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Kylie Jenner becomes world’s youngest billionaire

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Kylie Jenner has become the world’s youngest self-made billionaire.

The announcement was made in the latest Forbes billionaires’ list.

The youngest Kardashian family member is making her fortune from her best-selling cosmetics business.

The 21-year-old founded and owns Kylie Cosmetics.

The three-year-old beauty business that generated an estimated $360m in sales last year.

She reached the milestone earlier than Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg who became a billionaire aged 23.

The list shows Amazon’s founder, Jeff Bezos, remains the world’s richest man. His fortune totals $131bn, according to Forbes, up $19bn from 2018.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s wealth is falling.

It has dropped by $8.7bn in the past year to $62bn, according to the Forbes list. His shares in Facebook at one point lost a third of their value as the company battled privacy scandals.

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