GQ revealed its seventh and final Men of the Year cover featuring the “Tycoon of the Year,” Hailey Bieber.
Hailey’s had a good year. This spring, she sold her beauty company in a deal worth $1 billion. No cosmetics brand in history has hit unicorn status so quickly, which underscores both Bieber’s entrepreneurial savvy and her status as one of the most influential lifestyle moguls of our time.
On the decision to sell her beauty company, Rhode, for $1 billion…
“I always said that I would never sell the company unless it was a billion dollars … And I think with E.l.f., all of the boxes that I would want to check to find a home for it, they checked them and then some. But of course when you hear that it’s a real thing and the number is real and that’s a real situation being put in front of you, it’s definitely like, Whoa. Okay. It is very cool.”
On how priorities and social life changed after becoming a mother…
“I’ve become a lot more of a homebody than I used to be. And I think when you have a child, that happens, at least it did for me. It definitely made me have so much less FOMO. And I also think getting older does that too. I have a lot of friends who don’t even have kids that feel the same way. I just don’t feel like I’m really missing out on much anymore.”
On facing scrutiny in the public eye with husband, Justin Bieber…
“We’re just taking it a day at a time. We both feel very protective of our son and I don’t think that’s ever going to change, but our life is our life and it is really public, so I think we’re just going to cross every bridge that we need to when we get there. But as of right now, I feel really comfortable about the way we are sharing things and not sharing things.”
On feeling the magnitude of fame…
“It’s still very pinch-me. I was walking into Sushi Park last night and it was so ridiculous. It was like, there was the Sephora one here, and the DKNY one, and then the Chase one right behind it. And I was like, What is going on right now? It still is very Wow, that’s so cool. And a proud moment for me. I don’t think it does ever get old, to be honest.”
On collaborating on designing for Justin’s brand, Skylrk…
“I am designing this jacket with them and I feel like that’s a super-fun collaborative process to do with his brand. I think Skylrk is incredible and amazing and everything they’re doing and building there is super, super cool, and I’m just happy that they want me to be a part of it and that they have asked me to come in and make something with them. And it’s obviously really fun when you get to be able to do anything with the person that you love.”
What the woman with 55.5 million Instagram followers thinks of social media…
“It’s definitely a beautiful tool. I think it can be a challenging tool, but I look at Instagram as this really cool photo diary as well, and I can scroll back so far and see myself in 2016 and look back on this girl that I’ve started as and where I am today.”
GQ’s Men of the Year issue hits newsstands November 18 and the annual celebration to toast this year’s honorees takes place in Los Angeles on November 13.
[Photo Credit: Tyrell Hampton / GQ]
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