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Kyrgyzstan|finance|November 20, 2019 / 02:01 PM
Kylie Jenner became the world's youngest female billionaire at 21: Kyrgyz PM on women's entrepreneurship

AKIPRESS.COM - We live in a sophisticated time when some occurrences can extremely change our world and our minds, said Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Muhamedkaliy Abilgaziyev talking at the meeting dedicated to the International Women's Entrepreneurship Day.

The combined wealth of male billionaires is $80 billion, wealth of women billionaires is $50 billion, he said.

The number of women billionaires grew globally from 91 in 2010 to 243 in 2019.

"Kylie Jenner broke a new record becoming a billionaire at age 21. Mark Zuckerberg became a billionaire at his 23, but now a woman is the world's youngest billionaire," he said. 

The International Women's Entrepreneurship Day is marked in Kyrgyzstan for the 5th year thanks to Ambassador of this event Ainura Sagynbayeva, said public figure Aijan Chybayeva at the meeting.

"Successful woman - successful nation," she said.

Kylie Jenner's worth is about $1 billion, according to Forbes. Jenner took the title of the youngest billionaire in history from Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, who became a billionaire in 2008 at age 23, and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates held it in 1987 at age 31.

Jenner’s latest boost in wealth comes primarily from Kylie Cosmetics, her makeup company, which Forbes now values at $900 million.

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