# The Kushners

A New Jersey property family, a conviction, a marriage into a presidency, and the Gulf money that followed.

Source: https://netgraf.isik.co/m/kushner-network
Kind: Real
Summary: 34 people, 57 relationships, 1922 to 2026
Structure: average 2.8 connections each, 8% of the possible ties drawn, 5 communities

## People (34)

- Rae Kushner, Holocaust survivor, 1923 to 2004
- Joseph Kushner, Holocaust survivor, built the first apartments, 1922 to 1985
- Donald Trump, 45th and 47th president, from 1946
- Murray Kushner, Charles's brother
- Charles Kushner, Founded the firm in 1985. Ambassador to France from 2025, from 1954
- Seryl Stadtmauer, Charles's wife
- Esther Kushner, Charles's sister
- William Schulder, Esther's husband, the cooperating witness
- Nicole Kushner Meyer, President of Kushner Companies
- Joseph Meyer, Her husband, chairs Observer Media
- Jared Kushner, Senior advisor, then founded Affinity Partners, from 1981
- Ivanka Trump, His wife, also a White House advisor, from 1981
- Chris Christie, The federal prosecutor on the 2004 case, from 1962
- Joshua Kushner, Founded Thrive Capital and Oscar Health, from 1985
- Karlie Kloss, His wife, from 1992
- Laurent Morali, Chief executive of Kushner Companies
- Ryan Williams, Co-founded Cadre
- Mario Schlosser, Co-founded Oscar Health
- Kevin Nazemi, Co-founded Oscar Health
- Kareem Zaki, General partner at Thrive
- Avi Berkowitz, Special representative for international negotiations
- Jason Greenblatt, Middle East envoy
- David Friedman, Ambassador to Israel
- Dina Powell, National Security Council
- Gary Cohn, National Economic Council
- Steve Bannon, Chief strategist, and the in-house rival
- Rick Gerson, Private sector channel to the Gulf
- Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, from 1985
- Mohammed bin Zayed, President of the UAE, from 1961
- Yousef Al Otaiba, Emirati ambassador to Washington, from 1974
- Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, from 1949
- Steve Witkoff, Special envoy alongside Kushner, from 1957
- Bret Pearlman, Partner at Affinity
- Asad Naqvi, Partner at Affinity

## Relationships (57)

- Rae Kushner and Joseph Kushner: married to (family, confirmed, until 1985) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kushner]
- Joseph Kushner -> Charles Kushner: father of (family, confirmed, from 1954) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kushner]
- Rae Kushner -> Charles Kushner: mother of (family, confirmed, from 1954) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kushner]
- Joseph Kushner -> Murray Kushner: father of (family, confirmed) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kushner]
- Charles Kushner and Murray Kushner: brothers (family, confirmed) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kushner]
- Charles Kushner and Esther Kushner: brother and sister (family, confirmed) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kushner]
- Esther Kushner and William Schulder: married to (family, confirmed) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kushner]
- Charles Kushner and Seryl Stadtmauer: married to (family, confirmed) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kushner]
- Charles Kushner -> Jared Kushner: father of (family, confirmed, from 1981) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Kushner]
- Seryl Stadtmauer -> Jared Kushner: mother of (family, confirmed, from 1981) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Kushner]
- Charles Kushner -> Joshua Kushner: father of (family, confirmed, from 1985) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Kushner]
- Charles Kushner -> Nicole Kushner Meyer: father of (family, confirmed) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kushner_Companies]
- Jared Kushner and Joshua Kushner: brothers (family, confirmed) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Kushner]
- Jared Kushner and Nicole Kushner Meyer: brother and sister (family, confirmed) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kushner_Companies]
- Nicole Kushner Meyer and Joseph Meyer: married to (family, confirmed) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kushner_Companies]
- Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump: married to (family, confirmed, from 2009) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Kushner]
- Donald Trump -> Ivanka Trump: father of (family, confirmed, from 1981) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivanka_Trump]
- Donald Trump and Jared Kushner: father in law (family, confirmed, from 2009) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Kushner]
- Joshua Kushner and Karlie Kloss: married to (family, confirmed, from 2018) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Kushner]
- Charles Kushner -> William Schulder: had him entrapped and filmed (conflict, confirmed, 2004) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kushner]
- William Schulder -> Charles Kushner: was cooperating with investigators (conflict, confirmed, 2004) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kushner]
- Chris Christie -> Charles Kushner: prosecuted him (conflict, confirmed, 2004 to 2005) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kushner]
- Donald Trump -> Charles Kushner: pardoned him (other, confirmed, 2020) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kushner]
- Donald Trump -> Charles Kushner: made him ambassador to France (business, confirmed, 2025) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kushner]
- Jared Kushner and Chris Christie: the transition job did not survive the family history (conflict, reported, 2016) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Christie]
- Charles Kushner -> Jared Kushner: handed him the firm after the conviction (business, confirmed, 2005) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Kushner]
- Charles Kushner -> Laurent Morali: made him president of the firm (business, confirmed, from 2016) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kushner_Companies]
- Laurent Morali and Nicole Kushner Meyer: runs the firm alongside her (business, confirmed, from 2016) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kushner_Companies]
- Jared Kushner and Ryan Williams: co-founded Cadre with (business, confirmed, from 2014) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Kushner]
- Joshua Kushner and Ryan Williams: co-founded Cadre with (business, confirmed, from 2014) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Kushner]
- Jared Kushner and Joshua Kushner: co-founded Cadre together (business, confirmed, from 2014) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Kushner]
- Jared Kushner -> Joseph Meyer: handed Observer Media to him (business, confirmed, 2017) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kushner_Companies]
- Joshua Kushner and Mario Schlosser: co-founded Oscar Health with (business, confirmed, from 2012) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Health]
- Joshua Kushner and Kevin Nazemi: co-founded Oscar Health with (business, confirmed, from 2012) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Health]
- Mario Schlosser and Kevin Nazemi: co-founded Oscar Health with (business, confirmed, from 2012) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Health]
- Joshua Kushner -> Kareem Zaki: general partner at his fund (business, confirmed, from 2015) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrive_Capital]
- Donald Trump -> Jared Kushner: senior advisor to him (business, confirmed, 2017 to 2021) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Kushner]
- Donald Trump -> Ivanka Trump: advisor to him (business, confirmed, 2017 to 2021) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivanka_Trump]
- Jared Kushner -> Avi Berkowitz: his aide, then the envoy (business, confirmed, 2019 to 2021) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avi_Berkowitz]
- Jared Kushner -> Jason Greenblatt: Middle East envoy alongside him (business, confirmed, 2017 to 2019) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Kushner]
- Jared Kushner and David Friedman: the ambassador on the same file (business, confirmed, 2017 to 2021) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Kushner]
- Jared Kushner and Dina Powell: worked the Gulf file with him (business, confirmed, 2017 to 2018) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Kushner]
- Jared Kushner and Gary Cohn: worked the economic file with him (business, confirmed, 2017 to 2018) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Kushner]
- Steve Bannon and Jared Kushner: the rivalry inside the West Wing (conflict, reported, 2017) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Kushner]
- Jared Kushner and Rick Gerson: a private channel to the Gulf (business, reported, 2017 to 2021) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Kushner]
- Donald Trump -> Steve Witkoff: special envoy alongside Kushner (business, confirmed, from 2026) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Kushner]
- Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff: peace missions together (business, confirmed, from 2026) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Kushner]
- Jared Kushner and Mohammed bin Salman: the Saudi relationship (business, confirmed, from 2017) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Kushner]
- Jared Kushner and Mohammed bin Zayed: the Emirati relationship (business, confirmed, from 2017) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Kushner]
- Yousef Al Otaiba -> Jared Kushner: the ambassador's channel to him (business, confirmed, 2017 to 2021) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Kushner]
- Jared Kushner and Benjamin Netanyahu: a family friendship going back decades (social, confirmed, from 2017) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Kushner]
- Jared Kushner and Avi Berkowitz: negotiated the Abraham Accords (business, confirmed, 2020) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Accords]
- Mohammed bin Zayed -> Jared Kushner: signed the first of the accords (other, confirmed, 2020) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Accords]
- Jared Kushner -> Bret Pearlman: partner at Affinity (business, confirmed, from 2021) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affinity_Partners]
- Jared Kushner -> Asad Naqvi: partner at Affinity (business, confirmed, from 2021) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affinity_Partners]
- Mohammed bin Salman -> Jared Kushner: the Saudi fund put 2 billion dollars in (business, confirmed, from 2021) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affinity_Partners]
- Mohammed bin Zayed -> Jared Kushner: Emirati money joined the later round (business, reported, from 2024) [source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affinity_Partners]

## Tour (5 steps)

1. Two Holocaust survivors bought apartments in New Jersey. Their son Charles turned that into Kushner Companies in 1985.
2. In 2004 Charles retaliated against a cooperating brother in law by having him entrapped and filmed. The prosecutor was Chris Christie. Jared, then 24, took over the firm.
3. Jared married Ivanka Trump in 2009. Eight years later he was a senior advisor with the Middle East file, and the man who had prosecuted his father did not last the transition.
4. The West Wing team around the file. Berkowitz and Greenblatt as envoys, Friedman in Tel Aviv, and four normalisation agreements signed between August and December 2020.
5. Six months after leaving office he opened Affinity Partners. The Saudi Public Investment Fund put in 2 billion dollars.

## Sources

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Kushner
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Kushner
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Kushner
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kushner_Companies
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivanka_Trump
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Christie
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_Health
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrive_Capital
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avi_Berkowitz
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Accords
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affinity_Partners