Jared Kushner

Jared Corey Kushner (born January 10, 1981) is an American real estate investor and developer, publisher, and senior advisor to President Donald Trump. Together with Chief of Staff Reince Priebus and Chief Strategist Steve Bannon he formed Trump's leadership team. He was principal owner of the real estate holding and development company Kushner Companies and of Observer Media, publisher of the weekly, on-line New York Observer. On January 9, 2017, Kushner was named to be a Senior White House Adviser to his father-in-law, President Donald Trump. As a result, Kushner resigned as CEO of his family's real estate company and as publisher of the Observer. He also divested "substantial assets". Kushner is the elder son of American real estate developer Charles Kushner and is married to Ivanka Trump, who is Donald Trump's daughter. He was among the senior advisors to Trump's presidential campaign. Peter Thiel said "If Trump was the CEO, Jared was effectively the chief operating officer.” Kushner played the largest role in developing and running Trump's digital media strategy. 2Family history, early life and education Kushner was born in Livingston, New Jersey, and is the elder son of Seryl Kushner (née Stadtmauer) and real estate developer Charles Kushne