{"id":727020,"date":"2026-05-12T19:40:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T16:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/e-l-f-cosmetics-co-founder-donates-fortune-to-become-a-priest\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T19:40:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T16:40:22","slug":"e-l-f-cosmetics-co-founder-donates-fortune-to-become-a-priest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/e-l-f-cosmetics-co-founder-donates-fortune-to-become-a-priest\/","title":{"rendered":"e.l.f. Cosmetics co-founder donates fortune to become a priest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d2655d11a8\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d2655d11a8\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/e-l-f-cosmetics-co-founder-donates-fortune-to-become-a-priest\/#%E2%80%9Celf_Cosmetics_co-founder_donates_fortune_to_become_a_priest%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;e.l.f. Cosmetics co-founder donates fortune to become a priest&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9Celf_Cosmetics_co-founder_donates_fortune_to_become_a_priest%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;e.l.f. Cosmetics co-founder donates fortune to become a priest&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F05%2F127540437.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>He\u2019s\u00a0<em>God<\/em>\u00a0a new gig.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Scott-Vincent Borba, the co-founder of e.l.f. Cosmetics has ditched the multimillion-dollar high life of hobnobbing with the hot likes of Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian to pursue priesthood.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Donating his entire fortune \u2014 including cash, cars and a cushy California beach house \u2014 to charity, the \u201cFather\u201d to-be denounced his lavish lifestyle after having a come-to-Jesus moment at an industry party.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Borba is poised to become an ordained priest on May 23, years after serving as the money-making co-founder of e.l.f Cosmetics.  <span class=\"credit\">ABC7 <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> Bay Area<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s a career shift of Prodigal Son proportions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Borba, 52, will be ordained as a Catholic priest in his hometown of Visalia, Calif., by the Diocese of Fresno on May 23, finally answering the call of clergy after ignoring it for decades to build his beauty empire with an\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/ELF\/key-statistics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">estimated net worth of $3 billion<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI was a poster boy for luxury living,\u201d Borba confessed to ABC7 of his hedonistic habits as a head honcho at e.l.f. An acronym for \u201cEyes Lips Face,\u201d it\u2019s a cruelty-free makeup imprint he co-created with father and son Alan and Joseph Shamah in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>The brand rose to renown during the 2010s, reaching $100 million in sales by 2014,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/stevedenning\/2026\/02\/22\/management-without-managers-elfs-influencer-driven-beauty-revolution\/?ctpv=searchpage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">per Forbes<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And Borba, a former esthetician to A-listers such as actress Mila Kunis, who he once\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allure.com\/story\/we-test-out-mila-kuniss-7000-facial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gave a $7,000 diamond facial<\/a>, feasted on the fruits of its success until leaving e.l.f. in 2019 \u2014 long before Hailey Bieber sold her Rhode label to the company\u00a0for $1 billion\u00a0in 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Borba, an author and for estheticians to Hollywood heavyweights, began feeling immense emptiness during his life as a beauty biz bigwig. <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Now a deacon and seminarian at St. Patrick\u2019s Seminary in Menlo Park, Calif., the reformed reveler resides in a small room with nothing more than a crucifix as wall d\u00e9cor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Post has reached out to St. Patrick\u2019s Seminary for comment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy life has been culled down to the bare minimum,\u201d said Borba, admitting, however, \u201cI have never been h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ier in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Borba prayed for heavenly guidance after feeling as if he had sold his soul in exchange for worldly success. <span class=\"credit\">Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That unprecedented joy came after being struck with a sudden sense of misery.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was at a party and I was very, very unhappy,\u201d Borba\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecatholicspirit.com\/news\/nation-and-world\/cosmetics-millionaire-turned-seminarian-hed-give-fortune-back-a-million-times-for-jesus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told OSV News<\/a>. \u201cI just felt like I was empty and I was empty. I was exhausted. I was burning the candle on both ends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The burnout led him to pray.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said, \u2018God, if this is life, where all you do is work and party and do that all over again and die, then this is not the life that I think that you have made for me. But I can only change if you help me,\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cI said, \u2018Help me \u2026 I don\u2019t want to do this [anymore].\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Following his plea of contrition, Borba, then in his 40s, felt convinced to forgo his worldly goods \u2014 but he didn\u2019t let them go without a little resistance.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Borba spent years ditching his flashy, fast-paced former lifestyle, which included rubbing elbows with the beautiful Beverly Hills hotshots. <span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cGod called me to give up everything, and I thought that meant just my cars,\u201d he laughed. \u201cSo I had an Aston Martin convertible, and I said, \u2018All right, Lord, I\u2019m gonna sell this car, give the money to charity, and then use some other money to get myself a truck.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But that wasn\u2019t good enough for the Man Upstairs, remembered Borba. \u201cHe said, \u2018Give it all up.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Borba obeyed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It was an act of total submission that came after years of doing things his own way.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He had previously turned a deaf ear to the Lord\u2019s voice in the third grade, when his mother suggested he grow up to become a clergyman.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Since donating his fortune to charity and giving up the fast life of a glitz and glam star for the church, Borba claims he\u2019s \u201cnever been happier.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAt Mass, she asked me to look up at the altar, and if I wanted to be the man in the robes,\u201d Borba said. \u201cWhoever the priest was, his robes at that moment were shimmering like glitter\u2026 And I knew God was placing on my heart to become a priest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Unwilling to abandon his own career plans at the time, Borba went on to college before moving to Los Angeles to make it big in the world of glam. But he believes Mary, the Mother of God, has guided him back to the church.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI asked Mary to stay with me, to keep me and to hold me throughout my entire life,\u201d Borba said he prayed as a child, acknowledging that his petition had come to fruition.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that our Blessed Mother has brought me into this vocation because of her love for me and for her Son.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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