Huda Kattan Founder, Huda Beauty Kattan lost her job in 2009, started a blog a year later, and launched her beauty brand Huda Beauty in 2013. The makeup artist and blogger, who also started a skincare line, announced her decision to step down as CEO of her brand in September last year. But that hasn’t eroded her popularity or that of her brand. The beauty mogul commands a prodigious social media presence, having 48 million followers on Instagram alone. She ranked 47th in the Forbes 2020 list of America’s richest self-made women, with a net worth of $510m. Related Stories Revealed: Top 10 entrepreneurs in the GCC 2017 You might also like Fahad Al Gergawi Mahmoud Adi and Shane Shin Mohamad Sabouneh Raja Al Mazrouei Abdullah Mutawi Salem Bou Aoun Hanan Harhara Al Yafei Louis Lebbos and Muhammed Mekki Kamal Hassan and Yousif Al Mutawa Ramesh Jagannathan Abdallah and Ghaith Yafi Noor Sweid Dr Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi Abdul Baset AI Janahi Shaker Zainal Sami Al Qamzi Mayank Singhal William Chappell Esam Mahmoud Khalfan Juma Belhoul, CEO, and Dr Noah Raford, chief of Global Affairs Sheikh Dr Rashid bin Hamad Bin Mohammed Al-Sharqi Hamad Buamim Vic Barreto Philip Bahoshy Dr Khalid Al Midfa Ammar Al Malik Ronaldo Mouchawar Sheikh Ahmed bin Saqr Al Qasimi Amir Milad Jad Antoun and Khalid Ashmawy Ritesh Tilani and Alper Celen Najla Al Midfa Walid Hanna Mohamed Alabbar Saygin Yalcin Gaurav Biswas John Tsioris Sheikh Khalid bin Mohamed Samih Toukan Dany Farha Fadi Ghandour Marwan Hachem Magnus Olsson and Mudassir Sheikha Michael Lahyani Rashid Al Ghurair Eddie Maroun and Elie Habib Ambareen Musa Kunal Kapoor Sky Kurtz Jon Richards Mona Ataya Bader Ataya, Mohamad Ballout, Andres Arenas and Saman Darkan Jad Sayegh, Nadine Mezher and Mark Chahwan Michael Truschler Fodhil Benturquia Hosam Arab Vilhelm Hedberg Craig Moore Donna Benton Mohamed Khaled Talal Bayaa, Brian Habib and Tarek Bayaa Maaz Sheikh