KKW Magnificence, and shapewear model Skims.
Skims, for instance, doubled its valuation to $3.2billion (£2.3bn) in lower than a yr.
However, Rihanna’s obtained her fingers in loads of pies too, with a lot of the Barbados export’s fortune coming from her profitable cosmetics line, Fenty Magnificence.
Rihanna – actual title Robyn Rihanna Fenty – co owns the corporate with French luxurious retailer LVMH.
Fenty Magnificence – which has taken make-up lovers by storm with every little thing from foundations to lip stains to fragrances – generated greater than $550million (£419m) in income in 2020.
Whereas the musician’s fortune principally comes from her stakes within the fast-growing firm, she additionally has a 30% stake in Savage x Fenty, her lingerie line which raised cash at a $1billion (£838k) valuation in February 2021.
In relation to the richest self-made girls within the US general, Rihanna sits fairly at quantity 21 on the record, however she’s the one billionaire underneath 40.
The youngest non-billionaire on the record is Kim’s sister Kylie Jenner, 24, who was initially topped Forbes’ youngest self-made billionaire in 2018 earlier than her internet price was recalculated. It’s now regarded as $600million (£502m) which nonetheless ain’t too shabby!
However, Rihanna has beforehand insisted that cash isn’t her foremost aim and getting mega-rich received’t put her off from working.
In 2019, she advised The New York Occasions: ‘I by no means thought I’d make this a lot cash, so a quantity just isn’t going to cease me from working.’
Whereas it might not cease her from working, all that dosh will definitely assist her present a tremendous life for her son, whom she welcomed earlier this yr with rapper A$AP Rocky.
The child boy is the couple’s first youngster, and so they’ve saved a comparatively low profile since beginning a household.
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