Dictionary.com Just Threw Hella Shade At Kylie Jenner For Being Named ‘Youngest Self-Made Billionaire’

Kylie Jenner officially became the youngest “self-made” billionaire in history at the age of 21, beating previous record-holder Mark Zuckerberg by two years and reigniting the debate over how “self-made” Jenner really is.

Forbesrevealed last year that Jenner was on track to become the youngest-ever self-made billionaire, but her title was made official yesterday after her income revenue reached new heights as a result of an exclusive distribution deal with the beauty retailer Ulta, which finally brought Kylie Cosmetics products to (over 1000) retail stores across the country.

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Jenner credits her achievement to “the power of social media,” admitting how “I had such a strong reach before I was able to start anything.”

Jenner told Forbes that she did not start out hoping to become a billionaire: “I didn’t expect anything. I did not foresee the future. But [the recognition] feels really good. That’s a nice pat on the back.”

And while some reactions on social media were positive—praising and congratulation Jenner on her historic accomplishment—others provedto be more cynical, attributing a large portion of her “self-made” success to her family’s fame and wealth.

Dictionary.com belonged to the latter group, tweeting: “Haven’t we gone over this? Self-made: Having succeeded in life unaided,” before providing a link to the definition of ‘self-made.’

The savagery.

People were shooketh, and called for Dictionary.com’s social media team to get raises.

You heard the people. Give Dictionary.com’s social team a raise.

h/t Forbes




Masha Fante

Masha is a freelance writer and editorial director of agency content as well as a contributor to the Daily Dot.