Kris Jenner

Kristen Mary Jenner (nee Houghton, formerly Kardashian; born November 5, 1955) is an American television personality and businesswoman. She is best known for starring in the E! reality series Keeping Up with the Kardashians.

Early Life
Jenner was born in San Diego, California to parents Robert True Houghton and Mary Jo "MJ" Shannon. She has one younger sister, Karen Casey. Their parents divorced when she was seven years old and her mother raised them alone before re-marrying to Harry Shannon.

She attended Clairemont High School.

Career
Jenner was a former flight attended for American Airlines.

She runs her own production company, Jenner Communications, which is based in Los Angeles. She also manages her daughters, Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, Kendall and Kylie's careers. She is also involved with the business management of her son.

Jenner opened a children's boutique in 2004 with her eldest daughter which was called 'Smooch' and was open for for almost six years before closing down in 2009. In 2011, she launched a clothing line, Kris Jenner Kollection with QVC. She had previously sold exercise equipment with QVC in the 1990s.

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

Talk Show
Jenner hosted a pop culture-driven daytime talk show called Kris. The series began its six week trial summer run on several Fox-owned stations on July 15, 2013.

Kanye West, her son-in-law at the time, revealed the first public picture of his daughter North West on the show. The show's six week trial run was not extended.

Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Jenner met with Ryan Seacrest in 2007 to pursue a reality television show based on her family. Seacrest, who had his own production company, decided to develop the idea, having the popular family-based show The Osbournes in his mind.

The show was eventualy picked up to air on the E! cable network with Jenner acting as the executive producer. The series focuses on the personal and professional lives of the Kardashian-Jenner blended families. The series debuted on October 14, 2007 and has become one of the longest-running reality television shows in the country. The series also resulted in the development of several spin-offs.

Marriages and Children
Jenner has been married twice. She married her first husband, lawyer and businessman Robert Kardashian on July 8, 1978 and together they have three children: Kourtney Mary (born April 18, 1979), Kimberly Noel "Kim" (born October 21, 1980), Khloé Alexandra (born June 27, 1984) and Robert Arthur "Rob" Jr. (born March 17, 1987). The couple divorced in 1991 but remained good friends until his death.

In 2012, she confessed that she had had an affair with former soccer player and animator Todd Waterman during her marriage to Kardashian.

She married her second husband, Olympic gold medal decathlete Bruce Jenner (now known as Caitlyn) on April 21, 1991 and together they have two daughters: Kendall Nicole (born November 3, 1995) and Kylie Kristen (born August 10, 1997). The couple divorced in 2015.

She has been in a long-term relationship with Corey Gamble since 2014.

She has ten grandchildren. She has three from Kourtney: Mason Dash (born December 14, 2009), Penelope Scotland (born July 8, 2012) and Reign Aston (born December 14, 2014). She has four from Kim: North (born June 15, 2013), Saint (born December 5, 2015), Chicago (born January 15, 2018) and Psalm (born May 9, 2019). She has one from Khloé: True (born April 12, 2018), one from Rob: Dream Renée (born November 10, 2016) and one from Kylie: Stormi (born February 1, 2018).

O. J. Simpson Trial
Jenner and her family suffered emotional turmoil during the O. J. Simpson trial, later described as the "Trial of the Century." Jenner was a good friend of O. J.'s ex-wife Nicole Brown, and Jenner's first husband, Robert Kardashian was one of O. J.'s "Dream Team" of defense lawyers during the trial.

California Community Church
Jenner and Pastor Brad Johnson founded the California Community Church in 2012. It was originally called the Life Change Community Church, located in Agoura Hills, California.

Family
Husbands and Partners


 * Robert Kardashian (Ex-husband; 1978-1991)
 * Caitlyn Jenner (Ex-husband; 1991-2015)
 * Corey Gamble (Boyfriend; 2014-present)

Children


 * Kourtney Kardashian
 * Kim Kardashian
 * Khloé Kardashian
 * Rob Kardashian
 * Kendall Jenner
 * Kylie Jenner

Grandchildren


 * Mason Disick
 * Penelope Disick
 * North West
 * Reign Disick
 * Saint West
 * Dream Kardashian
 * Chicago West
 * Stormi Webster
 * True Thompson
 * Psalm West

Parents


 * Robert True Houghton
 * Mary Jo Shannon
 * Harry Shannon (Stepfather)

Siblings


 * Karen Casey