Kourtney Mary Kardashian

Kourtney Mary Kardashian (born April 18, 1979) is an American businesswoman, socialite, model, and reality television personality who gained fame as a cast member of Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Kourtney and Kim Take New York, and Kourtney and Khloé Take Miami.

She is the oldest child of Kris Jenner and defense attorney Robert Kardashian, the sister of socialites Khloé Kardashian Odom, Kimberly "Kim" Kardashian Humphries, and Rob Kardashian.

Early life

Kourtney Kardashian was born in Mill Valley, California. She is the eldest child of attorney Robert Kardashian and Kris Jenner (née Houghton) and the sister of Kim, Khloé, and Rob Kardashian. She is also half sister of Kendall and Kylie Jenner. She grew up in Los Angeles, and is of Armenian descent on her father's side and Scottish and Dutch on her mother's. Her father, Robert Kardashian, best known for being O. J. Simpson’s lawyer during his murder trial, died on September 30, 2003. Her mother, Kris, divorced Robert Kardashian in 1989 and married former Olympian Bruce Jenner in 1991. After her parents divorced, Kourtney lived with her father.

Kardashian attended the Roman Catholic all-girls school Marymount High School. Following graduation, she left California, moving to Dallas, Texas, where she attended Southern Methodist University for two years. She then moved to Tucson, Arizona, and attended the University of Arizona, graduating with a degree in Theatre Arts and a minor in Spanish. Her classmates included Nicole Richie and Luke Walton. After her mother, Kris, married Bruce Jenner, Kardashian became stepsister to three stepbrothers, (from eldest to youngest) Burton "Burt" Jenner, Brandon Jenner and Brody Jenner, and stepsister Cassandra Lyn "Casey" Jenner. She also has two half-sisters, Kendall Nicole and Kylie Kristen Jenner.