Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
The Economic Times
The Economic Times
Team Global

Co-Founder of a popular $3 billion makeup brand renounces fortune to become a Catholic priest

Scott-Vincent Borba lived a life that would have gotten thousands of likes on social media. He was the co-founder of e.l.f. Cosmetics, the brand now worth about $3 billion, giving $7,000 diamond facials to Mila Kunis, partying with Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian, and driving an Aston Martin convertible down the California coast. By every standard that modern culture told him to care about, he had made it. However, he was miserable.

“I was at a party, and I was very, very unhappy,” Borba told OSV News. “I just felt like I was empty. I was exhausted. I was burning the candle on both ends."

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.