Kristen Mary Jenner (née Houghton /ˈhoʊtən/ HOH-tən, formerly Kardashian; born November 5, 1955) is an American media personality, socialite, and businesswoman.

Shannon (née Campbell; born 1934-2006), who owned a children's clothing store, and Robert True "Bob" Houghton (1931–1975), an engineer.

[1][2][3][4] When she was seven years old, M. J. and Bob divorced, and she and her younger sister, Karen Casey (née Houghton; 1958–2024), were raised by their mother.

[6] In San Diego, Jenner worked at Shannon & Company, a children's clothing store that belonged to her mother.

[11] 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.

[14] The series was successful for its network, E!, and has resulted in the creation of numerous spin-offs[15] including Kourtney and Kim Take Miami (2009), in which Jenner has made multiple guest appearances.

[16] Jenner was also featured as a recurring cast member in Kourtney and Kim Take New York, which premiered in January 2011.

announced a Keeping Up with the Kardashians spin-off series titled Kourtney & Khloé Take the Hamptons.

In 2021, Jenner and her family announced that their reality show, Keeping Up With the Kardashians, would be ending after twenty seasons and almost 15 years on air.

[32][33][34] The show features Jenner, alongside her daughters Kourtney, Kim, Khloe, Kendall and Kylie, it also features ex and current partners including Scott Disick, Travis Barker, Tristan Thompson, and Corey Gamble, with Kanye West making a guest appearance.

Since before the start of Keeping Up with the Kardashians, she has managed her daughters' Kim, Kourtney, Khloe, Kendall, and Kylie's career.

She has been involved in the launch and an instrumental guiding force of their successful family brands including Kylie Cosmetics, Kylie Skin, KKW Beauty, KKW Fragrance, Skims, Good American, 818 Tequila, SKKN by Kim and Arthur George.

[53] The first 15,000 lip kits were produced by Seed Beauty and funded by Kylie at a cost of $250,000 from her modelling earnings.

[57] In April 2020, Jenner teamed up with daughter Kim to launch a perfume collaboration titled KKW x Kris.

[60] She later wrote a cookbook entitled In the Kitchen with Kris: A Kollection of Kardashian-Jenner Family Favorites, which was released in October 2014.

[62][63] Dimitri Ehrlich of Interview magazine called her "the matriarch of the Kardashian-Jenner brood" and the "21st century's preeminent female pop-cultural brand-builder.

[72][73] Jenner's first marriage was to lawyer Robert Kardashian (who later became widely known for his early legal representation of O. J. Simpson) on July 8, 1978.

The Jenners announced their separation in October 2013,[80][81] and on September 22, 2014, Kris filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences.

It originally was called the Life Change Community Church, located in Agoura Hills, California.