Jared Kushner

Jared Corey Kushner (born January 10 1981) is an American businessman. He is the owner of the "New York Observer" and is active in his family's real estate investments.

Personal

Kushner is the son of the New Jersey real estate developer Charles Kushner. [Salkin, Allen. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/11/fashion/11jared.html?_r=1&oref=slogin "The Education of a Publisher"] , "The New York Times", March 11 2007. Accessed November 29 2007.]

Kushner graduated from the Frisch School, a private, coed yeshiva high school in Paramus, New Jersey. He graduated from Harvard College in 2003. Prior to his admission, his father had donated $2.5 million to the university. [Beam, Alex. [http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2006/09/04/harvards_admissions_of_gilt/?%20Boston%20Globe%20Article%20Charles%20Kushner%20buys%20Harvard%20admission%20for%20son "Harvard's admissions of gilt"] , "The Boston Globe", September 4 2006. Accessed January 7 2008.]

He is now attending both the New York University Stern School of Business and the New York University School of Law. [Seelye, Katharine Q. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/22/business/media/22paper.html "Developer’s Son Negotiating to Buy New York Observer"] , "The New York Times", July 22 2006. Accessed November 29 2007.]

As of December 2007, Kushner was dating Ivanka Trump. [Silverman, Stephen M. [http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20168280,00.html "Ivanka Trump Aims to 'Have Fun' With Her Looks"] , "People (magazine)", December 27 2007. Accessed January 8 2008.] The couple split in April 2008. [ [http://evilbeetgossip.film.com/2008/04/02/ivanka-trump-can-get-back-to-focusing-on-her-career/ "Ivanka Trump Can Get Back to Focusing on Her Career"] evilbeetgossip.film.com, April 2 2008. Accessed April 2 2008.]

Career

In July 2006, at age 25, Kushner paid $10 million to purchase the "New York Observer", a weekly newspaper popular with New York's well-educated elite. [Seelye, Katharine Q. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/31/business/media/31observer.html "Developer’s Son Acquires The New York Observer"] , "The New York Times", July 31 2006. Accessed January 8 2008.]

The younger Kushner inherited his fortune in real estate working with his father, convicted felon Charles Kushner. [ [http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/nj/press/files/kush0304_r.htm "Political Contributor and Developer Charles Kushner Sentenced to Maximum 24 Months for Witness Retaliation and Other Crimes"] .]

Political activity

Kushner, along with his father and the rest of his family are major contributors to the Democratic Party and to some select Republican candidates. He has contributed over $100,000 to various campaigns.fact|date=May 2007

Rick Rolling

In September 2008, Kushner was Rick Rolled when the domain names jaredkushner.net and jaredkushner.org were both pointed to a video of 1987 Rick Astley Song "Never Gonna Give You Up." [ [http://jaredkushner.net/ "Jared Kushner is Rick Rolled"] ]

References

Links

* [http://www.observer.com/ "The New York Observer" Official Web Site]
* [http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/index.ssf?/base/news-11/1183005936249500.xml&coll=1 Kushner sells off Jersey apartments in $2B mega-deal]
* [http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=aHHtlms3ppnk&refer=top_world_news Bloomberg Story on Guilty Plea]
* [http://www.newsmeat.com/ceo_political_donations/Charles_Kushner.php Charles Kushner's political donations]
* [http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2006/09/04/harvards_admissions_of_gilt/?%20Boston%20Globe%20Article%20Charles%20Kushner%20buys%20Harvard%20admission%20for%20son Alex Beam, The Boston Globe, "Harvard's Admissions of Gilt," September 4, 2006]