Michelle Phan is a famous American entrepreneur, blogger, as well as a make-up artist. To the public, Michelle Phan is perhaps best known as a YouTube celebrity, who launched her channel in 2005. She started out by filming discussions about a variety of make-up products and instructions, and uploading them to YouTube. As it turned out, Phan’s videos soon became very popular and viewers even began requesting more make-up tutorials. This led to Phan featuring several popular make-up brands in her videos, as a result of which she became partnered with such popular companies as “L’Oreal” and “Lancôme”. In addition to that, Michelle Phan rose to prominence when two of her videos were used by the “BuzzFeed” internet news company, which only helped her attract more public attention. Phan’s popularity rose over time, and currently she has approximately seven million subscribers on her YouTube channel, as well as more than a billion views in total. For her contributions to the make-up industry, Michelle Phan received two nominations for Teen Choice Awards in the category of Choice Web Star in 2014.
Michelle Phan Net Worth $3 Million
A well-known make-up artist, as well as a video make-up demonstrator, how rich is Michelle Phan? According to sources, Michelle Phan’s net worth is estimated to be $3 million, the majority of which she has accumulated through her YouTube videos, as well as various partnerships with popular make-up companies.
Michelle Phan was born in 1987, in Massachusetts, United States, yet her family soon moved out to California, and then Florida, where they eventually settled down. Phan studied at Tampa Bay Technical High School, and then enrolled in the Ringling School of Art and Design, from which she received her honorary doctorate degree in 2014. Since the launch of her personal YouTube channel in 2005, Michelle Phan has become a relevant face in the YouTube community. With the help of the “Buzzfeed” company, Phan was able to not only attract many people to her channel, but also set-up a multi-channel network called “FAWN”. Around the same time, she became partnered with YouTube, which allowed her to earn a certain amount of money from her videos. Since in many of her videos Phan was using certain brands of make-up, among which were “Lancôme” products, the company decided to employ Phan as their official video make-up artist. A year later, in 2011, Michelle Phan was able to launch a service called “MyGlam” or “ipsy”, which allows consumers to try new products, upload tutorials, and buy make-up for cheaper prices. More recently, in 2013 with the help of “L’Oreal” company, Phan created her own cosmetic line called “em”. In 2014, she became partnered with “Endemol Beyond USA” in order to launch a creative outlet for people in the YouTube community, as well as “Cutting Edge Group”. That same year, she published a book entitled “Make-Up: Your Life Guide to Beauty, Style and Success”.
Very little is known in regards to Michelle Phan’s personal life. According to sources, she is currently dating the model Dominique Capraro.
