Rihanna Is America’s Youngest Self-Made Billionaire (2024)

Forbes recently unveiled its 2022 list of “America’s Richest Self-Made Women,” the publication’s annual ranking of the nation’s most financially successful women entrepreneurs, executives, entertainers and more.

No. 21 on the list is 34-year-old Rihanna, the youngest on the entire tally to have a net worth of more than one billion dollars. Her $1.4 billion comes primarily from the success of her cosmetics line, Fenty Beauty, according toForbes. “She also has a 30% stake in the Savage x Fenty lingerie line, which raised money at a $1 billion valuation in February 2021,” the site also mentions. RiRi is said to beBarbados’ first billionaire, and in April, was announced asthe world’s richest female musician.

Other celebrities on the list of self-made women are Kylie Jenner ($600 million), Taylor Swift ($570 million), Beyoncé ($450 million), Kim Kardashian ($1.8 billion), Reese Witherspoon ($430 million), Serena Williams ($260 million), Sandra Bullock ($225 million), Madonna ($575 million), Kris Jenner ($230 million) and more. See the full list here.

In May, Rihanna added “mother” to her long list of accomplishments, giving birth to her first child, a boy, with A$AP Rocky. The superstar firstannounced her pregnancyat the end of January, after she and the “Fashion Killa” rapper were spotted hand in hand on a casual, snowy stroll in New York City. Since then, RiRi has spent the past several months elevating maternity style by turning out ensemble after ensemble of runway ready looks atMilan Fashion Week,Paris Fashion Weekand beyond.

The “B—- Better Have My Money” singer also reassured fans that her long-awaited follow-up to 2016’s Antiisstill on the way. She joked in February, “My fans would kill me if they waited this long for a lullaby.”