Paris Hilton she may be a literal heiress, but she’s convinced she made her millions all by herself.
“I’m self-made. Like, I’ve done this all on my own,” Hilton, 44, said. The Times of London in an interview published on Saturday, November 15, referring to his media business 11:11 Media, which is currently valued at $1 billion and employs 25 people.
“No one has given me anything in my entire life,” he added.
Hilton is the granddaughter of the hotel’s billionaire successor Barron Hiltonwho died in 2019 and left 97 percent of his wealth to the Hilton family foundation, not to his children or grandchildren.
Kathy Hilton’s friendship with the Kardashian-Jenner family goes way back, even before her reality TV days. “Well, Kris (Jenner) and I were friends,” Hilton, 66, said on the Wednesday, July 23, episode of “Call Her Daddy,” adding that they had known each other for “years” “when the girls were little.” She continued: (…)
his parents, Rick and Kathy Hiltonthey have a combined net worth in the hundreds of millions, however, and Rick inherited a significant amount of money from his grandfather, Conrad Hiltonfounder of the Hilton brand hotels.
“We were very close and always had lunches and dinners, and he would always say to me, ‘Paris, you work harder than any CEO I know,'” Paris said of her grandfather Barron. “And he said, ‘I used to be known as Barron Hilton, but now I’m known as Paris Hilton’s grandfather.’ We’ll always laugh about it.”
Paris is the CEO and President of 11:11 Media, which promotes a variety of businesses, including Hilton hotels. The entrepreneur and former reality TV star also has a combined 40 million followers on Instagram and TikTok. The Times noted
Paris’ extensive business portfolio includes clothing and perfume lines, handbags and more. She is also a professional singer, releasing her debut album Paris in 2006 and its follow-up album Infinity icon in 2024.
Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan
Images by Bauer-Griffin/GCOf course, any millennial will remember when she and a former classmate Nicole Richie became popular with his reality series The Simple Lifewhich debuted in 2003. The show featured the duo trying to experience life with “normal” families who come from significantly different backgrounds, often leaving the women to spend time in rural areas.
In his late teens, he even helped launch the career of none other than Kim Kardashianwho at the time was working as a wardrobe assistant. The couple, who were childhood friends, were often photographed at events together.
Although Paris was once a notorious party, especially in the early years, when she was often photographed in the city with Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan and others: the socialite told the network that her parents were “very, very strict” when she was growing up in Los Angeles.
“I lived such a sheltered life. Like, I wasn’t allowed to wear makeup, I wasn’t allowed to go out on dates,” she said. “I didn’t really go to school dances.”
When asked about that time in her life, the now mother of two said The Times“I was just like any other girl, growing up, dating, but I had the whole world watching. The media, especially the tabloids, love to sensationalize everything.”
He also said there were “Paris Hilton’s parents” who were hired to impersonate her, which only added to the media attention.
“They’d be wearing sunglasses, they’d have fake bodyguards, holding a chihuahua that looked exactly like my dog, dressed in the same exact outfits, trying to do, like, ‘the voice,'” she explained. “I couldn’t stop them.”