Michelle Phan Biography
Michelle Phan is a beauty YouTuber from the United States. She is the founder and owner of EM Cosmetics, a multimillion-dollar cosmetics company.
How old is Michelle Phan? – Age
She is 35 years old as of 11 April 2022. She was born in 1987 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Does Michelle Phan have two sisters? – Family
Her parents were both Vietnamese immigrants. Phan has a younger half-sister Christine Phan and an older brother Steve Phan. Phan claims that her biological father abandoned the family when she was a child. Her mother remarried, but after years of violence from Phan’s stepfather, she eventually left him. Phan, her brother, and her half-sister moved to Tampa, Florida, with their mother to attend Tampa Bay Technical High School.
Did Michelle Phan attend college?
Phan was a student at Ringling College of Art and Design but had to drop out owing to financial difficulties. Phan obtained her Honorary Doctorate of Arts degree from Ringling College of Art and Design in March 2014.
Did Michelle Phan have a Baby?
She is not married and has no child.
How much money does Michelle Phan make? – Net Worth
Phan was named to Inc.’s 30 Under 30 and Forbes’ 30 Under 30 lists in 2015. She raised $100 million in the same year, valuing Ipsy at almost $500 million.
Michelle Phan Career
Phan had a personal blog in 2005 where she talked about various cosmetic methods and received requests for more information. In May 2007, she began publishing instructive vlogs on Xanga under the moniker Ricebunny, and then on YouTube under the name Ricebunny.
In 2009 and 2010, BuzzFeed highlighted two of Phan’s “How To Get Lady Gaga’s Eyes” cosmetic lessons, causing them to go viral and bringing her over a million followers. After including some of Lancôme’s products in her videos, the business made Phan their official video make-up artist in 2010, making her the company’s first Vietnamese-American spokeswoman.
Phan co-founded MyGlam, a monthly beauty subscription service, in 2011. It was first introduced in September 2012 and is now known as Ipsy. The Generation Beauty conference is sponsored by Ipsy. In 2012, Phan created FAWN, a YouTube MCN (multi-channel network), as a YouTube advertising partner.
L’Oreal announced EM Cosmetics by Michelle Phan, a new cosmetic collection dedicated to her mother, on August 15, 2013. Phan purchased L’Oreal’s part of EM Cosmetics through Ipsy in April 2015, which she disclosed on Instagram in December 2016; she later bought the brand from Ipsy and relaunched it in April 2017. During this time, Phan also left Ipsy to concentrate on EM Cosmetics.
Phan launched her relationship with Endemol Beyond USA in May 2014, with the goal of creating a talent network that would showcase YouTubers and generate content for millennials. The ICON network, which focuses on “beauty, lifestyle, and entertainment,” debuted in March 2015 on Roku and online. Phan co-founded Shift Music Group with Cutting Edge Group in September 2014. In October 2014, Phan released Make Up: Your Life Guide to Beauty, Style, and Success — Online and Off with Random House. Phan founded Thematic, a company that specializes in music licensing, in 2018. After a three-year absence, Phan returned to the YouTube community in 2019.
Does Michelle still own IPSY?
She sold her investment in Ipsy, the $500 million beauty-sample-box subscription startup she co-founded in 2017, in 2017.
Michelle Phan Ultra Records Accusation
Ultra Records filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Phan in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California in July 2014. Ultra claimed up to $150,000 in damages per instance of alleged infringement, for a total of up to $7.5 million in damages. On September 18, 2014, Phan filed a countersuit against Ultra Records in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, claiming that she had received permission from Ultra to use the music. Both the action and the countersuit were abandoned in August 2015 after both parties agreed to settle out of court. The agreement’s specifics were not made public.