Alex McCord life and biography

Alex McCord has lived in New York City since 1996. She was raised in Kansas, Texas, and the U.S. Virgin Islands and attended Northwestern University but never graduated. McCord was a graphic designer for over nine years. She is starring in the reality television The Real Housewives of New York City.

McCord is married to Simon van Kempen, who was the General Manager of Hotel Chandler in New York City throughout the first three seasons, but has since left to start his own social media business within the hotel sector. As of 2010, she and van Kempen reside in the Cobble Hill, Brooklyn. They have two boys together, Francois and Johan, who were named for Simon's late Father; Francois Johan Walter van Kempen.

In March 2009, she was laid off from her job in visual merchandising for Limited Brands/Victoria’s Secret.

McCord and her husband have written a book together titled Little Kids, Big City, which was released in spring 2010.

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