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THELISTFORBES.COM JUNE 30, 20 19JAMEL^ TOPPIN- DONNA KARAN
$430 million
AGE: 70
RESIDENCE: New York City
SELF-MADE SCORE: 8
It has been almost two
decades since DKNY founder
Karan sold all her brands
and trademarks to LVMH
for $600 million. Still the
designer, who has been
focusing on her philanthropy
and luxury lifestyle company,
Urban Zen, says she is just
getting started. “I’m an artist.
You never give that up. There
is no age about it,” she said at
the Milken Institute Global
Conference in May. - ADI TATARKO
$430 million
AGE: 46
RESIDENCE: Palo Alto, California
SELF-MADE SCORE: 8
The home-design and decor
site Houzz, which Tatarko co-
founded with her husband,
Alon Cohen, a decade ago, cut
about 10% of its 1,800-per-
son staff in late 2018 and Jan-
uary 2019. Houzz, which was
valued at $4 billion by inves-
tors in June 2017, attracts 40
million unique users a month
and features over 2.3 million
home professionals in more
than 190 countries. - BARBRA
STREISAND
$400 million
AGE: 77 RESIDENCE:
Malibu, California
SELF-MADE SCORE: 10
Streisand is one of the rare
few to be honored with
Grammy, Emmy, Oscar and
Tony awards. These days
the legendary singer has
been focused on activism.
Last fall, she released an
album called Walls, a harsh
rebuke of President Trump’s
policies; in February, UCLA’s
Institute of the Environment
& Sustainability honored
Streisand for her climate-
change-awareness efforts.
51. BEYONCÉ
KNOWLES
$400 million
AGE: 37 RESIDENCE: Los Angeles
SELF-MADE SCORE: 8
The superstar songstress
continues to add to her
fortune by making massive
musical splashes. Last
summer’s On the Run II Tour
with husband Jay-Z grossed
a quarter-billion dollars;
this spring, she launched
Homecoming, a live album
and Netflix special about
her groundbreaking 2018
performance at the Coachella
music festival. A new deal
set to bring her Ivy Park
athleisure line to Adidas
could further pad her coffers.
53. JANICE BRYANT
HOWROYD
$390 million
AGE: 66 RESIDENCE: Las Vegas
SELF-MADE SCORE: 9
ActOne Group, her workforce
solutions and temporary
staffing provider, had
estimated revenue of $950
million in 2017 from over
17,000 customers. She started
her business in 1978 with
$1,500, which included a
$900 loan from her mother.
53. NORA ROBERTS
$390 million
AGE: 68
RESIDENCE: Boonsboro, Maryland
SELF-MADE SCORE: 8
The romance author, who
published her first book in
1981, still pens four or more
books a year. Under Currents,
which she is publishing in
July, will be her 230th book.
Roberts owns a bookstore,
boutique B&B, gift shop,
fitness center and restaurant
in Boonsboro where she has
lived for 30 years. Through
her charitable foundation,
Roberts has donated more
than $50 million to support
literacy and children’s
programs.
55. KATRINA LAKE
$380 million
AGE: 36 RESIDENCE: San Francisco
SELF-MADE SCORE: 8
Lake started Stitch Fix, which uses data science and human
stylists to send customers personalized outfits, out of her
Boston apartment in 2011. She took the company public at
age 34 in 2017, making her the youngest female founder ever
to lead an IPO. The company has racked up 3 million active
customers and last year recorded $1.2 billion in sales. It is
geared toward busy working women, but also sells men’s
clothing and launched a kids offering in 2018.
56. DANIELLE STEEL
$375 million
AGE: 71 RESIDENCE: San Francisco
SELF-MADE SCORE: 7
The beach-read queen, who published her first novel in 1973,
is one of the world’s highest-paid authors. Her 170-plus books
have sold 800 million copies worldwide. Her latest, Blessing
in Disguise, published in May, made the New York Times
bestseller list upon release. After all these years, she still uses
a 1946 Olympia typewriter.
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