Rank #806
Josh Kushner
Net worth $5.2B
Venture capital · United States
- Born
- Jun 12, 1985
- Age
- 40
- Source
- Venture capital
- Residence
- New York, New York
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 2
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Science, Harvard; Master of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
Net worth over time
Biography
- Josh Kushner founded and runs VC firm Thrive Capital, which has backed some of the past decade's most notable startups, including Instagram, Spotify, Stripe and OpenAI.
- Thrive was valued at $5.3 billion in a $175 million funding round in January 2023; Kushner is estimated to own a 66% stake.
- Thrive's investors include Disney CEO Bob Iger and a handful of billionaires: Henry Kravis, Mukesh Ambani, Jorge Paulo Lemann and Xavier Niel.
- Thrive raised $5 billion for its ninth fund in August 2024; the firm now manages approximately $25 billion in assets.
- The liberal Kushner cofounded a health insurance company built around Obamacare before his brother Jared's father-in-law Donald Trump became president.
- He is the son of real estate tycoon Charles Kushner, who became Trump's ambassador to France in May 2025.
- Kushner purchased a 2.5% stake in the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies in 2019.
- Thrive's headquarters are in NYC's Puck Building, owned by the Kushner family, where Josh and his wife, model Karlie Kloss, also live in a penthouse.