Kim Kardashian can add another accomplishment to her growing list: covering Forbes magazine as a "new mobile mogul."
The Keeping Up With the Kardashians star is the financial magazine's main subject, as she made approximately $45 million from her mobile game, Kim Kardashian: Hollywood. The game allows users to create their own celebrity and work their way onto the A-list, and while it may seem superficial, the results Kim has seen are anything but. Kim Kardashian: Hollywood has been downloaded 45 million times and has generated $160 million in revenue, according to Forbes. Of that large number, the E! reality star has pocketed $45 million.
The numbers are jaw dropping, but Kim gave a humble response to receive the accolade. "Such a tremendous honor to be on the cover of @forbes! I never dreamed this would happen& know my Dad would be proud," she tweeted Monday.
But to all the haters who have criticized her along the way, she added, "#NotBadForAGirlWithNoTalent." She included a heart-eyed emoji and a winking emoji that is sticking its tongue out.
Earlier in July, Wired put together a study that revealed fans have spent a total of 30,342 years playing Kim's wildly successful game. But before she dove into the gaming world she had her hesitations despite a passion for it growing up.
"I loved videogames, growing up," Kim now tells Forbes. "I remember I asked Kanye [West], 'Should I do this?' He was like, 'Yes!' That's how he got into music, because he wanted to do music for videogames and wanted to create videogames." But Kim still had her concerns.
"I was like, 'I wonder if people are really going to...mimic my life.'"
As Kim became more and more involved with her game, she came up with the idea to update it close to real time, so users can purchase emojis, vacations, outfits and more for their avatars. Clearly, her interest in tech isn't going anywhere.
"I became really intrigued with the tech world. I started spending a lot of time in San Francisco," she tells Forbes. "I realized this is really going to be the next cycle of my career and this is what I want to focus on."
Perhaps this means there is more to come from the reality TV star.