Meet Cara Kennedy-Cuomo, Andrew Cuomo’s daughter with ex-wife Kerry Kennedy – from Harvard to activism and philanthropy, and supporting her ex-NY governor dad in his current mayoral campaign

Mar 10 , 2025

Meet Cara Kennedy-Cuomo, Andrew Cuomo’s daughter with ex-wife Kerry Kennedy. Photo: @cuomoallthetime/Instagram

The Harvard and Wharton School graduate co-founded the private equity firm Ardabelle Capital, and set up the non-profit Boston Foods to supply healthy produce to families in need

Andrew Cuomo – the former New York governor who resigned in August 2021 after being accused of sexual harassment as well as misrepresenting the death toll at New York nursing homes during the Covid-19 pandemic – is running for mayor of the Big Apple, reports the New York Post.

“The city just feels threatening, out of control,” Cuomo said in a YouTube video announcing his bid, adding, “I know we can turn the city around, and I believe I can help, and that is why I announced my candidacy.”

Former New York governor Andrew Cuomo is running for mayor of New York City. Photo: Getty Images/TNS

As the mayoral race intensifies, Cuomo’s daughters Cara, Michaela and Mariah have been supporting their dad at his campaign rallies. Last week, Cara Kennedy-Cuomo took to the podium to speak on housing prices in the city. “As a person who just spent several months looking for a new apartment, I can tell you there’s not enough affordable housing,” she said, before revealing that she’s a “proud Brooklyn resident”. As it turns out, her old Midtown East rental that she was paying US$8,242 a month for is now her father’s not-so-humble abode, per Gothamist.

Andrew Cuomo’s daughters Michaela, Cara and Mariah Kennedy-Cuomo supporting their father’s run for mayor this month. Photo: AFP

So who is Cara Kennedy-Cuomo? The globetrotting activist once had an affair with state trooper Dane Pfeiffer, which her father disapproved of, causing him to be transferred to Plattsburgh, near the Canadian border, per the New York Post. But what else do we know about her?

She comes from two political families

Cara Kennedy-Cuomo (second from right) graduated from Harvard and The Wharton School. Photo: @andrewcuomo/Instagram

Cara is one of Andrew Cuomo and ex-wife Kerry Kennedy’s three daughters. She has a twin sister, Mariah, and a younger sister, Michaela. The Kennedy-Cuomo girls were born into two political dynasties – their paternal grandfather, Mario Cuomo, was also a former governor of New York, while their mother’s uncle was the 35th US president, John F. Kennedy.

What does Cara Kennedy-Cuomo do for work?

Andrew Cuomo with his daughters in December 2022. Photo: @andrewcuomo/Instagram

Cara has a bachelor’s from Harvard in government, with a minor in ethnicity migration and human rights. She was an editor and feature writer for the Harvard Human Rights Review while at university, and was on the varsity sailing team. Cara also has an MBA from The Wharton School. She is a founding partner of the New York-based private equity firm Ardabelle Capital.

Meet Cara Kennedy-Cuomo, Andrew Cuomo’s daughter with ex-wife Kerry Kennedy – from Harvard to activism and philanthropy, and supporting her ex-NY governor dad in his current mayoral campaign

The Harvard and Wharton School graduate co-founded the private equity firm Ardabelle Capital, and set up the non-profit Boston Foods to supply healthy produce to families in need

She comes from two political families

What does Cara Kennedy-Cuomo do for work?

She’s a budding philanthropist