Kris Jenner is the most famous woman in the world, but she did not always have a good sense of money management. During an interview with WSJ. Magazine, the Keep up with the Kardashians matriarch said she had no idea about finances while married to her first husband, the famous lawyer Robert Kardashian.
‘One day my friend Shelli Azoff told me when I was going through my divorce [from Robert]”How much does your gardener cost?” And I said, ‘I do not know.’ And she said, “Do you not know?” That was the turning point for me: I was ashamed that I did not know, ‘Kris recalls in the latest digital cover story.
Kris met Robert when she was 17 and married him four years later. They had four (very famous) children: Kourtney, Kim, Khloé and Rob Kardashian. The couple divorced in 1991.
“I woke up one day from responsibilities I did not have the day before. And I had to figure it out. And the good news is that I’re paying attention … I’m studying fast and knew I had to. get. together, ‘Kris continues. “And I felt such an enormous sense of accomplishment to be able to work everything out and pay my own bills and earn my own money and do my own taxes. And there were times that I did not have a lot of money, but I was very organized. ‘
Kris added: “I’m interested in different ways people make money – and in what’s happening around the world. And I’m interested in different businesses and how they develop and how they become successful … I just enjoy the business world.”
The reality-star-turning multimillionaire is indeed a quick study. According to Forbes, it has an estimated net worth of $ 190 million. Kris plays a role in all of her children’s approval agreements and gets her usual ten percent savings – like when Coty paid $ 600 million in 2019 for a 51 percent stake in Kylie Jenner’s brand, Kylie Cosmetics. She also made possible Coty’s $ 200 million purchase of a 20 percent stake in Kim Kardashian West’s cosmetics, KKW Beauty.
According to Ryan Seacrest, co-creator of KUWTK, Kris can keep up with the best of it in the boardroom.
“She’s one of the best traders I’ve ever seen. I sat down with the Merv Griffins and Dick Clarks of the world and watched them negotiate, watch television and be the most pleasant, sweet, wonderful host. then sit down at the table in the Beverly Hills Hotel and be a tough trader, “says Seacrest WSJ. Magazine. “She has both of those qualities, which are rare.”
The Living with Kelly and Ryan host adds that she has respect in the industry.
“I think the people in the entertainment industry, people in Hollywood, people who make products that fit the family to be marketed, realize that she’s this amazing engine behind it all,” he adds. “They actually realize the power she has.”
WSJ. Magazine‘s digital cover story with Kris Jenner appears Tuesday.
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