Kylie Jenner named world’s highest-paid celebrity for 2020

US reality TV star and makeup mogul Kylie Jenner has been named world’s highest paid celebrity for the year 2020 by Forbes. According to the annual list, the Keeping Up With The Kardashians star topped the list of highest paid celebrities with a whooping $590 million earned last year. The makeup mogul’s earnings were followed by her brother-in-law Kanye West. Kim Kardashian’s husband netted $170 million this year. According to Forbes, Kylie Jenner received bulk of the earnings from the sale of 51 percent of her Kylie Cosmetics company to the publicly-trade Coty. The list shows that world’s highest-paid celebrities earned a combined $6.1 billion before taxes and fees, a $200 million drop from 2019 due to coronavirus pandemic. Other stars who made it to the list included Roger Federer with $106m, Cristiano Ronaldo $105m (£780m) and Lionel Messi $104m.