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Name
  
Joshua Kushner


Nieces
  
Arabella Rose Kushner

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Born
  
June 12, 1985 (age 39) (
1985-06-12
)

Alma mater
  
Occupation
  
Principal director of Kushner PropertiesOwner of Vostu and Thrive Capital

Relatives
  
Jared Kushner (brother)Ivanka Trump (sister-in-law)Donald Trump Jr. (brother-in-law of brother)Eric Trump (brother-in-law of brother)Donald Trump (father-in-law of brother)

Siblings
  
Jared Kushner, Dara Kushner, Nicole Kushner

Parents
  
Charles Kushner, Seryl Kushner

Education
  
Harvard Business School, Harvard University

Grandparents
  
Rae Kushner, Joseph Kushner

Similar People
  
Jared Kushner, Charles Kushner, Karlie Kloss, Ivanka Trump, Jamie Mazur

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Joshua Kushner (born June 12, 1985) is an American businessman and investor. He is the founder and managing partner of the investment firm Thrive Capital, co-founder of Oscar Health, and the son of real estate magnate Charles Kushner. His brother is Jared Kushner, the son-in-law and senior advisor of the US President Donald Trump.

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Early life and personal life

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Joshua Kushner grew up in a Jewish family in Livingston, New Jersey. He is the son of Seryl (née Stadtmauer) and prominent real estate developer Charles Kushner, who has an estimated net worth of $500 million. His brother, Jared Kushner, heads the family real estate empire and graduated from Harvard University in 2003. Joshua graduated from Harvard University in 2008 and Harvard Business School in 2011.

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According to journalist Daniel Golden in The Price of Admission, Kushner and his brother Jared Kushner were admitted to Harvard despite a modest academic record after their father had made a $2.5 million donation to the university, with the Chair of his high school's science department noting that Kushner was a "hard worker" despite not being an "academic star".

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He has been dating model Karlie Kloss since 2012.

Scene, Vostu and Unithrive

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During his sophomore year, Kushner was founding executive editor of Scene, a new Brooks Brothers-sponsored student-publication that aimed to be "Harvard's version of Vogue and Vanity Fair". According to The Harvard Crimson, Scene "faced blistering criticism upon its release", with students going so far as creating a "Scene Magazine is Bullshit" Facebook group criticizing it for its "completely ludicrous...skewed portrayal of the Harvard community" and "lack of models who were minorities".

In the spring of his junior year, with two graduate students he pooled $10,000 to found social network Vostu, which aimed to "fill a void left by online communities in which English is the lingua franca", like Facebook. According to Kushner, Latin America was a promising market for a Facebook-alternative and new social networking site because "[it was] a place where Internet use is increasing every year and technology is booming at a rapid pace".

The year after graduation, he also co-founded a startup called Unithrive, with the cousin of the president of Kiva who was also a Harvard student. Unithrive was inspired by the peer-to-peer loan model of Kiva, but aimed to "ease the crisis in paying for college" by matching "alumni lenders to cash-strapped students..who [could] post photographs and biographical information and request up to $2,000", interest-free for repayment within five years of graduation. The startup is no longer operational.

Goldman Sachs and Thrive Capital

After graduating from Harvard, Kushner started his career in the Private Equity Group at Goldman Sachs, in the Merchant Banking Division, but left after a short stint to found Thrive Capital in 2009, his private equity and venture capital firm that focuses on media and internet investments. Since its founding, Thrive has raised $750 million from institutional investors, including Princeton University. Thrive has raised several capital funds, including Thrive II, which raised $40 million in 2011, Thrive III, which raised $150 million in 2012, and Thrive IV, which raised $400 million in September 2014.

For his work with Thrive, Kushner was named to Forbes30 Under 30, Inc. Magazine’s 35 Under 35, Crain’s 40 Under 40, and Vanity Fair’s Next Establishment.

Oscar

Kushner is also a co-founder of Oscar Health, a health insurance start-up. Founded in 2012, Oscar was valued at $2.7 billion in 2016. As of 2015 the company insured over 145,000 members across four states and has been named to CNBC’s Disruptor 50, Inc. Magazine's Most Innovative Startups and MM&M Top 40 Healthcare Transformers.

In 2015, the company lost $92.4 million, and was reported to be struggling and reducing its footprint.

Cadre

In 2015, Kushner founded a new company called Cadre with his brother Jared Kushner and their friend Ryan Williams, with Williams as Cadre's CEO. Cadre is a technology platform designed to help certain types of clients, such as family offices and endowments, invest in real estate. The company has raised more than $250 million in capital.

References

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