Kelly Tamsma Piquet Souto Maior was born in
Homburg, Germany. She is the daughter of
Nelson Piquet, Brazilian racing driver and three-time
Formula One World Champion, and Sylvia Tamsma, a
Dutch model. She spent most of her childhood living in the South of France. At the age of 12, she moved to Brazil where she lived until she was 15 years old. After that, Piquet returned to France and lived there for another year before moving to England to study at a boarding school. At the age of 17, she returned to Brazil to attend her senior year of high school at the American School of Brasília. Piquet attended
Marymount Manhattan College in New York City, majoring in
international relations with an emphasis on
political science and
economics. ==Career==