Charles Kushner was born on May 16,1954 and is an American real estate developer and disbarred attorney who founded Kushner Companies in 1985.
26 Facts About Charles Kushner
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In 2005, Kushner was convicted of illegal campaign contributions, tax evasion, and witness tampering, and was sentenced to two years' imprisonment, which he served in the Federal Prison Camp, Montgomery.
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Charles Kushner later received a pardon issued by his son's father-in-law President Donald Trump on December 23,2020.
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Charles Kushner has three other children, including his younger son Joshua, a venture capitalist who is married to the supermodel 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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Charles Kushner graduated from the Hofstra University School of Law in 1979.
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In 1985, Charles Kushner began managing his father's portfolio of 4,000 New Jersey apartments.
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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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In 2005, following an investigation by United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey Chris Christie negotiated a plea agreement with him, under which Charles Kushner pleaded guilty to 18 counts of illegal campaign contributions, tax evasion, and witness tampering.
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Charles Kushner was sentenced to two years in prison and 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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Republican Chris Christie, who chaired Trump's first transition team, said Charles Kushner committed "one of the most loathsome, disgusting crimes" he prosecuted.
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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 University'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 is 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, 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.
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On November 30,2024, president-elect Trump announced through a social media post that he would nominate Charles Kushner to be the United States ambassador to France in his second term.
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Charles Kushner's nomination is pending before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.