Kylie Jenner to be 'youngest self-made US billionaire' 
Former Keeping Up with the Kardashians star Kylie Jenner is worth $900m (£680m) at just 20 years of age, says Forbes.
The business magazine said the social media star is on track to become "the youngest-ever self-made billionaire".
The fashion guru, the youngest of the Kardashian clan, launched a cosmetics firm two years ago.
By comparison her half-sister, Kim Kardashian West, 37, has to scrape by on a measly net worth of $350m.
Jenner, who is currently not old enough even to legally drink alcohol in the US, will turn 21 in August as her Forbes cover edition hits newsstands.
"What her half-sister Kim Kardashian West did for booty, Jenner has done for full lips," Forbes writes, describing her famous pout.
Earlier this week Jenner, a mother of one daughter named Stormi, announced she would stop receiving lip injections, known as dermal fillers.
Jenner admitted during an episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians in 2015 that her natural lips had been "an insecurity" that she wanted to change with temporary lip fillers.
She later launched her brand Kylie Cosmetics, which included a line of lip products designed to help customers make their lips look bigger through over-lining and filling.
Skip Twitter post by @ForbesReportHow 20-year-old Kylie Jenner built a $900 million fortune in less than 3 years:https://t.co/PtJG2vfl3k #SelfMadeWomen pic.twitter.com/JLDtlir40k
— Forbes (@Forbes) July 11, 2018
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Her surgically enhanced style has spawned a trend, plastic surgeons say, with more women requesting fuller lips.
Jenner's company, which she wholly owns, is worth $800m, according to Forbes.
She is number 27 on Forbes' list of richest self-made women in America, leap-frogging Barbra Streisand ($400m), Beyonce Knowles ($335m) and Taylor Swift ($320m).
Jenner is on track to become a billionaire earlier than Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, who achieved that status at age 23.
Evan Spiegel, the owner of Snapchat, also became a billionaire in his early 20s, but it is unclear exactly when he met that goal.
"wow. i can't believe I'm posting my very own @forbes cover," she wrote to her 110m Instagram followers on Wednesday.
"thank you for this article and the recognition. I'm so blessed to do what i love everyday. i couldn't have dreamt this up!"
Dictionary.com tweeted about the Forbes piece: "Self-made means having succeeded in life unaided."
Jenner first rose to fame at the age of 10 when she appeared with her family on their eponymous reality show.
On social media, several users scoffed at Forbes' use of the term "self-made", pointing out that Jenner's parents were already wealthy and famous.
Skip Twitter post by @LBentessReportbrooo how in the world is Kylie Jenner classified as “self made” ?? Born rich, never had to grind for anything, never struggled with money or rising to the top? I feel like that’s just disrespect to all the fearless women who sacrificed everything to make it on Forbes list smh
— Lucas Bentes (@LBentess) July 11, 2018
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Skip Twitter post by @MsJazzybelleReport“Kylie Jenner” being put on the Forbes cover and called “self made” is laughable....really? Someone born into one of the wealthiest families in America is self made? Must be two “self mades”
— MS.LOULOU (@MsJazzybelle) July 11, 2018
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Skip Twitter post by @bronze_bombSHELReport“Self-made”? Really? It’s easy to become a billionaire when you’re parents are millionaires...It’s called generational wealth + nepotism.
— Shelby Ivey Christie (@bronze_bombSHEL) July 11, 2018
Try Oprah Winfrey, who was raised on a small Mississippi farm by her grandmother, for self-made *whispers Kylie also isn’t a billionaire yet* pic.twitter.com/UQGrJxno8z
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Skip Twitter post by @benwegmannReportDid Kylie Jenner just get shaded by.... the DICTIONARY??? https://t.co/cdgUDbgXRV
— Ben Wegmann (@benwegmann) July 11, 2018
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