20 Celebrities Who Managed to Mint Millions and How (5 of 5)

Ivanka Trump

One of the most influential and trusted advisors of Donald Trump’s, the current US president- Ivanka Trump is the mother of three and the most well-known entrepreneur.

The last decade brought about a radical change in Ivanka’s success story as she swerved through the pitfalls and but successfully managed to reach her career’s zenith. Born to Donald and Ivana Trump, Ivanka is married to Jared Kushner and has a net worth of about $300 billion.

She has made a few brief appearances in tv shows such as The Gossip Girl and has also been featured in brands such as Tommy Hilfiger and Sassy Jeans. She has her line of fashion items such as clothes, handbags, shoes, and accessories in the stores across the US and Canada. She also has Macy’s and Hudson’s on the list!

Oprah Winfrey

The only woman of color to be ever listed on Forbes list of ‘400 richest people in America’. Besides reaching the peak of her career and winning hearts over with her talk show, she has also made a fortune out of it. She started her journey from poverty and shooted straight to a $3 billion fortune in no time.

At 14, she broke free and went to live with her father in Tennessee, Nashville where her success story started.

At 19, she left college to pursue her career in media. She became the first black female news anchor before the age of 20 in Nashville, and within a few months. Winfrey transformed the lowest-rated talk show in Chicago to the highest-rated one. Within three years, it was renamed “The Oprah Winfrey Show”. Her net worth as of 2020 is $3.5 billion!

Jay Z

Shawn Corey Cartner, renowned as Jay Z is one of the wealthiest musicians of the world. Jay Z had a magnificent transformation in his career in hip-hop culture at an early age. In 1989, he appeared on MTV’s “Yo MTV raps,” just at the age of 19. By 1990 he was performing songs on the raps of his mentor, Jaz-O.

He has earned his fortune by selling his talent in hip-hop culture for almost three decades and has also parlayed his success into several business ventures such as entertainment labels, clothing brands, an alcohol brand, an upscale sports club, and a streaming service worth $600 million.

He has forged a fortune from millions of sell-out tours and chart-topping albums throughout his career and has a net worth of $1 billion!

Kylie Jenner

A young American media personality, socialite and businesswoman, first rose to limelight by starring in ‘Keeping Up With The Kardashians’; a show managed and handled by her own family.

The youngest daughter of the Kardashian-Jenner family was labeled as the ‘youngest self-made billionaire’ by Forbes magazine. Her worth is about an estimate of $1 billion, and at 22 she was the second-highest-paid celebrity. Jenner admitted in an interview that at age 15, her family cut her off.

She runs her own cosmetic company, known as the ‘Kylie Cosmetics’. As of March 2019, she owned 100% of the same, and its value was $900 million. Sharp Terlep of The Wall Street Journal reported that she agreed to sell about a 51% stake to Coty Inc for the price of about $600 million.

Minting millions doesn’t come easy. All the aforementioned celebrities have showcased their exceptional caliber with a ‘go and get it’ attitude and tremendous hard work. A lot of their stories are miracles portraying their journey from rags to riches. But hey, nothing is impossible, you just need to have the vigor and the will to keep you going!