I admire her from a business perspective to an extent and agree she gets too much disrespect for the stuff she got put together. She's likeable but at time unlikeable in my eyes.
I have a love/hate relationship with her. Like I hate that she's such a "showbiz mom" that she encouraged her daughter to make a softcore sex tape so the family could have a successful reality TV show and all become famous. But that's also why I love her.
I used to know Mel B's makeup artist when he (and Mel) lived in Sydney, and he used to be the Kardashian's makeup artist for like the first 4 seasons of the show or something. He said Kris is the most money-hungry person he's ever met in his entire life. She takes momager to the next level, and every decision she makes is based on "how much will we get paid?"
I didn't even need him to tell me that to know it though, it's pretty obvious.
Kris is the reason they all exists - she's lofty but when it comes to marketing them, she knows what she's doing. And the main thing is EXPOSURE. I bet she tells all her girls to hurry up and tweet/instragram something to keep the press hungry on a daily basis.