E.L.F. Founder on Giving Up Fortune to Become a Priest (Fr. Scott-Vincent Borba) | Ep. 588
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Who is Fr. Scott‑Vincent Borba and what did he leave behind when he converted?
I was the co-founder of Elf Cosmetics, the individual who created the initial concept, got in touch with the investors. You were like partying with Paris Hilton and the Kardashians. I was at my Hollywood Hills home where I just renovated, and I noticed that I had everything.
Why am I not happy?
Why don't I feel loved, even though I was loved all the time? So did you keep the house and cars? I had multiple cars who inspired me and said, give one of your cars. It was my Aston Martin he wanted me to sell. How much does a car like that? That car close to $200,000.
Can you tell me what it was like going to the vocations director? How did they judge whether or not they would accept you?
I actually put on my best suit. For the meeting. For the meeting. I took my Maserati that day. He looked at me. He said, oh my gosh. He said, I have so much work to do. If you think that your sin is too big to be forgiven, if you think that there is no way that you could have a relationship with God because God is too far away from you to hear what you are, and for those people who think that God is not real, please... Think again. He can utilize your entire life for good if you give him the opportunity to say yes. And that is the truth.
Yeah, that's what I'm saying. One of the nice things about long form discussions is like on these small shows, like a 10 minutes, say everything.
This is like, we can just take it.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. All right, well, Father Borba, it is an honor to have you on my show. Thank you. For those who are watching and they're like, who is this priest? Could you sort of sum up where you were, what you left and, and where we are now. I obviously wanna get into our story and I wanna take it slowly, but just. Sure, sure.
So I was the co-founder of Elf Cosmetics, the individual who created the initial concept, the business plan, got in touch with the investors. I also was the founder of Borba Nutraceuticals, Borba Skincare, Borba Water. with licenses with Anheuser-Busch, QVC as my, one of my major investment partners, or actually Liberty Media. And then my final brand that I was working on before, or actually right smack during my conversion was Scott Benson Borba Incorporated. So that was gonna be a flagship brand.
All right, and I'm told, you correct me if I'm wrong, right? Here's, cause I didn't know much about you before this interview, so I'll just be honest about that. You walked away from an estimated $3 billion net worth donating it all to charity, including selling your car. Is that right?
Actually, no. Okay. The company is worth that amount. I was with the company since, if I'm not mistaken, 2004. Mm-hmm. I departed around 2019. At that point, we're a very large company, a multi-million dollar company. The investors were preparing it for its next stage for the private equity investment and stock market. I... had another company called Borba where I put a lot of my energy into. So, um, when I transitioned away, um, my, uh, estate was again, very, uh, I did very well.
Just the fact that you're referring to it as an estate. That sounds like you're doing well.
I've never referred to my place as an estate. I humbly was taken care of, and I did well. And also my other company, Borba, since it was mostly a TV business, selling business, and a distribution of my water business. So I had a substantial amount with my team. And what year was your conversion? Jeez, I am 53 right now. Well, I'm going to be 53 next week. So I had my conversion when I was 40. Okay. So I want to say... 13 or so years ago. Yes, roughly.
All right. So maybe we can start here. Sure. 15 years ago, if I had met you and said, hey, just so you know, 15 years from now, you're going to be a Catholic priest. Yeah. Well, how would you reacted to that?
I would have, I would have rejected it, um, stating that I wasn't holy enough, that, um, um, God was going to do something with me that would honor his name in other ways. Uh, But in my heart, God called me when I was 10 years old, when we moved to the Central Valley into a small farming town.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
Who is Fr. Scott‑Vincent Borba and what did he leave behind when he converted?
0:00–12:20
2
What mystical vision of St. Michael led to Borba’s dramatic conversion?
12:20–1:14:28
3
How did Fr. Scott-Vincent decide to give away his fortune and where did the money go?
1:14:28–1:18:13
4
What happened when he gave designer clothes and donations to the homeless?
1:18:13–1:24:03
5
How did Fr. Scott discern and get accepted into seminary despite his past?
1:24:03–1:32:24
6
What does Fr. Scott say about vanity, makeup, Hollywood and using business skills for the Church?
1:32:24–2:35:33
Speakers
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