
Jared Kushner
Former senior advisor to Donald Trump, whose concept of 'controversy elevates message' is used to explain the administration's tariff strategy.
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Summary
Jared Corey Kushner, born January 10, 1981, is an American businessman and investor, widely known as the son-in-law of former U.S. President Donald Trump. His career began in real estate with his family's firm, Kushner Companies, which he took over after his father's legal issues, and he also ventured into publishing by acquiring The New York Observer in 2006. During Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, Kushner was a key architect of the digital media strategy, embodying the philosophy that 'controversy elevates message' to drive public discourse. From 2017 to 2021, he served as a senior advisor in the Trump administration, directing the Office of American Innovation and playing pivotal roles in policy initiatives such as the First Step Act for criminal justice reform, the negotiation of the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement, and the Middle East Peace Process, which led to the Abraham Accords. Despite concerns over nepotism and conflicts of interest due to his business dealings, he was influential in the administration's COVID-19 response. Post-White House, Kushner founded Affinity Partners, a private equity firm significantly funded by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund.
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Extracted Attributes
Born
1981-01-10
Awards
Grand Cross of the Order of the Aztec Eagle
Education
Harvard University (Sociology), New York University (Law and Business Administration)
Full Name
Jared Corey Kushner
Birthplace
Livingston, New Jersey, U.S.
Philosophy
Controversy elevates message
Nationality
American
Occupations
Businessman, Investor, Real Estate Developer, Publisher, Senior Advisor
Political Party
Democrat (formerly), Independent (2009-2018), Republican (2018-present)
Timeline
- Born in Livingston, New Jersey, U.S. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, Wikidata)
1981-01-10
- Graduated from Harvard University with a degree in sociology. (Source: Web Search)
2003-01-01
- Took over management of Kushner Companies after his father's conviction. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)
2005-01-01
- Acquired The New York Observer. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)
2006-01-01
- Earned graduate degrees in law and business administration from New York University. (Source: Web Search)
2007-01-01
- Became CEO of Kushner Companies. (Source: Web Search)
2008-01-01
- Married Ivanka Trump. (Source: Wikipedia)
2009-01-01
- Registered as an Independent. (Source: Wikipedia)
2009-01-01
- Named to Fortune's 40 under 40 list. (Source: Web Search)
2015-01-01
- Instrumental in developing and managing Donald Trump's presidential campaign digital media strategy. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)
2016-01-01
- Named Senior Advisor to President Donald Trump and Director of the Office of American Innovation. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)
2017-01-01
- Named one of Time's 100 Most Influential People. (Source: Web Search)
2017-01-01
- Registered as a Republican. (Source: Wikipedia)
2018-01-01
- The First Step Act, a criminal justice reform bill championed by him, was signed into law. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)
2018-01-01
- Obtained Top Secret Security clearance after President Trump's intervention. (Source: DBPedia)
2018-05-01
- Received the Aztec Eagle Award from the Mexican government for his work on the USMCA trade agreement. (Source: Web Search, Wikidata)
2018-01-01
- Authored the Trump peace plan for the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)
2020-01-01
- Facilitated the Abraham Accords and other normalization agreements between Israel and various Arab states. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)
2020-01-01
- Advised President Trump that the media was exaggerating the COVID-19 threat. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)
2020-01-01
- His father, Charles Kushner, was pardoned by President Trump. (Source: Wikipedia)
2020-01-01
- Concluded his term as Senior Advisor in the Trump administration. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)
2021-01-20
- Founded Affinity Partners, a private equity firm, after leaving the White House. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)
2021-01-21
- Assumed office as Member of the Indian Creek Village Council. (Source: Web Search (Wikipedia snippet))
2024-07-08
Wikipedia
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Jared Corey Kushner (born January 10, 1981) is an American businessman and investor. He is a son-in-law of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, through his marriage to Ivanka Trump and served as a senior advisor in his father-in-law's first administration from 2017 to 2021. He was also director of the Office of American Innovation. For much of his career, Kushner worked as a real-estate investor in New York City, especially through the family business Kushner Companies. He took over the company after his father, Charles Kushner, was convicted for 18 criminal charges, including illegal campaign contributions, tax evasion, and witness tampering in 2005, although Charles was pardoned by Trump in 2020. Jared met Ivanka Trump around 2005, and the couple married in 2009. He also became involved in the newspaper industry after purchasing The New York Observer in 2006. He was registered as a Democrat and donated to Democratic politicians for much of his life but registered as Independent in 2009 and eventually as Republican in 2018. He played a significant role in the Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign, and was at one point seen as its de facto campaign manager. Around Trump's election, Kushner was frequently accused of conflicts of interest, profiting from policy proposals for which he personally advocated within the Trump administration. He became senior advisor to Trump in 2017, and held the position until Trump left office in 2021. His appointment was followed by concerns of nepotism. Here, he led the administration's effort to pass the First Step Act, a criminal justice reform bill signed into law in 2018. Kushner was the primary Trump administration participant for the Middle East Peace Process, authoring the Trump peace plan and facilitating the talks that led to the signing of the Abraham Accords and other normalization agreements between Israel and various Arab states in 2020. Kushner also played an influential role in the Trump administration's COVID-19 response, where he advised Trump that the media was exaggerating the threat of the disease. He was a leading broker in the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement. Since leaving the White House, Kushner founded Affinity Partners, a private equity firm that derives most of its funds from the Saudi government's sovereign wealth fund.
Web Search Results
- Jared Kushner - Wikipedia
Jared Corey Kushner (born January 10, 1981) is an American businessman and investor. He is a son-in-law of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, through his marriage to Ivanka Trump and served as a senior advisor in his father-in-law's first administration from 2017 to 2021. He was also director of the Office of American Innovation. [...] Jared Corey Kushner was born on January 10, 1981, in Livingston, New Jersey, to Seryl (née Stadtmauer) and Charles Kushner, a real-estate developer and convicted felon. His father was friends with Bill and Hillary Clinton and attended several dinners with them. Morris Stadtmauer was Jared's maternal grandfather.( His paternal grandparents, Reichel and Joseph Kushner, were Holocaust survivors who came to the U.S. in 1949 from Navahrudak, now in Belarus.( Reichel, described as the family's [...] | Preceded by | Valerie Jarrett Brian Deese Shailagh Murray | | Succeeded by | Mike Donilon Cedric Richmond | | Member of the Indian Creek Village Council | | Incumbent | | Assumed office July 8, 2024 | | Preceded by | Javier Holtz | | | | Personal details | | Born | Jared Corey Kushner (1981-01-10) January 10, 1981 (age 44) Livingston, New Jersey, U.S. | | Political party | Republican "Republican Party (United States)") (2018–present) |
- Jared Kushner - Ballotpedia
Jared Kushner is the CEO of Kushner Companies, a real estate development firm. As of May 2017, he was a senior advisor in the administration of President Donald Trump (R). He maintains a broad portfolio in the administration, including work as the head of the newly created Office of American Innovation, an office within the White House created to improve government operations through private sector methods. [...] Kushner, who is married to Trump's daughter Ivanka, was an informal advisor during Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. ## Contents ## Career ### Education Kushner, an Orthodox Jew and the grandson of Holocaust survivors, attended the Frisch School, a yeshiva school in Paramus, New Jersey. He went on to graduate from Harvard University in 2003 with a degree in sociology, and in 2007, he earned graduate degrees in law and business administration from New York University. [...] Jared Kushner served as the publisher for Observer Media from 2006 through 2016.
- Jared Kushner - Family, Politics & Age - Biography
Search Close Opt-Out Icon Logo # Jared Kushner Jared Kushner is a real estate developer, former publisher and Donald Trump's son-in-law. In 2017, he was named a senior adviser to President Trump. Open share options jared kushner (1981-) ## Jump to: ## Who Is Jared Kushner? [...] Jared Kushner is the son of real estate developer Charles Kushner. When his father was imprisoned amid financial and political scandal, Kushner took over the family business and also went into publishing with his purchase of The New York Observer. In 2009, he wed Ivanka Trump, daughter of another real estate mogul, Donald Trump. Kushner served as a close political advisor to Trump during his 2016 presidential campaign and his transition to the White House. He was named a senior adviser to the [...] According to reports, Kushner initially focused on such areas as expanding test access for the public, beefing up industrial production of medical supplies and determining where the supplies were most needed, his influence holding sway over the decision-making at the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. ## Quick Facts FULL NAME: Jared Corey Kushner BORN: January 10, 1981 BIRTHPLACE: Livingston, New Jersey ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Capricorn
- Jared Kushner - Concordia.net
Jared Kushner is the New York Times Best Selling Author of Breaking History: A White House Memoir, and the founder of Affinity Partners, a global investment firm focused on driving growth through shared economic interests. Previously, Jared served as Senior Advisor to President Donald J. Trump. In this role, Jared managed the US-Mexico relationship, led Middle East peace efforts, and negotiated the administration’s historic overhaul of America’s federal prison and criminal justice systems. In [...] technology businesses based in New York. He became CEO of Kushner Companies in 2008. Jared also cofounded two technology companies—Cadre and Wiredscore. In 2007, he purchased and became publisher of the New York Observer. In 2015, Jared was named to Fortune’s 40 under 40 list. In 2017, he was named one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People. In 2018, Jared received the Aztec Eagle Award, Mexico’s highest honor, for his work on the USMCA trade agreement. Jared also received numerous awards for [...] en ar zh-CN en fr de el it ja pt es en ar zh-CN en fr de el it ja pt es jared 220x220 - Jared Kushner ## Jared Kushner #### CEO & Founder, Affinity Partners ###### Bio Current as of September 18, 2022
- Jared Kushner news - Today's latest updates
#### Trump to tap pardoned real estate developer Charles Kushner to be ambassador to France Kushner is the founder of Kushner Companies, a real estate firm. Jared Kushner is a former senior Trump adviser who is married to Trump's eldest daughter, Ivanka. 0619-rnb-full-episode-1339921-640x360.jpg #### 6/19/17: Red and Blue [...] #### Kushner eyes changes to legal immigration Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, has been quietly meeting with government officials and business groups in an attempt to reshape the country's legal immigration system. McClatchy White House correspondent Franco Ordonez joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" with more. 0619-rnb-csd-politicalpanel-437165-1339887-640x360.jpg #### Kushner Russia investigations [...] A new report alleges that the Special Counsel Robert Mueller is investigating the business dealings of President Trump's senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner; just hours after shooting in Alexandria, politicians on both sides of the aisle blamed rhetoric of the opposite party for possibly causing the violence. Jared Kushner #### Jared Kushner defends his equity firm getting $2 billion from Saudis
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DBPedia
View on DBPediaJared Corey Kushner (born January 10, 1981) is an American businessman and investor. He served as a senior advisor to 45th U.S. president Donald Trump, his father-in-law. Since leaving the White House, Kushner founded Affinity Partners, a private equity firm that derives most of its fund from the Saudi government's sovereign wealth fund. Kushner is the son of the former real-estate developer Charles Kushner and is married to businesswoman Ivanka Trump, former President Trump's daughter and fellow advisor. As a result of his father's conviction and incarceration for fraud, he took over management of his father's real estate company Kushner Companies, which launched his business career. He later also bought Observer Media, publisher of the New York Observer. He is the co-founder and part owner of Cadre, an online real-estate investment platform. During the 2016 Trump presidential campaign, Kushner helped develop and run Trump's digital media strategy. In 2017, he was named as a senior White House advisor, raising concerns about nepotism. He also stirred controversy for his conflicts of interest, as he continued to engage in business, even profiting on policy proposals that he himself pushed for within the administration. Kushner was unable to obtain Top Secret Security clearance until May 2018, when Trump reportedly intervened on his son-in-law's behalf. As senior advisor to President Trump, Kushner pushed strongly for the First Step Act, a criminal justice reform bill which Trump signed into law in 2018. Kushner authored the Trump peace plan in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, which was announced in January 2020 and widely viewed as highly favorable for Israel. Kushner was the primary Trump administration participant in talks regarding the Middle East Peace Process, leading to the signing of the Abraham Accords and other normalization agreements between Israel and various Arab states in 2020. Kushner played an influential role in the Trump administration's COVID-19 response, advising Trump early on in the pandemic that the media was exaggerating its threat. He was a leading broker in the US-Mexico-Canada agreement, for which he was awarded honors by the Mexican government.
