Background
Kardashian was born March 17, 1987 in Los Angeles, California, United States to attorney Robert Kardashian and wife Kris. His parents divorced in 1991, and his mother married Olympic decathlete Caitlyn Jenner the same year.
Kardashian was born March 17, 1987 in Los Angeles, California, United States to attorney Robert Kardashian and wife Kris. His parents divorced in 1991, and his mother married Olympic decathlete Caitlyn Jenner the same year.
Kardashian graduated from the University of Southern California"s Marshall School of Business in 2009.
He is best known for featuring on Keeping Up with the Kardashians, a reality television series that centers upon his family, as well as appearing on its spin-offs. In 2011, Kardashian also competed in the thirteenth season of Dancing with the Stars, during which he placed second. He has three older sisters, Kourtney, Kim, and Khloé.
Rob"s father, Robert Kardashian, died in September 2003 from esophageal cancer.
Kardashian was a contestant on season 13 of Dancing with the Stars in 2011. Kardashian was almost eliminated in the fourth week.
The pair ended up in second place against J.R. Martinez and Karina Smirnoff. Kardashian has also taken on several business ventures working with PerfectSkin, Rival Spot, the BG5 and working on his own sock line.
Kardashian announced in August 2012 that he would return to the University of Southern California and study law later in the year.
University of Southern California"s Gould School of Law, however, denied this, and stated via its Twitter account that Kardashian had not even applied to the school. In 2012, Kardashian participated in Fox"s dating game show The Choice. In late 2012, he launched his sock line titled Arthur George.
Kardashian dated actress Adrienne Bailon from 2007 until 2009.
Their relationship was documented on the family reality show Keeping Up with the Kardashians. After months of speculation, in October 2012, Kardashian confirmed through his Twitter account that he and singer Rita Ora were dating.
In December 2012, it was revealed that their relationship had ended. In January 2016, Kardashian began dating model Blac Chyna.
In December 2015, it was reported that Kardashian was hospitalized after falling ill and diagnosed with diabetes.