Kris Jenner facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Kris Jenner
Jenner in 2014
Born	Kristen Mary Houghton (1955-11-05) November 5, 1955 (age 69) San Diego, California, U.S.
Other names	Kris Houghton Kris Kardashian
Education	Clairemont High School
Occupation	Media personality socialite businesswoman producer
Years active	2007–present
Television	Keeping Up with the Kardashians The Kardashians
Spouse(s)	Robert Kardashian ​ ​ (m. 1978; div. 1991)​ Bruce Jenner ​ ​ (m. 1991; div. 2015)​
Partner(s)	Corey Gamble (2014–present)
Children	Kourtney Kardashian Kim Kardashian Khloé Kardashian Rob Kardashian Kendall Jenner Kylie Jenner
Family	Kardashian

Kristen Mary Jenner (born November 5, 1955) is an American TV personality, socialite, and businesswoman. She became famous by starring in the reality TV show Keeping Up with the Kardashians (2007–2021) with her family. This show's success led her and her family to appear in many spin-off series. She also worked as an executive producer for most of her family's reality shows. After their show ended on E! in 2021, they started a new show called The Kardashians on Hulu in 2022.

Kris Jenner has four children from her first marriage to lawyer Robert Kardashian: Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, and Rob. She has two more children from her second marriage to TV personality and retired Olympic athlete Bruce Jenner (now Caitlyn): Kendall and Kylie. She has 13 grandchildren.

Early Life and Family

Kristen Mary Houghton was born in San Diego, California, on November 5, 1955. She was the older of two children. Her mother, Mary Jo "M. J." Shannon, owned a children's clothing store. Her father, Robert True "Bob" Houghton, was an engineer. When Kris was seven, her parents divorced. She and her younger sister, Karen Casey, were raised by their mother. Her mother later married businessman Harry Shannon, who helped raise Kris and her sister.

After moving to Oxnard, California, for a short time, her family moved back to San Diego. In San Diego, Kris worked at her mother's children's clothing store. She went to Clairemont High School and finished in 1973. In 1975, when Kris was 19, her father died in a car crash. In 1976, she worked as a flight attendant for American Airlines for one year.

Kris Jenner's Career

Television Shows

In 2007, Kris Jenner met with TV producer Ryan Seacrest. She wanted to create a reality TV show about her family. Seacrest liked the idea, thinking of the popular family show The Osbournes. Kris felt that her family's life would naturally create interesting TV.

Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner at the 2018 MTV Movie & TV Awards

The show, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, was picked up by the E! network. Kris Jenner was an executive producer. The series showed the personal and work lives of the Kardashian–Jenner family. It first aired on October 14, 2007. It became one of the longest-running reality TV shows in the country.

The show was very successful and led to many spin-off series. These included Kourtney and Kim Take Miami (2009) and Kourtney and Kim Take New York (2011). Kris Jenner often appeared in these shows. She also appeared in Khloé & Lamar (2011), which focused on her daughter Khloé Kardashian and her husband Lamar Odom. In 2014, E! announced Kourtney and Khloé Take The Hamptons. This show followed Kourtney, Khloé, and Scott Disick as they worked on a new store. In 2017, Kris's youngest daughter, Kylie, starred in her own spin-off, Life of Kylie.

In 2013, Kris Jenner hosted her own daytime talk show called Kris. It ran for a six-week trial period. During the show, her then-son-in-law, Kanye West, shared the first public picture of Kris's granddaughter, North West. The show's trial run was not extended.

In 2015, Kris appeared in the E! reality series I Am Cait. This show followed her ex-husband, Caitlyn Jenner's, journey as she transitioned. Even after their divorce in 2015, Kris and Caitlyn continued to appear together on Keeping Up with the Kardashians.

In 2021, Kris and her family announced that Keeping Up with the Kardashians would end after 20 seasons. The final season aired on March 18, 2021.

In April 2022, Kris and her family returned to TV with a new reality show, The Kardashians. They moved from the E! Network to Hulu. The show features Kris, her daughters, and their partners. The first season premiered on April 14, 2022. It can be watched on Disney+. The show was renewed for a second season, which premiered on September 22, 2022. A third season aired on May 25, 2023.

In 2024, Kris Jenner joined the production team for a new Hulu legal drama series called All's Fair. She is an executive producer, and her daughter Kim stars in the series.

Business Ventures

Kris Jenner runs her own production company, Jenner Communications, in Los Angeles. She has managed the careers of her daughters Kim, Kourtney, Khloé, Kendall, and Kylie since before Keeping Up with the Kardashians began. She also helps manage her other children's businesses. She has been a key part of launching and guiding their successful family brands. These include Kylie Cosmetics, KKW Beauty, Skims, and Good American.

In 2004, Kris opened a children's boutique called "Smooch" with her oldest daughter, Kourtney. It closed in 2009. In 2011, Kris launched a clothing line, Kris Jenner Kollection, with QVC. She had also sold exercise equipment with QVC in the 1990s.

In 2014, Kris and her youngest daughter Kylie started a company called Kylie Lip Kits. Their first product, a liquid lipstick and lip liner, came out on November 30, 2015. Kylie funded the first 15,000 lip kits with her modeling earnings. The company was renamed Kylie Cosmetics in February 2016. By the end of 2016, the company's total earnings were over $300 million. In May 2018, Kris and Kylie announced their collaboration called the Kris Kollection. This collection included a "Momager" Mini Lip Set, named after the nickname Kris has for herself.

In April 2020, Kris teamed up with her daughter Kim to launch a perfume together called KKW x Kris.

Writing Books

Kris Jenner's autobiography, Kris Jenner... and All Things Kardashian, was released in November 2011. She later wrote a cookbook called In the Kitchen with Kris: A Kollection of Kardashian-Jenner Family Favorites. This book came out in October 2014.

Personal Life

Marriages and Family

Kris Jenner's first marriage was to lawyer Robert Kardashian on July 8, 1978. They had four children: daughters Kourtney (born 1979), Kim (born 1980), Khloé (born 1984), and son Rob (born 1987). They divorced in March 1991 but remained friends until Robert's death in 2003.

In April 1991, Kris married her second husband, retired Olympic athlete Bruce Jenner. Bruce publicly came out as a transgender woman in 2015 and took the name Caitlyn. Kris and Caitlyn have two daughters together: Kendall (born 1995) and Kylie (born 1997). Kris named Kendall Nicole after her friend Nicole Brown Simpson. Through her marriage to Bruce, Kris also had four stepchildren.

The Jenners announced their separation in October 2013. Kris filed for divorce in September 2014, and it was finalized in March 2015. Kris and Caitlyn continued to co-parent their children.

As of 2025, Kris Jenner has 14 grandchildren. She has been in a relationship with Corey Gamble since around 2014.

O. J. Simpson Case

Kris Jenner and her family went through a difficult time during the O. J. Simpson murder case (1994–1995). Kris was a good friend of O. J. Simpson's ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson. Kris's first husband, Robert Kardashian, was one of O. J. Simpson's defense lawyers during the trial.

American actress Selma Blair played Kris Jenner in the FX series The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story, which premiered in February 2016.

California Community Church

In 2012, Kris Jenner and Pastor Brad Johnson started the California Community Church. It was first called the Life Change Community Church and was located in Agoura Hills, California.

Filmography

As Herself

As Producer

In Music Videos

See also

In Spanish: Kris Jenner para niños