- His paternal grandparents, who were Holocaust survivors, were Jewish emigrants from Kostrzyn nad Odra, Poland and Novogrudok, Belarus, respectively. His mother's family were Polish Jews who moved to New York in the early 1900s.
- His father, real estate developer Charles Kushner, served 14 months of a 2-year sentence in Federal Prison Camp, Montgomery, for illegal campaign contributions, tax evasion and witness tampering.
- Chose not to take a salary under the Trump administration.[July 2017].
- After an engagement of just three months, Jared and bride Ivanka's 2009 wedding was celebrated at her father Donald Trump's National Golf Club in Bedminster (NJ) where some 500 guests were in attendance including, Ivana Trump, Melania Trump, Charles Kushner & Seryl Kushner (groom's parents), Rupert Murdoch, Barbara Walters, Rudy Giuliani, Russell Crowe, Natalie Portman, Regis Philbin, Anna Wintour, Andrew Cuomo, etc. Ivanka's wedding gown (inspired by Grace Kelly's) was designed by Vera Wang. Barron Trump was the ring-bearer. The couple's wedding song was David Gray's "This Year's Love".
- Son-in-law of Donald Trump and Ivana Trump.
- Senior adviser for the Trump administration.[July 2017].
- Has 3 children: daughter, Arabella Kushner (b. July 17, 2011) and sons, Joseph Kushner (b. October 14, 2013) & Theodore Kushner (b. March 27, 2016) with wife, Ivanka Trump.
- Grandson of Joseph Kushner.
- Merited a place in TIME magazine's "The 100 Most Influential People" issue with an homage written by Henry Kissinger. (May 2017)
- Publisher of the New York Observer.
- Benjamin Netanyahu once stayed at the teenage Kushners' home in New Jersey, sleeping in Jared's bedroom. Jared moved to the basement that night.
- Son of real estate developer Charles Kushner and Seryl Kushner.
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