Ruby Kemper, 20, is currently enrolled at Cornell University’s prestigious Nolan School of Hotel Administration
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- Ruby Kemper recently stepped out for a noteworthy appearance at Le Bal des Débutantes in Paris on Nov. 29
- The L.A. native is enrolled in Cornell University’s Nolan School of Hotel Administration, where she studies hospitality and business
- As the granddaughter of MGM owner Kirk Kerkorian, who built some of the world’s biggest hotels in Las Vegas, Kemper appreciates her curriculum as a deeper look into his career
Today, Ruby Kemper is a student at Cornell University, who recently proved her chic fashion sense in a custom Chrome Hearts gown at Le Bal des Débutantes on Nov. 29. But one day, the L.A. native may just be following in the big business footsteps of her grandfather, Kirk Kerkorian.
Before his death at age 98 in 2015, Kerkorian was known for building an empire across industries. He made his name in the private investment world and in media after he acquired the film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1969. However, some of his biggest accomplishments happened in the hotel and hospitality space.
Kerkorian opened the world’s then-largest hotel, the International Hotel in Las Vegas, in 1969. Four years later, he bested his own record and opened an even bigger hotel, the first MGM Grand Hotel. He later built a second — and current — iteration of the MGM Grand, which became the world’s largest hotel at the time of its opening in 1993.
At just 20 years old, Kemper is already keen to learn about what went into her maternal grandfather’s work. She’s currently enrolled at Cornell’s famed Nolan School of Hotel Administration, where she’s studying hospitality and business…