Kylie Jenner Tops The List of Forbes' 2020 Highest-Paid Celebrities

Published December 16th, 2020 - 08:48 GMT
Coming at number 2 is Jenner's brother-in-law Kanye west
Coming at number 2 is Jenner's brother-in-law Kanye west
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Forbes named Kylie Jenner the highest-earning celebrity of the 2020,

Forbes named Kylie Jenner the highest-earning celebrity of the 2020, after she raked in $590 million.

The bulk of The Make-up mogul's earnings of the year came from the sale of 51% of her Kylie Cosmetics company to the publicly-traded Coty.

The American reality star was the only woman to appear in the top 10 of the celebrity earners list.

Back in March 2019, Forbes named the then 21-year-old,  the world's youngest "self-made" billionaire, Forbes also estimated that Jenner's  Cosmetics company, was worth 900 million dollars.

That plus her personal earnings from the company brought her net worth to more than $1 billion according to Forbes.

Coming at number 2 is Jenner's brother-in-law Kanye West who's earning come from his Yeezy sneaker deal with Adidas.

 The Yeezy brand of sneakers earned a whopping $1.3 billion in sales, just in 2019 alone, with West also owning his own Yeezy apparel line. 

Actor Tyler Perry, Basketball player Lebron James, and  Former wrestler The Rock got numbers 6, 9, and 10 with $97 million, $88.2 million, and $87.5 million, respectively. 

 

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