Jamie Kern Lima
publication date: Monday, April 24, 2017 (part of Spring 2017)
category: 
Business
clue: This cosmetics executive just became 2400 times richer than she would have been by winning her season of Big Brother.
explanation: Kern Lima appeared on the first season of Big Brother, competing for a $500,000 cash prize. She founded IT Cosmetics and sold the company in 2016 for $1.2 billion. more…
intended difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Matthew Preston, Aaron Shurtleff, and Jesse King
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