Kris Jenner

Kristen Mary Jenner is an American media personality, socialite, businesswoman, and executive producer. She is best known for starring in and executive producing the reality television series Keeping Up with the Kardashians and its various spin-off programs, as well as serving as a manager and guiding business force for her family members and their respective commercial brands.

Born Kristen Mary Houghton in San Diego, California, on November 5, 1955, she was raised primarily by her mother, Mary Jo Shannon, alongside her younger sister. She attended Clairemont High School, graduating in 1973. In her early career, she worked at her mother's children's clothing boutique, Shannon & Company, and later worked for a year as a flight attendant for American Airlines in 1976.

In 2007, Jenner met with producer Ryan Seacrest to develop a reality series focused on her family. The resulting show, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, premiered on the E! network with Jenner serving as an executive producer. The show ran for twenty seasons through 2021 and expanded into numerous spin-off series, including Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami, Kourtney and Kim Take New York, Khloe & Lamar, and Life of Kylie. Following the conclusion of their original network run, Jenner and her family transitioned to star in the Hulu series The Kardashians in 2022.

Jenner operates the Los Angeles-based management and production enterprise Jenner Communications, managing the professional careers of her children. She has participated in the launch and strategy of major family brands, including Kylie Cosmetics, Skims, Good American, and 818 Tequila. Her independent commercial projects include a children's shop called Smooch, a QVC line named Kris Jenner Kollection launched in 2011, and product collaborations such as the Kris Kollection cosmetics line and the KKW x Kris fragrance.

In addition to reality programming, Jenner hosted the daytime talk show Kris during a trial run in 2013, co-founded the California Community Church in 2012, and joined the production team of the legal drama All's Fair as an executive producer in 2024. She also authored an autobiography in 2011 and a cookbook in 2014. Jenner has four children—Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, and Robert—from her first marriage to lawyer Robert Kardashian, and two daughters—Kendall and Kylie—from her second marriage to retired Olympian Bruce Jenner (later Caitlyn).