Kylie Jenner – American media personality and socialite

Kylie Jenner: Influencer, Businesswoman, Philanthropist

Kylie Kristen Jenner is an American media personality, socialite, and businesswoman. She starred in the E! reality television series Keeping Up with the Kardashians from 2007 to 2021 and then the Hulu reality television series The Kardashians from 2022. She is the founder and owner of cosmetic company Kylie Cosmetics.

Kylie Kristen Jenner was born on August 10, 1997 famous American media face, socialite, and businesswoman. She became popular from the E! show, Keeping Up with the Kardashians which aired from 2007 to 2021 and later returned in Hulu’s the Kardashians coming in 2022. Kylie also owns, and her company is Kylie Cosmetics, and she is the fifth most followed person on the IG.

To be precise, at the age of 14, Kylie appeared as Kendall’s sister designing Kendall & Kylie clothing partnership with PacSun. It was in 2015 that she created Kylie Lip Kits that today is known as Kylie Cosmetics. She has been quite popular in pop culture since the mid of 2010’s.

In 2014 and 2015, Time named Kylie and Kendall to the most influential teens list due to their social media impact. Kylie also made Forbes’ Celebrity 100 list as its youngest member. She too launched her own show simply dubbed ‘Life of Kylie’ that same year.

Kylie’s claimed investments have raised controversies. As of 2019 Forbes has valued her worth at one billion dollars thus earning her a title of the youngest self-made billionaire. Nevertheless, people started to doubt the ‘self-made’ billionaire and in 2020 Forbes accused her of padding her accounts.

Born	Kylie Kristen Jenner August 10, 1997 (age 27) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupations	Media personality socialite businesswoman
Years active	2007–present
Known for	Founder of Kylie Cosmetics
Partner	Travis Scott (2017–2023)
Children	2
Parents	Caitlyn Jenner Kris Jenner
Relatives	Kardashian family

Early life

Kylie Jenner was born on August 10 of 1997 in Los Angeles in California. Kylie, the youngest child of Caitlyn Jenner, an Olympic gold medalist, and Kris Jenner, is of Dutch, English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh descent.

She has only one full-sister named Kendall and has eight maternal half-siblings. From Caitlyn’s side Kylie has three half-brothers namely Burt,Brandon and Brody and one half-sister by the name Cassandra. From Kris’ side she has three half-sisters, Kourtney, Kim and Khloe and one half-brother Rob. Her parents divorced in 2015.

Kylie attended Sierra Canyon School, cheered, acted, then switched to homeschooling. She graduated from Laurel Springs School in 2015.

Career

2007–2012: Keeping Up with the Kardashians

In 2007, Kylie and Kendall Jenner joined the reality show Keeping Up with the Kardashians with their half-siblings. It documented their current personal and working relationships becoming popular for E! television and having other sequel programs in where Kylie occasionally featured.

In 2011, Kylie and Kendall hosted the Glee: Since then they have released the 3D Concert Movie and were awarded Seventeen magazines ”Style Stars of the Year”. They were also chosen to promote style for the stylist in the magazine.

In 2012 they launched The Vow movie premiere and interviewed actors of The Hunger Games in LA. Later that year, the model also joined Kendall and her mother Kris on the reality show America’s Next Top Model.

2013–2014: Early ventures of Kylie Janner

2014 was a great year for the Jenner sisters; Kylie and Kendall hosted the Much Music Video Awards and here Kylie began her acting career in the promo for the show. In the same year the sisters starred in PartyNextDoor’s video “Recognize” and Kylie was in Jaden Smith’s “Blue Ocean”.

The Jenner sisters co-authored Rebels: City of Indra, a dystopian sci-fi novel about twin girls on a new biosphere. The book faced controversy when Maya Sloan, the actual writer, defended herself against claims of ghostwriting. Despite the Jenners’ involvement, the book struggled to gain traction and sold only 13,000 copies in four months. This slow performance highlighted the challenges of celebrity-driven projects in the literary world.

A new novel named Time of the Twins was produced,/co-written by the Jenner sisters. However, it does not seem to have done much better on critics or readers’ reviews either.

2015–2018: Rise of Kylie Janner Cosmetics

Kendall Jenner, on 17 May 2015, while presenting Kanye West at the Billboard Music Awards was booed. The same month, Kylie admitted that she underwent lip augmentation on the television show Keeping up with the Kardashians. This is so due to such features of hers like her natural plump lips, these have incited controversies as well as attention; it went to an extent that participants in the so-called “Kylie Jenner Challenge.

Kylie said she walked out of the movie saying she does not want young girls emulate her look. In August of 2015, she revealed her first edition in lip kits called Kylie Lip Kit and in November she featured in Justine Skye’s “I’m Yours” music video.

Kylie is known to have entered the world of music early in 2016 when she was featured in Burberry Perry’s song “Beautiful Day” with Lil Yachty. The following month she featured in the music video of PartyNextDoor’s ‘Come and See Me’. She most recently in April 2017, she came to a teenage boy’s prom after his date stood him up.

In February 2016

she change her cosmetic company name to Kylie Cosmetics and raised production from 15,000 to 500,000 kits. She came out with advertisements for her lip glosses in March this year, that uses song by Terror Jr. Kylie herself have denied some rumors going around indicating that she was a member of the band.

Forbes ranked Kylie at 59 th position in the celebrity 100 list by June 2017 and she was only 19 years earning around 41 million. She also had her time on reality show called the ‘ Life of Kylie’ that started in August of the year, 2017.

However, in Mother’s Day 22 April 2018, she collaborated with her mother to launch Kris Cosmetics. Enhencing this, in December of that same year Kylie and Kim Kardashian launched the KKW x Kylie Cosmetics collaboration and also an app for Kylie Cosmetics.

2019–2020: Debut of Kylie Skin

Since then, in April 2019, Kylie Jenner wanted to launch a new fragrance together with her half-sister Kim Kardashian wearing the KKW Beauty brand.

Kylie was introduced to the world of fragrances with this one, and it was released on April 26. Father’s day that followed it was the debut of her skincare brand Kylie Skin on May 22 which includes face wash, scrub, and makeup wipe.

On June 14th the company launched a new product line called Kylie Cosmetics x Koko Kollection in collaboration with Khloé Kardashian. This was their third partnership with each other culminating the previous albums released in the year 2016 and 2017.

In September Kylie revealed that, she was appointed as the makeup artistic director for the French luxury fashion brand Balmain for its Spring/Summer 2020 show during the PARIS FASHION WEEK.

Target released the difficulty of a show and a capsule makeup collection on the same weekend.

Kylie Janner pursued the trademarking of the phrase “rise and shine”

in October 2019 after she recorded a video of her singing it to her daughter as a punishment and it trended on social media. A hashtag #RiseandShine was created, which gained one billion views on tiktok, and it was the fastest-growing trend here. In November she divested her 51% ownership stake in Kylie Cosmetics to Coty for $600 million.

In January we found out that Kylie had applied for trademarks for Kylie Con, Kylie Kon, and Kylie Museum. Her sister Kendall, however, said that there was a Kylie cosmetics line that was released on June 26. Kylie also revealed the Stormi Collection which landed on February 1, and this is Stormi’s birthday.

Again, in May 2020, Kylie featured briefly in Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber’s music video Stuck with U. The following month the sisters responded to concerns about their brand Kendall + Kylie and the conditions of factory employees during COVID-19. May spotted it the first time when Kylie Cosmetics released the Summer Sailor collection featuring her false lashes.

The same month she starred in the provocative and sexually explicit video by Cardi B – WAP which led to a petition for her removal. In spite of this, Kylie led the Forbes list of highest paid celebrities for the year 2020.

2021–present: Business and television expansions

The entire Jenner and Kardashian clan and the show owners, Kylie Jenner and her sisters, stopped Keeping Up With the Kardashians on season 20 in the fall of 2020.

Further on, in August of 2021, she announced the upcoming Kylie Swim (swimwear) collection for all women. The clothing line debuted on September 17 but quickly faced backlash for its impractical designs. Critics argued it only suited Instagram photos. Just days later, on September 21, Kylie launched Kylie Baby, her new skincare and haircare line for babies. The rapid shift from fashion to baby products highlighted Kylie’s diverse business ventures.

In January 2022, Kylie became the first woman to reach 300 million Instagram followers, surpassing Ariana Grande. Her family returned with a new reality show, The Kardashians, on Hulu in April 2022. The show featured Kylie, her sisters, her mother, and her past and present boyfriends. It premiered on April 14 and quickly added a second season, starting September 22, 2022. Subsequently, the show announced the third season isrunning on May, 25, 2023.

In 2024, Kylie Jenner launched her fashion line, Khy. She also introduced Sprinter, a canned cocktail in various flavors. The flavors include black cherry, peach, grapefruit, and lime. This move highlights Kylie’s expanding influence in both fashion and beverages.

Personal life

Relationships

In 2011, Nipsey Hussle dated Kid Cudi’s ex Teyana Taylor Ex-girlfriend Kylie Jenner had a brief relationship with Australian singer Cody Simpson.

She began hooking up with Tyga during her 17th birthday in August 2014. Only days after that, Tyga called it quits with his fiancéée Blac Chyna. It was until 2015, when Kylie was 18, that both became an official couple. She is also featured in two of Tyga’s music videos which include; Stimulated and Dope’d-up but the two called it quits in April 2017.

It was later this month when Kylie was first seen with Travis Scott at Coachella festival. They welcomed their daughter on February 1, 2018. Immensely, Kylie guested in Travis’s music video for “Stop Trying to Be God.” They parted ways in September 2019, but Joe and Sophie chose to self-isolate together for their daughter, obviously getting back together during the pandemic.

The couple then assumed they would get pregnant soon after Travis appeared on The Ellen Show on September 7, 2021, to announce that Kylie was pregnant with their second child. They are so fortunate; they have a son, and she gave birth to him on 2nd February 2022. But in January 2023, there were news that Kylie and Travis have called off their relationship.

Kylie Jenner Friendship with Jordyn Woods: A Closer Look

Kylie Jenner and Jordyn Woods became friends in 2012 through Kylie’s cousin, Jaden Smith. They quickly grew close. Woods appeared on Kylie’s reality show, Life of Kylie, and in Kylie’s pregnancy video. Their friendship gained public attention through these appearances.

That September 2018 they released Kylie x Jordyn line through Kylie Cosmetics as they were friends.Kylie and Jordyn Woods became friends in 2012 through Kylie’s cousin, Jaden Smith. Their bond grew quickly, leading to Woods appearing on Kylie’s reality show and pregnancy video. However, in 2019, their friendship ended when Woods was involved in a cheating scandal with Tristan Thompson. Subsequently, Kylie discontinued Woods’ lip kit and reduced its price to attract new customers.

Interestingly, in July, 2023, Kylie and Jordyn were seen together for the first time after that scandal. Speaking to the public again in November 2023, Kylie stated: “Kris and I were never really completely out of each other’s lifes’.”

Controversies

Kylie Jenner Milestone: The Forbes Cover Moment

In August 2018 the Forbes published a cover on Kylie Jenner stating that she was worth $900 million. The magazine reported Kylie Jenner nearly became the youngest self-made billionaire, younger than Mark Zuckerberg. Critics disagreed, arguing Jenner’s wealth came from her celebrity family, not self-made success. Despite this, Jenner’s financial achievements sparked debate about the definition of “self-made.” Consequently, her status as a billionaire faced scrutiny.

Forbes accused Jenner of forging tax documents in May 2020 over what it alleged was an attempt to create an illusion of being a billionaire. They also accused her of inflating revenues of Kylie Cosmetics. Kylie took to Twitter and simply dismissed the allegations as false. Her lawyer called for an apology, terming the allegations as “categorically false.”

However, Jenner was able to be included in the Forbes list of 100 Richest Self-Make Women in October of the year 2020. Then she was the only female from the list of 30 and below, being a 26 years old with a net worth of $700 million.

Kylie Jenner Controversy: Allegations of Underpaying Factory Workers

Non-profit organization called Remake alleged that Global Brands Group acts as a manufacturer for Kendall + Kylie apparel collection. They said that the group denied paying wages to workers even when they completed their work. Also, they said that the Global Brands Group laid off workers in Los Angeles which affected over fifty thousand of its employees.

Consequently, Jenner has been receiving backlash on the social platforms where her fans demanded her to pay her workers. In response, Kendall + Kylie clothing line defended itself by stating that the company in question was not its owner, Global Brands Group.

Kylie Jenner: Lawsuits and Civil Disputes in Business Ventures

Vlada Haggarty

In January 2017, makeup artist Vlada Haggarty accused Jenner of copying her work saying that Jenner stole her style and image. Haggarty alleged that Jenner used and copied her dripping gloss lips and golden tipped fingernails. She also accused Jenner of a habit of stealing her new artwork and claiming them as his own.

Finally, Jenner thanked Haggarty on social media for his work on the logo. Finally, to avoid complicated legal problems, Jenner agreed to pay and the amount is unknown.

“Kylie” trademark

Still in February 2017, Jenner lost this legal battle to Australian singer, Kylie Minogue over the name “Kylie”. Earlier, Jenner had filed for registering the trademark “Kylie” in the United States in 2015. She wanted to use the name for advertisement and certification services. But, Minogue challenged the trademark which resulted in her win.

Neon lip logo

Painter Sara Pope from Britain sued Jenner and NBC Universal. She said that Jenner copied her artistry work titled ‘Temptation Neon’ and used it on the commercial promoting Life of Kylie. Pope said that Jenner shared the image on social media, which was almost identical to the artwork. But TMZ gossip site said the lip design was done by a third-party production artist for the series.

Seed Beauty

Coty acquired a stake in Kylie Cosmetics and Seed Beauty sued Coty and Kylie Cosmetics. This was basis to the lawsuit which sought to argue that Coty bought $600 million Kylie Cosmetics shares just to gain insight in the secret business formulae of Kylie Jenner. Seed Beauty accused this move as being an egregious tactic aimed at acquiring valuable information on the brand.

Kylie Jenner Endorsements

Jenner has two nail lacquers of the Nicole by OPI collections titled Wear Something Spar-kylie and Rainbow in the S-kylie. In 2013, OPI paid Jenner and her sister Kendall equal to $100,000 for endorsing their products. Next up is The Kendall & Kylie Collection with PacSun which it released in February 2013 and has showcased more than one collection since then.

In Jul 2013, the sisters introduced a jewelry line named Metal Haven with Pascal Mouawd’s Glamhouse. They then released a new shoe and handbag line for Madden Girl a line by Steve Madden in early the year 2014. Kylie also started Kylie Hair Kouture, which is a hair extension company in October 2014 and became Nip + Fab’s advertising face in March 2015.

July 2015 saw Kendall and Kylie come up with their Kendall and Kylie line in partnership with Topshop, which they incorporated swimwear, too. Following that, in 2016, Jenner was involved in a collaboration with Sinful Colors to design 20 nail polishes. In the same year she was PUMA’s brand ambassador and later represented Beats Headphones.

Later in the year, 2017, Jenner decided to partner with Quay Australia to build and introduce sun glasses to the market. She also wore Calvin Klein and Adidas logo during 2018. It is estimated that, in 2018, Jenner charged $1,000,000 per sponsored post, on the Instagram social platform making her the highest paid Instagram influence in that year. The following year she earns 1.2 million per post, she remains at the top position.

Kylie Jenner Philanthropy Initiatives

Jenner tried to move past her issues, but paparazzi played a cruel prank. She auctioned old clothes on eBay for Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. On January 19, 2014, Jenner joined her sisters and celebrities at PINZ bowling alley for a charity event. They aimed to raise $1 million for the Robin Hood Foundation, with The Game organizing the event.

In December 2015, Jenner provided Christmas gifts, to the centre for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender teenagers in Los Angeles. She also paid $10,000 to cater for memorial expenses when Woods, her friend Jordyn Woods’s father died of cancer. Also in 2017 during her birthday, the Birthday Collection, Jenner pledged a 500000$ to Teen Cancer America.

Jenner is a goodwill ambassador for the Smile Train, an organisation that provides surgeries for children born with cleft lips and palates. She travelled to Peru with Smile Train and released a limited ‘Smile’ lip kit, thanks to which, hundred and fifty-nine thousand five hundred dollars were collected for surgeries. In particular, in September 2019 she donated $ 750,000 to the Ellen DeGeneres Show for a feminist organization Nest of Love from Florida.

The following month, Jenner donated one million U.S. dollars to five organizations in Australia that fought bushfires. In mid March, she, her mom Kris and Coty contributed over 6000 lbs of hand sanitizers to the hospitals in the Southern California region. Also, Jenner has contributed $1 million to help the purchase of protective gear for doctors and nurses having to deal with COVID-19.