Paris Hilton says she wants to ‘build the next | Australian Markets

Paris Hilton could also be best referred to as a popular culture icon, however she has massive plans to cement her place in the world of business and the future of leisure.

Among her many titles — together with “The Simple Life” actuality TV star and highest-paid feminine DJ — Hilton is founder and CEO of 11:11 Media, a world, next-generation leisure company that spans albums, TV exhibits, books and shopper merchandise.

“I want to build the next Disney,” Hilton, 44, advised CNBC’s Julia Boorstin at the latest 2025 Changemakers Summit in Los Angeles. “The way Bob Iger sees Disney is the way I see 11:11 media, where it really puts together commerce and community and built this whole ecosystem that involves everything from television to video to audio to products to the metaverse.”

Among Hilton’s more latest initiatives are a skin-care line, a cooking show on Netflix, an encore “The Simple Life” with Nicole Richie on Peacock, an upcoming true crime podcast, a new animated youngsters show, and continued appearances in commercials for Sonic and Crocs.

“I just do things that I love and I’m passionate about,” Hilton mentioned. “I don’t want to be put inside one box.”

She mentioned being an “undercover nerd” pushed her to be on the forefront of technology, together with exploring the metaverse and in 2021 internet hosting her own “Paris World” occasion on Roblox, and that her ADHD is a “superpower” to pursue her many pursuits.

Her drive for fulfillment

Hilton credited her household for instilling in her a hard-work ethic, one which propelled her great-grandfather Conrad Hilton to discovered Hilton Hotels and his son, Barron, to scale the empire to success.

“Business is something that really runs in my blood,” she mentioned. “I always wanted to build something on my own. I didn’t want to be known as the Hilton Hotel granddaughter. I wanted to be known as Paris.”

Hilton went on to talk about how the alleged abuse she endured at a Utah boarding college as a teen drove her to search success.

Turning my ache into a objective has been the most therapeutic expertise of my life.

Paris Hilton

She mentioned her mother and father despatched her to the youth therapy facility after her college grades fell and so they frightened about her behaviour.

“When I was in there, I just promised myself, ‘I’m going to work so hard and become so successful that one day, no one will ever be able to control me or tell me what to do,’” Hilton mentioned at the CNBC occasion. “That’s something that really gave me that drive. I always thought success would just make me happy and I would never have to depend on anyone but myself.”

Advocacy in the highlight

In latest years, Hilton has used her highlight to advocate for, help and shield kids harmed by America’s baby welfare, juvenile justice, training and health-care systems. Last 12 months, she appeared earlier than Congress and helped to cross the bipartisan Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act and performed a key function in the passing of 10 state legal guidelines reforming residential therapy amenities.

“It was so scary,” Hilton mentioned of going public along with her expertise and talking out in opposition to the therapy amenities. “The whole world had known me from ‘The Simple Life’ and this character that I built, and even that character I built was a trauma response to what I went through.”

She mentioned she was inspired to communicate out by Alexandra Dean, who directed Hilton’s 2020 documentary “This is Paris.”

“It just made me realise that I could use my voice to help make a difference for so many children,” Hilton mentioned. “Turning my pain into a purpose has been the most healing experience of my life.”