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Joshua Kushner (born June 12, 1985) is an American investor, businessman, and founder of Thrive Capital, a New York-based venture capital firm that manages billions in assets and has invested in high-profile tech companies including Instagram, Spotify, Pinterest, and Stripe. He is also co-founder and vice chairman of Oscar Health, a health insurance startup leveraging technology to simplify healthcare. Kushner was raised in an affluent Jewish family in Livingston, New Jersey, attended the Frisch School (a Modern Orthodox yeshiva high school), and earned a Bachelor of Arts in government from Harvard College in 2008. He is the youngest son of real estate developer Charles Kushner, who faced legal troubles in the early 2000s, and the younger brother of Jared Kushner, who served as a senior advisor to former U.S. President Donald Trump and is married to Ivanka Trump. Despite his family's political connections and occasional media scrutiny related to Kushner Companies' real estate dealings, Joshua Kushner has maintained a lower public profile and focused on entrepreneurial ventures rather than direct political engagement. He is married to supermodel Karlie Kloss (since 2018) and has two children, with the couple noted for philanthropic efforts in education and health. His net worth is estimated in the billions, derived primarily from his stakes in Thrive Capital and Oscar Health.