Selena Gomez, Taylor Swift and other “Women Selfmade” less than 40 dominating the new millionaire elite
Whether for tours with inputs exhausted in stadiums, technological startups turned into unicorns or makeup lines that became viral, the youngest members on the 2025 list of Forbes of the richest women of USA who made their own fortune on their own reached a huge success at the start of their careers. Accumulated assets that exceed the hundreds of millions of dollars, or even one billion, Before turning 40.
Getting to that list being young is not simple. Of the 100 women included this year, Only eight are less than 40. There are three less than last year, since two exceeded that age, two others were below the required wealth threshold and there was only a new incorporation less than 40. Most members of this edition have 50 years or more, and just 18 are below that brand. The average age is 63.
For eighth year, the youngest on the list is Kylie Jennerwhich is 27 years old and is part of the clan Kardashian–Jennerknown for his reality shows. He built an estimated fortune of US $ 670 million with his beauty brand, Kylie Cosmeticsand in recent times he added businesses, perfumes and alcoholic beverages. She is the only woman under 30 who appears on this year’s list.
Although being born in a rich and ultra famous family influenced their way, For Forbes he qualifies as a self -mafmade Because the company that generated its wealth was founded by it, not inherited.
The richest person on the list between children under 40 is Taylor Swiftwith an estimated fortune in US $ 1.6 billion. The 35 -year -old singer finished her tour You were In December with 149 shows that raised more than US $ 2 billion Only in tickets, an absolute record for a musical tour. The profits of that tour, together with the increase in the estimated value of its song catalog, made their heritage grow by US $ 300 million compared to last year.
Swift It was the younger multimillionaire made to itself until April, when Lucy Guo, A 30 -year -old technological entrepreneur, overcame her promoted by the rise of artificial intelligence. Guo co -founded Scale ai In 2016 and left two years later, but retained 5% participation. That was enough to enter the Club of one billion when a sale of executive shares, at the end of April, valued the company in US $ 25,000 million, almost twice the prior price of US $ 13,800 million.
The only new arrival under 40 who joined the list this year is Selena Gomez. The singer, actress and cosmetics businesswoman is 32 years old and appeared for the first time on screen at 10, in “Barney & Friends“. Then he starred during his teens the series”WAVERLY PLACE Sorcerers“, of Disney Channeland later started his musical career. According to Forbes, most of its assets come from its majority participation in Rare Beautythe makeup line founded in 2020.
Two of the younger women were on the list last year were left out because they did not reach the threshold of US $ 350 million necessary to enter the top 100 of 2025. One is Whitney Wolfe Herdfounder of Bumble, whose participation in the appointment app lost half of its value in the last year.
The other is IMAN ABUZEID, co -founder of the health personnel hiring platform Incredible Health. Two other women are still on the list, but they have already exceeded 40: the singer Katy Perry and Neha Narkhedeco -founder of the software company Confluent.
These are the youngest members on the 2025 list of women who made themselves, according to Forbes:
Cristina Cacioppo
Age: 37 | Heritage: US $ 440 million | Origin of wealth: Software | Success score: 8
Cacioppo She is executive director of Vantaan automated security software and regulatory compliance company. The company was valued at US $ 2,450 million after raising US $ 150 million private investors in July 2024. from Ohio and graduated from StanfordVanta founded in 2017 after passing through risk capital and working on Dropbox
Daniela Amodei
Age: 37 | Heritage: US $ 1.2 billion | Origin of wealth: Artificial Intelligence | Success score: 8
Amodei co -founded Anthropicthe artificial intelligence startup, together with six ex OpenAI “Among them his brother Dario– In 2021. It became a multimillionaire in March after an investment round of US $ 3.5 billion that brought the company’s valuation to US $ 61.5 billion. She is president of Anthropiccreator of the models Claudeand you have agreements with Alphabet and Amazon. The latter signed an investment for US $ 4,000 million.
Rihanna
Age: 37 | Heritage: US $ 1 billion | Origin of wealth: music, cosmetics | Success score: 10
The fortune of the pop star of Barbados low US $ 400 million Regarding last year, affected by problems in its main businesses. In August 2024, the CEO of your lingerie brand, Savage X Fentyhe resigned to assume command of Victoria’s Secret. In parallel, it is estimated that sales of Fenty Beauty —The cosmetics line that shares with the luxury group LVMH– They will remain stable, after their landing in China Last year, in what LVMH described as “a complex environment.” In the midst of all that, Rihanna announced in the MET gala May that awaits his third child.
Shuo Wang
Age: 36 | Heritage: US $ 1.5 billion | Origin of wealth: Software | Success score: 8
Wang She is co -founder and Director of Income of Deel, A human resources and payroll management company. He entered the club of one billion after a sale of shares in February, which valued the company at US $ 12.6 billion. Deel is profitable and continues to grow, although he faces a judicial dispute: his Rippleing competitor sued it in March for an alleged espionage operation. Deel rejected the accusations and presented a defamation contrademanda a month later.
Taylor Swift
Age: 35 | Heritage: US $ 1.6 billion | Origin of wealth: Music | Score: 8
The singer, who started in the country and became a pop icon, closed her tour You were In December, after a record series of 149 shows in more than 50 countries that raised more than US $ 2 billion in tickets, twice as much as the previous record. The most convening artist in the world found many other ways to make her link with fans: she released a movie from the tour, a book and re -recorded her albums. Only in the last two years, these initiatives added more than US $ 200 million.
Selena Gomez
Age: 32 | Heritage: US $ 700 million | Origin of wealth: cosmetics | Score: 9
Five years ago, Gomez launched Rare Beauty, named for his third studio album as a soloist. The brand, famous for its intense liquid blonders, is sold online and in stores Sephoraand generated near US $ 370 million In income for 2023. Forbes estimates that the company is worth US $ 1.3 billion and that Gomez retains at least 51 % participation.
The former star of Disney Channel Win, as it transpired, US $ 600,000 per episode as an actress and co -producer of the series “ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING“, where he already recorded 40 chapters. In December she was nominated for Golden Globe as best cast actress for your role in the movie “Emilia Pérez“
In March he took a new album with his partner, the producer Benny Blanco. And in May, Forbes He informed that Wondermind, The mental health startup that co -founded dismissed 60 % of its team, which until then had 15 employees.
Lucy Guo
Age: 30 | Heritage: US $ 1.3 billion | Origin of wealth: Artificial Intelligence | Success score: 8
Guo He left the computer career to join a scholarship for young entrepreneurs funded by the technological tycoon Peter Thiel. In 2016, he co -founded Scale aithe data labeling company for artificial intelligence, together with the now billionaire Alexandr Wang. He was fired by Wang and left the company in 2018.
Then he created an investment fund for early stage startups and later launched Passesyour most recent project. It is a platform for creators that competes with Patreon And he already closed agreements with celebrities, including the former player of the NBA Shaquille O’Neal.
Kylie Jenner
Age: 27 | Heritage: US $ 670 million | Origin of wealth: cosmetics | Success score: 7
Although Coty sold its part in the skin care line of Kim Kardashiancontinue with its 51 % in Kylie Cosmetics. Highlighted the expansion of the brand to new markets, such as India and Singaporeand the good performance of the new fragrance Cosmic. However, the context is not entirely favorable: the actions of beauty companies dropped in general, and those of Coty fell 50 % in the last year.
Jennerwhich became famous in reality “Keeping Up With The Kardashians“, also launched a canned alcoholic beverage last year: a vodka with flavored soda, which he called Sprinter.
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