Huda Kattan is a well-known American makeup artist, beauty blogger, and entrepreneur from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Her turning point came back in 2013 when she launched her cosmetic brand, Huda Beauty. Soon, she managed to gain a lot of fame in the business industry and garnered millions of dollars.

She is best known for being the founder of the Huda Beauty cosmetic brand, which is also the first choice of numerous high-profile celebrities. Huda teamed up with her two sisters to create this brand, and within a couple of years, they built an empire.

Her popularity exploded in 2017 when Kattan created her YouTube channel and began uploading lifestyle vlogs and makeup tutorials. In this short period, she amassed over 4 million subscribers on her self-titled YouTube channel.

Huda Kattan Biography
Name Huda Kattan
Net Worth $560 Million
Age 38 years old
Date Of Birth October 2, 1983
Birth Place Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
United States
Profession Makeup artist, blogger,
entrepreneur
Gender Female
Zodiac Sign Libra

Early Life:

Huda Kattan was born on the 2nd of October 1983 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Her father, Ibrahim Kattan, and mother, Susu Al Qazzaz, are from Iraq. She grew up with three siblings: a younger sister named Mona, an older sister named Alya, and an older brother named Khalid Kattan. She is intensely close to all her siblings. Hudda was born into a Muslim family, and her mother was a biology teacher. 

After spending a few years in Oklahoma, the entire family decided to move to Cookeville, Tennessee, before eventually settling in Dartmouth, Massachusetts.

After graduating high school, Huda enrolled at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, where she earned a degree in Finance and graduated with honours. She always wanted to pursue her career as a makeup artist, so she learned makeup at Joe Blasco School. 

Kattan was just 14 when she discovered her passion to become a beauty and fashion expert. Around this time, her older sister Alya was 20 years old, and she was pursuing her dreams of becoming a beauty addict, so Huda followed in her sister’s footsteps. That was the same time when Kattan learned how to drive a car. 

Career:

Kattan decided to move with her dad to Dubai in 2006 when her father Ibrahim got a job as a teacher in the emirate. She then relocated to Los Angeles to follow her studies in makeup after spending a handful of years in Dubai. She first got an opportunity to work with celebrities. Some big names became her clients, including Nicole Richie and Eva Longoria.

Kattan then worked as a makeup artist at Revlon after returning to Dubai. Huda teamed up with her older sister Alya and founded her beauty blog named Huda Beauty in April 2010. She gained a little money from that blog and was motivated to start her beauty line. Kattan eventually came up with the launch of her cosmetics line called Huda Kattan in 2013, the same as her blog.

With the help of Sephora, she dropped her first product, which was a string of false eyelashes. She found massive success with selling her first product, false eyelashes. 

After achieving early success, Kattan decided to expand her business. Her Dubai-based company, Huda Kattan, started offering numerous other products, such as foundations, concealers, baking powders, liquid eyeshadows, eye shadow palettes, liquid lipsticks, lip liners, and highlighter palettes.

Huda and her two sisters built a million-dollar company in that short period. They started making hundreds of millions of dollars every year. 

She and her family started appearing in her original Facebook Watch reality series, Huda Boss, in 2018. 

Personal Life:

Huda Kattan first met Christopher Goncalo while they were in high school. Later, in 2006, the two drove to Dubai together, and then, in June 2009, their marriage ceremony was held. In 2011, the two were blessed with their first child, a daughter named Nour Giselle.

Philanthropy:

Kattan became part of numerous philanthropic efforts through her cosmetic company, Huda Beauty. Kattan declared that her company will donate half a million dollars to the Educational Fund and NAACP Legal Defense in June 2020. 

With the support of her company, Huda donated millions of dollars and food to numerous organizations, including the Asian American community Médecins Sans Frontières and 100 Million Meals, a food drive initiative. She often speaks up about the unintended evictions in Palestine on her social media accounts.

Due to the Help India Breathe, a COVID-19 relief fundraiser, Huda and her cosmetic line contributed $100 thousand. 

Endorsements & other ventures:

After establishing herself in the business industry, Kattan began posting on her social media accounts. She has been defined as “a Kim Kardashian West of the beauty influencer economy”.

Huda gained a lot of stardom on social media and has more than 50 million fan followers on Instagram alone, making her one of the number one “2017 Influencer Instagram Rich List”. She became a household name in the fashion and beauty industry. Also, she grabbed the attention of numerous brands who want her to become their brand ambassador.

According to reports, Huda Kattan earns $18,000 per sponsored post from brands like FaceTune, Harper’s Bazaar, etc. The popular Forbes magazine announced that Huda Kattan is among the “ten most powerful influencers in the beauty world”.

On top of that, another famous Time magazine named her one of “The 25 Most Influential Individuals on the Internet” in 2017. Kattan was listed on 2020’s Fortunes 40 under 40. 

Huda Kattan Net Worth

Huda Kattan is a highly successful American makeup artist, beauty blogger, and entrepreneur from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She is among the world’s top 20 wealthiest makeup artists, with a net worth of $560 million. Her brand, Huda Beauty, is estimated to be worth $1 billion, making her one of the most prominent businesswomen in the world. Over the past few years, her net worth has increased, cementing her status as a hugely successful woman in the beauty industry.