Charles Kushner was born on May 16,1954 and is an American real estate developer and disbarred former attorney.
22 Facts About Charles Kushner
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Charles Kushner later received a federal pardon issued by President Donald Trump on December 23,2020.
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Charles Kushner's son Jared Kushner is the husband of Ivanka Trump and son-in-law of former President Donald Trump, during whose presidential administration he served as senior advisor from 2017 to 2021.
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Charles Kushner has three other children, including Joshua Kushner, and is the father-in-law of Karlie Kloss.
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Charles Kushner was born on May 16,1954, to Joseph Berkowitz and Rae Kushner, Jewish Holocaust survivors born in eastern Poland who came to America from the USSR in 1949.
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Charles Kushner grew up in Elizabeth, New Jersey, with his elder brother Murray Kushner and sister Esther Schulder.
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Charles Kushner's father worked as a construction worker, builder, and real estate investor.
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At the time, Charles Kushner Companies had grown to more than 10,000 residential apartments, a homebuilding business, commercial and industrial properties, and a community bank.
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On June 30,2004, Charles Kushner was fined $508,900 by the Federal Election Commission for contributing to Democratic political campaigns in the names of his partnerships when he lacked authorization to do so.
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The witness-tampering charge arose from Charles Kushner's act of retaliation against William Schulder, his sister Esther's husband, who was cooperating with federal investigators against Charles Kushner.
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Charles Kushner served 14 months at Federal Prison Camp, Montgomery in Alabama before being sent to a halfway house in Newark, New Jersey, to complete his sentence.
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Charles Kushner was released from prison on August 25,2006.
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Charles Kushner received a federal pardon on December 23,2020, by his son's father-in-law, Donald Trump, citing his record of "reform" and "charity".
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In early 2007, Charles Kushner Companies bought the 666 Fifth Avenue building in Manhattan for $1.8 billion.
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Charles Kushner has employed two fellow inmates with whom he became acquainted in prison.
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Charles Kushner met personally with Harvard's president, and in 1998 donated $2.5 million to Harvard.
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Charles Kushner's son, Jared, was then beginning his senior year of high school, where he was not a particularly good student with test scores below Ivy League standards.
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Charles Kushner serves on the boards of Touro College, Stern College for Women, Rabbinical College of America, and the United Jewish Communities.
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Charles Kushner has made other donations to Harvard University, Stern College, and United Cerebral Palsy.
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Charles Kushner donated to the Seryl and Charles Kushner Maternity Unit at St Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, New Jersey.
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Charles Kushner contributed to the funding of two schools, Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy and Rae Kushner Yeshiva High School, in Livingston, and named them after his parents.
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Charles Kushner Hall is a building that is named after him on the Hofstra University campus.