Kim Kardashian graced the cover of Fortune’s October/November issue released on Wednesday.
Dubbed one of 100 Most Powerful Women by the magazine, the 42-year-old reality TV personality showed she meant business by modeling an oversized, black blazer and matching trousers.
While standing and leaning against a chair, she tilted her head upwards in a confident power pose and simultaneously showcased her beauty.
The Kardashians star — who bared her midriff in sizzling new snaps to promote her SKIMS the day before — took her raven black tresses to the next level by adding long extensions and styling her hair in soft waves.
The entrepreneur is praised for turning her shapewear brand into a $4 billion company.
Taking the crown and representing the list of Most Powerful Women, Kardashian put on a glamorous display on the cover.
She rocked a monochromatic brown makeup look, which perfectly accentuated her strong features.
The American Horror Story: Delicate actress rocked a cut-crease eyeshadow look teamed with full, fluttering eyelashes to highlight her sultry stare.
She also opted for ample bronzer for a radiant, sun-kissed look teamed with brown lip liner and nude lipstick on her full pout.
In her interview with the outlet, she spoke about her next new project — venture capital and opening her new private equity firm, SKKY Partners.
She is not the only celebrity to embark upon venture capital, but she explained she wants to do It differently by not just investing on a founder, writing a check, and waiting for the payoff.
Kardashian said she wants to be fully active in the entire process.
‘I wouldn’t be involved in anything if it wasn’t fully hands-on,’ she explained. ‘There’s no other way.’
Fortune also spoke to producer Scott Budnick — who partnered with Kardashian on one of her passion projects, prison reform — to confirm her dedication to her work.
‘When she sees something she really believes in, she sinks her teeth in and goes all in,’ Budnick said about the billionaire mogul.
As for how she manages such time commitment, Kardashian said it is because she has a ‘patient mindset’ and looks at the bigger picture.
‘I’m an eight-to-10-year-out-plan kind of person,’ she revealed. ‘And I think it’s really important to have that patient mindset.’
People who work closely to Kardashian corroborated and also revealed she is more professional and ‘laid-back’ in person compared to her onscreen persona.
Her colleagues in her many ventures say she speaks rather softly and slowly. They also describe her as a listener — ‘someone who first takes in all available information then leaps into action’.
Kardashian said she adopted that approach ‘after years of being on the other side of that power dynamic and feeling like she wasn’t heard’.
And now, she is taking that into her newest venture as well as she partners with former Burberry CEO and Apple SVP Angela Ahrendts as the senior operating advisor of SKKY Partners.
In the interview, Kardashian divulged into her ‘ideal portfolio company’ and said it will have an active founder who puts their ‘heart and soul’ into the company.
‘I want to hear their vision,’ she said. ‘I want to hear their dreams.’
She also noted it’s important to have the ‘magic sauce’ and ‘authenticity’.
‘It’s not like they’re going to start working with my fund and all of a sudden their whole brand is nude and beige, like a Kim-branded company,’ she said.
As for how she has made it this far despite dealing with people doubting her ability, she said it’s her drive to cement her legacy.
‘Maybe that’s part of my drive, always feeling like people have underestimated me,’ she said. ‘Maybe that’s what keeps me going.’
