Jared Kushner is the husband of future first daughter Ivanka Trump and a close confidant of her father, President-elect Donald Trump. Here are some things to know about him. Kushner is a New York real estate developer and CEO of a company started by his father. In 2007, at the age of just 26, Kushner purchased a Manhattan office tower, 666 Fifth Avenue, for what was then a record $1.8 billion. Kushner owns The New York Observer newspaper. He met Ivanka Trump over a business lunch. They married on October 25, 2009, in a Jewish ceremony. She converted to Judaism for him. Then-U.S. Atty. Chris Christie prosecuted Charles Kushner on felony charges of witness tampering, illegal campaign donations and tax evasion. After a plea deal, Charles Kushner spent 14 months in federal prison. Jared Kushner is widely suspected of being behind the demotion of Christie on the transition team.
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