Kim Kardashian

Kimberly Noel Kardashian (born October 21, 1980) is an American media personality, socialite, and businesswoman.

Kimberly Noel Kardashian was born on October 21, 1980, in Los Angeles, California, to Robert and Kris Kardashian (née Houghton).

She has an older sister, Kourtney, a younger sister, Khloé, and a younger brother, Rob.

Their mother is of Scottish and Dutch ancestry, while their father is of Armenian descent.

In 1991, their parents divorced and their mother married Bruce Jenner, the 1976 Summer Olympics decathlon winner.

As a result of her mother's remarriage, Kim Kardashian acquired step-brothers Burt, Brandon, and Brody; step-sister Casey; and later two half-sisters, Kendall and Kylie Jenner.

Kardashian attended Marymount High School, a Roman Catholic all-girls school in Los Angeles.

In 1994, her father represented football player O. J. Simpson during his murder trial.

Simpson is Kardashian's godfather.

In 2000, after entering into her first marriage, she resigned.

She first gained media attention as a friend and stylist of Paris Hilton, but received wider notice after the sex tape Kim Kardashian, Superstar, which she filmed in 2003 with her then-boyfriend Ray J, was released in 2007.

Later that year, she and her family began to appear on the E! reality television series Keeping Up with the Kardashians, which aired until 2021.

Kardashian's father died in 2003 of cancer.

In her teenage years, Kardashian was a close friend of Nicole Richie and Paris Hilton, through whom she first garnered media attention.

After totaling her car at age 16, her father agreed to buy her a new one on condition that she agree to be responsible for paying all expenses related to any future damages.

She subsequently began working at Body, a local clothing store in Encino, California, where she worked for four years, assisting in the opening of the Calabasas location.

By 2003, Kardashian was working as a personal stylist to the R&B singer and actress, Brandy, the sister of Ray J.

Later, the siblings' mother (and manager) Sonja Norwood, alleged that in 2004 she had authorized Kardashian to make "one and only one" purchase on her American Express credit card and that nevertheless Kardashian and her sisters Khloé and Kourtney had incurred over $120,000 in unauthorized charges to that card.

Sheeraz Hasan, a PR strategist working with Hilton, had previously met Kardashian and her mother Kris Jenner in 2005, and stated in a 2020 20/20 television special that Kardashian was "ready to do whatever it takes" to create a successful brand.

With sisters Kourtney and Khloé, she launched the fashion boutique chain Dash, which operated from 2006 to 2018.

Norwood also alleged that the bulk of the charges were attributable to purchases made at Kardashian's family-owned boutique in 2006 and 2007, after Kardashian was no longer employed by Norwood's daughter.

Norwood further alleged that, at the request of her children, she did not file criminal charges, instead presenting her allegations personally to Kardashian, and that Kardashian apologized and promised to repay the debt.

In 2006, Kardashian had begun working as a stylist for Paris Hilton, a childhood friend of hers.

She appeared in several episodes of the reality series The Simple Life and was frequently photographed accompanying Hilton to events and parties.

Her acting credits include the films Disaster Movie (2008), Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (2013), as well as a voice role in two PAW Patrol films (2021); and the twelfth season of the anthology horror series American Horror Story (2023).

In 2008, no payments having been forthcoming, Norwood filed a lawsuit.

Kardashian has denied all these allegations.

In 2009, the parties reportedly reached a confidential settlement, and the lawsuit was dismissed.

Its success led to the formation of three spin-off shows; Kourtney and Kim Take New York (2011–2012), Kourtney and Kim Take Miami (2009–2013) and Hulu's The Kardashians (2022–present).

Kardashian has developed a significant presence online and across numerous social media platforms, including her hundreds of millions of followers on Twitter and Instagram.

She has released a variety of products tied to her name, including the 2014 mobile game Kim Kardashian: Hollywood and the 2015 photo book Selfish.

Her relationship with rapper Kanye West has also received significant media coverage; the two of them were married from 2014 to 2022 and have four children together.

Time magazine included Kardashian on their list of 2015's 100 most influential people.

Both critics and admirers have described her as exemplifying the notion of being famous for being famous.

She is estimated to be worth US$1.8 billion, as of 2022.

Kardashian has become more politically active by lobbying for prison reform and clemency, and,, is under a four-year law apprenticeship supervised by the legal nonprofit #cut50.

Kardashian founded KKW Beauty and KKW Fragrance—both which operated from 2017 till 2022.

The former was valued at over US$1 billion as of 2021.

She founded the shaping underwear or foundation garment company Skims in 2019, which is valued at over US$4 billion, as of 2023.

Following the closure of her cosmetics and fragrance brands, Kardashian founded her skincare line, Sknn By Kim, in 2022.