Kardashian

Kris Jenner: Mother of Kardashians

Author: Editors Desk Source: Los Angeles Times

July 11, 2024 at 11:23

Potographed in Calabasas on Jan. 15. (Evan Mulling / For The Times)

You could make the case that any one of Kris Jenner’s five daughters deserves a spot on this list of L.A.’s most influential people. They’re each indelible parts of the pop culture firmament, attract millions of followers on social media and have massively lucrative businesses that together bring in billions.

All true. But none of that success would exist without Jenner, 68, who serves as the family’s entrepreneurial mastermind.

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Jenner manages all of her daughters’ careers, taking a reported 10% cut of a dizzying array of moneymaking businesses. That’s a piece of the action in Skims, Kim’s shapewear brand, Kendall’s 818 Tequila and modeling gigs, the size-inclusive clothing brand that Khloe co-founded, Kylie’s cosmetics line, and Kourtney’s vitamin business, just to name a few. (She’s also involved in her son Rob’s sock company.)

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