The Kushners relationship map

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People in The Kushners

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 in The Kushners

Rae Kushner and Joseph Kushner: married to (family, confirmed, until 1985) source

Joseph Kushner -> Charles Kushner: father of (family, confirmed, from 1954) source

Rae Kushner -> Charles Kushner: mother of (family, confirmed, from 1954) source

Joseph Kushner -> Murray Kushner: father of (family, confirmed) source

Charles Kushner and Murray Kushner: brothers (family, confirmed) source

Charles Kushner and Esther Kushner: brother and sister (family, confirmed) source

Esther Kushner and William Schulder: married to (family, confirmed) source

Charles Kushner and Seryl Stadtmauer: married to (family, confirmed) source

Charles Kushner -> Jared Kushner: father of (family, confirmed, from 1981) source

Seryl Stadtmauer -> Jared Kushner: mother of (family, confirmed, from 1981) source

Charles Kushner -> Joshua Kushner: father of (family, confirmed, from 1985) source

Charles Kushner -> Nicole Kushner Meyer: father of (family, confirmed) source

Jared Kushner and Joshua Kushner: brothers (family, confirmed) source

Jared Kushner and Nicole Kushner Meyer: brother and sister (family, confirmed) source

Nicole Kushner Meyer and Joseph Meyer: married to (family, confirmed) source

Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump: married to (family, confirmed, from 2009) source

Donald Trump -> Ivanka Trump: father of (family, confirmed, from 1981) source

Donald Trump and Jared Kushner: father in law (family, confirmed, from 2009) source

Joshua Kushner and Karlie Kloss: married to (family, confirmed, from 2018) source

Charles Kushner -> William Schulder: had him entrapped and filmed (conflict, confirmed, 2004) source

William Schulder -> Charles Kushner: was cooperating with investigators (conflict, confirmed, 2004) source

Chris Christie -> Charles Kushner: prosecuted him (conflict, confirmed, 2004 to 2005) source

Donald Trump -> Charles Kushner: pardoned him (other, confirmed, 2020) source

Donald Trump -> Charles Kushner: made him ambassador to France (business, confirmed, 2025) source

Jared Kushner and Chris Christie: the transition job did not survive the family history (conflict, reported, 2016) source

Charles Kushner -> Jared Kushner: handed him the firm after the conviction (business, confirmed, 2005) source

Charles Kushner -> Laurent Morali: made him president of the firm (business, confirmed, from 2016) source

Laurent Morali and Nicole Kushner Meyer: runs the firm alongside her (business, confirmed, from 2016) source

Jared Kushner and Ryan Williams: co-founded Cadre with (business, confirmed, from 2014) source

Joshua Kushner and Ryan Williams: co-founded Cadre with (business, confirmed, from 2014) source

Jared Kushner and Joshua Kushner: co-founded Cadre together (business, confirmed, from 2014) source

Jared Kushner -> Joseph Meyer: handed Observer Media to him (business, confirmed, 2017) source

Joshua Kushner and Mario Schlosser: co-founded Oscar Health with (business, confirmed, from 2012) source

Joshua Kushner and Kevin Nazemi: co-founded Oscar Health with (business, confirmed, from 2012) source

Mario Schlosser and Kevin Nazemi: co-founded Oscar Health with (business, confirmed, from 2012) source

Joshua Kushner -> Kareem Zaki: general partner at his fund (business, confirmed, from 2015) source

Donald Trump -> Jared Kushner: senior advisor to him (business, confirmed, 2017 to 2021) source

Donald Trump -> Ivanka Trump: advisor to him (business, confirmed, 2017 to 2021) source

Jared Kushner -> Avi Berkowitz: his aide, then the envoy (business, confirmed, 2019 to 2021) source

Jared Kushner -> Jason Greenblatt: Middle East envoy alongside him (business, confirmed, 2017 to 2019) source

Jared Kushner and David Friedman: the ambassador on the same file (business, confirmed, 2017 to 2021) source

Jared Kushner and Dina Powell: worked the Gulf file with him (business, confirmed, 2017 to 2018) source

Jared Kushner and Gary Cohn: worked the economic file with him (business, confirmed, 2017 to 2018) source

Steve Bannon and Jared Kushner: the rivalry inside the West Wing (conflict, reported, 2017) source

Jared Kushner and Rick Gerson: a private channel to the Gulf (business, reported, 2017 to 2021) source

Donald Trump -> Steve Witkoff: special envoy alongside Kushner (business, confirmed, from 2026) source

Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff: peace missions together (business, confirmed, from 2026) source

Jared Kushner and Mohammed bin Salman: the Saudi relationship (business, confirmed, from 2017) source

Jared Kushner and Mohammed bin Zayed: the Emirati relationship (business, confirmed, from 2017) source

Yousef Al Otaiba -> Jared Kushner: the ambassador's channel to him (business, confirmed, 2017 to 2021) source

Jared Kushner and Benjamin Netanyahu: a family friendship going back decades (social, confirmed, from 2017) source

Jared Kushner and Avi Berkowitz: negotiated the Abraham Accords (business, confirmed, 2020) source

Mohammed bin Zayed -> Jared Kushner: signed the first of the accords (other, confirmed, 2020) source

Jared Kushner -> Bret Pearlman: partner at Affinity (business, confirmed, from 2021) source

Jared Kushner -> Asad Naqvi: partner at Affinity (business, confirmed, from 2021) source

Mohammed bin Salman -> Jared Kushner: the Saudi fund put 2 billion dollars in (business, confirmed, from 2021) source

Mohammed bin Zayed -> Jared Kushner: Emirati money joined the later round (business, reported, from 2024) source

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