Charles Kushner
| Charles Kushner | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Chanan Kushner May 16, 1954 Elizabeth, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
New York University (B.A.) Hofstra University (J.D.) New York University (M.B.A.) |
| Occupation | Co-owner of Kushner Properties |
| Spouse(s) | Seryl (Stadtmauer) Kushner |
| Children |
Jared Kushner Joshua Kushner and 2 daughters |
| Parent(s) |
Joseph Kushner Rae Kushner |
| Relatives | Murray Kushner (brother) |
Charles Kushner (born May 16, 1954) is an American real estate developer. He founded Kushner Companies in 1985. In 2005, he was convicted of illegal campaign contributions, tax evasion, and witness tampering, and served time in federal prison. After his release, he resumed his career in real estate. He is the father of Jared Kushner, who is the husband of Ivanka Trump and son-in-law and senior advisor to President of the United States Donald Trump.
Kushner was born on May 16, 1954 to Joseph and Rae Kushner. At birth, he was assigned the name Chanan after a maternal uncle who died in a concentration camp during the Holocaust. He grew up in Elizabeth, New Jersey with his elder brother Murray Kushner. His parents were Holocaust survivors who came to America from Belarus in 1949. Kushner's father worked as a construction worker, builder, and real estate investor. Kushner graduated from the School of Law of Hofstra University in 1979.
In 1985, he began managing his father's portfolio of 4,000 New Jersey apartments. He founded Kushner Companies—headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey—and became its chairman. In 1999, he won the Ernst & Young New Jersey Entrepreneur of the Year award. At the time, Kushner Companies had grown to more than 10,000 residential apartments, a home-building business, commercial and industrial properties, and a community bank.
In the summer of 2004, Kushner was fined $508,900 by the Federal Election Commission for contributing to political campaigns in the names of his partnerships when he lacked authorization to do so. In 2005, following an investigation by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey,U.S. Attorney Chris Christie negotiated a plea agreement with Kushner, under which he pleaded guilty to 18 counts of illegal campaign contributions, tax evasion, and witness tampering. The witness-tampering charge arose from Kushner's act of retaliation against William Schulder, his sister Esther's husband, who was cooperating with federal investigators; Kushner hired a prostitute to seduce his brother-in-law, arranged to record an encounter between the two, and had the tape sent to his sister. 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. He was released from prison on August 25, 2006.
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