Caroline Kennedy Bio: Kids, Age, Parents, Net Worth, Husband, Height, Illness

Caroline Kennedy is an American author, attorney, and diplomat, best known as the only surviving child of the late U.S. President John F. Kennedy.

Born Caroline Bouvier Kennedy on November 27, 1957, in New York City, she is currently 68 years old.

She served as United States Ambassador to Japan from 2013 to 2017 under President Barack Obama, and later as United States Ambassador to Australia from 2022 to 2024 under President Joe Biden. Before her diplomatic career, she was a practicing attorney.

She spent years working in education reform in New York City, including a stint as CEO of the Office of Strategic Partnerships at the NYC Department of Education.

Kennedy is also a published author, having written or edited 11 New York Times best-selling books covering law, civics, and poetry. She serves as Honorary President of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation. She has held trustee roles with organizations including the Carnegie Corporation, the International Rescue Committee, and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. She was also a director of The Boeing Company and co-chair of the Harvard Institute of Politics.

She is married to designer and artist Edwin Schlossberg (m. 1986), and the couple has three children: Rose Schlossberg, Tatiana Schlossberg, and Jack Schlossberg.

Caroline Kennedy
Wiki Facts & About Data
Real Name:	Caroline Bouvier Kennedy
Stage Name:	Caroline Kennedy
Born:	November 27, 1957 (age 68 years old)
Place of Birth:	New York City, New York, U.S.
Nationality:	American
Ethnicity:	Irish, French
Education:	Concord Academy, Radcliffe College (A.B.), Columbia Law School (J.D.)
Religion:	Catholic
Parents:	John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Siblings:	John F. Kennedy Jr., Patrick Bouvier Kennedy
Spouse:	Edwin Schlossberg (m. 1986)
Children:	Rose Schlossberg, Tatiana Schlossberg, Jack Schlossberg
Occupation:	Author, Attorney, Diplomat
Net Worth:	$250 million

Early Life & Education

Caroline Bouvier Kennedy was born on November 27, 1957, in New York City, making her a Sagittarius.

She is of Irish and French descent, tracing her father’s lineage to the Kennedy family of County Wexford, Ireland, and her mother’s to the Bouvier family, who were of French ancestry. She was raised Catholic, in keeping with her family’s long-standing Catholic faith.

Her parents were President John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, former First Lady and later a book editor.

She had two siblings: John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr., who died in a plane crash in 1999, and Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, who died in infancy in August 1963, just months before their father’s assassination. She has another sibling named Arabella Kennedy. She is the only surviving child of President Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

Kennedy was educated at Convent of the Sacred Heart and Concord Academy before attending Radcliffe College at Harvard University, where she earned her A.B. degree. She went on to study law at Columbia University and earned her Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School.

Career

Caroline Kennedy began her professional life in law and the arts before moving into public service. After earning her law degree from Columbia Law School, she practiced law. She worked on projects related to constitutional history and civil liberties, co-authoring books on privacy law with law professor Ellen Alderman.

She became a prominent voice in New York City’s philanthropic and civic circles, chairing the Fund for Public Schools and later serving as CEO of the Office of Strategic Partnerships at the NYC Department of Education from 2002 to 2004, where she helped build public-private partnerships supporting arts education, school libraries, and performing arts programs in city schools.

In 2013, President Barack Obama nominated Kennedy as United States Ambassador to Japan, a post she held from November 2013 to January 2017. During her tenure in Tokyo, she played a key role in commemorating the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, helped facilitate President Obama’s historic visit to Hiroshima and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to Pearl Harbor, advanced the realignment of U.S. forces in Okinawa, and promoted women’s empowerment initiatives and expanded student exchange programs between the two countries.

Nearly a decade later, President Joe Biden nominated her as United States Ambassador to Australia. She was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in May 2022 and presented her credentials to the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia on July 25, 2022. She served in Canberra until November 2024, during which she focused on strengthening the U.S.-Australia alliance under the AUKUS partnership, climate change cooperation, and support for Pacific Island nations.

Beyond diplomacy, Kennedy has built a substantial career as an author and editor, publishing 11 New York Times best-selling books on law, civics, and poetry, including several anthologies drawn from her family’s literary interests.

She has served as a trustee of the Carnegie Corporation, the International Rescue Committee, and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, as a director of The Boeing Company, and as co-chair of the Harvard Institute of Politics. She remains Honorary President of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, continuing her family’s long association with the institution.

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Personal Life

Caroline Kennedy is currently 68 years old. She has been married once, to designer, author, and museum consultant Edwin Schlossberg (m. 1986).

The couple met in the early 1980s while both were working at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, where Kennedy was employed in the museum’s film and television department after graduating from Radcliffe College.

They married on July 19, 1986, at Our Lady of Victory Church in Centerville, Massachusetts, in a small Catholic ceremony, with her cousin Maria Shriver serving as matron of honor and her uncle Ted Kennedy escorting her down the aisle. Kennedy and Schlossberg have been married for nearly four decades.

Before meeting Schlossberg, Kennedy dated a writer for about two years, though the relationship was never widely publicized and few details about it are confirmed. Her earlier dating life, like much of her personal history, was kept largely out of the public eye.

Kennedy and Schlossberg have three children together: Rose Schlossberg (born 1988), Tatiana Schlossberg (born 1990, died 2025), and Jack Schlossberg (born 1993). Tatiana worked as a journalist focused on climate issues before her death from acute myeloid leukemia at age 35.

Rose is an actress and writer, while Jack is a lawyer and an active member of the JFK Library Foundation. Kennedy also became a grandmother in April 2022, with the birth of her first grandchild, Edwin Garrett Moran.

Caroline Kennedy is 5 ft 6 in (167.6 cm) tall.

Net Worth

Caroline Kennedy has an estimated net worth of $250 million. Her fortune stems primarily from inherited wealth tied to the Kennedy and Onassis family trusts, alongside decades of income earned as a practicing attorney, author, and diplomat.

She has authored or edited 11 New York Times best-selling books, which continue to generate royalty income.

She has held paid board and trustee positions, including as a former director of The Boeing Company. Her real estate holdings include a New York City penthouse and Red Gate Farm, her mother’s 375-acre estate on Martha’s Vineyard, both of which add significantly to her overall wealth.

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