My mom's not the puppet master… I am!': Kim Kardashian reveals she's the brains behind the family empire as she shares swimsuit shoot

Kim Kardashian has revealed she is the brains behind her family's huge empire. 

While her momager Kris Jenner usually gets the credit for masterminding her family's success, Kim insists she's actually the one calling the shots. 

The mother-of-two discussed her business acumen in a new interview with Editorialist magazine and shared a sneak peek of the accompanying swimsuit shoot on kimkardashianwest.com.

Kim explained: 'It's so funny, because I'll hear stories like, "Kris Jenner is the puppet master, having all of her kids do this and that," and I'm like, "If they only knew." I'm the one that will be like, "Kylie, do this. Kendall, you should do this.'"

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Brains and beauty: Kim Kardashian West shared a sneak peek of her shoot for the Spring 2016 issue of Editorialist magazine on her website and app. The photograph was taken by Gilles Bensimon 

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She's been keeping a low profile since the birth of her son Saint in December, and we have to admit we've been missing our regular Kimmy K fix! So we were pleased to see that Mrs West had released this sneak peak of her upcoming shoot for Editorialist.

Alongside what promises to be a tell-all interview, Kim posed up a storm in a plunging black swimsuit, showing off her famous curves!

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