Portrait of Steven Witkoff & family

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Steven Witkoff & family

Net worth $2.3B

Real estate · United States

Born
Mar 15, 1957
Age
69
Source
Real estate
Residence
Miami, Florida
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Married
Children
2
Education
Bachelor of Arts, Hofstra University; JD, Hofstra University

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Steven Witkoff is the founder and chairman of Witkoff Group, a real estate development firm he founded in New York in 1997.
  • Witkoff Group's developments include luxury condos, hotels, golf courses and apartment buildings in New York, Los Angeles and Florida.
  • Friends with Donald Trump since the early 1990s, Witkoff was appointed as Trump's special envoy to the Middle East in November 2024.
  • As Middle East envoy, Witkoff helped negotiate a peace deal in Gaza between Israel and Hamas in October 2025.
  • In 2025, he was also tasked with negotiations to end the war in Ukraine and reach an agreement with Iran over its nuclear program.
  • Witkoff was a real estate lawyer and then started buying apartments and offices with his former colleague Larry Gluck before going it alone in 1997.
  • Witkoff and his family own an estimated 6.4% interest Trump's crypto project World Liberty Financial.
  • Witkoff and Trump first met when Witkoff was a real estate lawyer in the late 1980s and Trump was a client; Witkoff bought him a sandwich.