Celebrities who built a Business Empire | Jennifer Aniston, Serena Williams etc.

Be it the youngest billionaire Kylie Jenner or the gorgeous Rihanna, celebrities have awed us with their great success in building their businesses. And it's just not some thousand dollar small companies, I am talking about empires worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Let us take a look at this list of some extremely successful businesses built by world famous celebrities.

1. Jennifer Aniston

Our beloved Rachel. With a net worth of 240 million dollars, she's one of the most popular actresses, who became the co-owner of  Living proof, a hair care brand and became its spokesperson. But she left in 2016 when it was sold to Unilever.

In 2013 she became spokesperson of Aveeno Skincare.

She also works bts (behind the scenes) with her own production company, Echo Films, started in 2008 with Kristin Hahn.

Apart from being an extremely successful businesswoman she's a brilliant actor too, quiet an amazing personality indeed.

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2. Serena Williams

Guess apart from being an extraordinary athlete she is a businesswoman too.

She is the founder of a venture capital firm, Serena Ventures (2014), which has invested in more than 30 startups, and has a startup cap of 12 billion dollars. She also has her own clothing line, Serena clothing line.

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3. Jay-Z

Jay-Z is one of the most successful celebrity entrepreneurs and has a net worth of 1 billion dollars!

He's a rapper, entrepreneur, songwriter and so much more. In 1999, he found the clothing retailer Rocawear, in 2003 he founded the sports bar chain 40/40,and the entertainment company Roc Nation in 2008. He has a stake in Uber worth 70 million dollars, which he orignally purchased for 2 million dollars. He also has an estimated stake of 50 million dollars in Armand de Brignac Champagne.

There is so much he has done in the business world. In 2019 he became the first hip hop artist to become a billionaire.

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4. Drake

With a net worth of 150 million dollars, he's also ranked No.5 on Forbes list of richest rappers in 2019 and No.3 on highest paid acts in Hip Hop. He has several businesses.

He has his own record label, OVO Sounds, and runs it with Noah "40" Shebib and Oliver El-Khatib. October's Very Own (OVO) is an umbrella company for his clothing line, record label and radio station.

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5. Kylie Jenner

The one and only, the youngest billionaire, Kylie Jenner. Her cosmetic brand, Kylie Cosmetics took the world by storm when the Kylie Lip Kits were launched. Kylie Cosmetics sold products worth 54.5 million dollars in just six weeks!

She also has a clothing line with Kendall Jenner called Kendall+Kylie and merch store, The Kylie Shop. She also launched her skincare brand, kylieskin in 2019.

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6. Rihanna

Apart from being a great singer, Riri is making some good cash from her makeup brand too. Fenty Beauty launched in 2017, is extremely successful. It is known for its broad variety of skin tones across the globe. Especially its Pro filter foundation, with 50 shades. Her glosses too are well loved.

She also has a Fenty clothing line.

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