Category: Self Made
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Rihanna is now worth $1.4 billion–making her America’s youngest self-made billionaire woman
in Self MadeThe youngest self-made billionaire woman in the U.S. didn’t grow up in a Manhattan high rise or the Hollywood Hills. Instead, Rihanna amassed her fortune from her own music and entrepreneurial ventures. Recently, the 34-year-old singer and Fenty Beauty CEO graced Forbes’ annual list of America’s richest self-made women for the third year in a row. She…
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Sara Blakely, Another self-made female billionaire
in Self MadeIt’s with great pleasure that I announce another self-made female billionaire, Sara Blakely. In recent blog posts, I have mentioned other female self-made billionaires, Rihanna, the singer, actress, fashion designer, and businesswoman, and Whitney Wolfe Herd the founder of Bumble. These are women who had risen to the top by their smarts and tenacity, unlike…
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Welcome to the Billionaire’s club, Rihanna
in Self MadeIt’s all about entrepreneurship. Not about race or gender. Sure, there are systemic issues in our society that make it more difficult for blacks and/or women to make it into the billionaire’s club, but the lack of lack women billionaires has been mostly because of a scarcity of role models and cultural norms. Now, women…
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Billionaires create products and services people want, plus thousands of jobs
in Self MadeIt has always been popular to trash millionaires and billionaires. Most of the time, people hate billionaires mostly out of jalousie, but me, I admire most of them. This is why: Their work ethic is without parallel The first thing people have to realize about billionaires is their work ethics have no comparison. Most billionaires…
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Whitney Wolfe Herd, a newly minted female billionaire at the age of 31
in Self MadeEvery time I hear of a new man billionaire, I roll my eyes and yawn. Another one? I ask. The list goes on an on: