Michelle Phan: YouTube's rags-to-riches tale

April 5, 2015

How a daughter of refugees, who grew up in poverty, became an Internet sensation

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Michelle Phan: YouTube's rags-to-riches tale

Michelle Phan is only 27, but she's built an empire: more than 1 billion views on YouTube, a very successful beauty subscription service, a new book, cosmetic line and soon-to-be-launched lifestyle network. But the superstar entrepreneur had a humble start. Sarah Hoye sits down with Phan to tell one of the Internet's greatest rags-to-riches tales.


 

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