Joshua Kushner is an American entrepreneur and businessman. He is a co-founder of Vostu

Vostu

Vostu is a social gaming company which was launched in May 2007.Initially a social network for Latin America with a strong presence in Brazil, the company developed and launched its first successful social game in June 2009 under the title "Joga Craque", a soccer-focused RPG for Brazilian players...

, the largest social gaming company in Brazil, where he serves as Chief Strategic Officer. He is also the founder and Managing Partner of Thrive Capital, a venture capital fund. Kushner also serves as a Principal of Kushner Companies, a diversified real estate investment company, whose holdings include The New York Observer, a weekly Manhattan newspaper.

Personal Life and Education

Kushner grew up in Livingston, New Jersey

Livingston, New Jersey

Livingston is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 29,366.Livingston was incorporated as a township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 5, 1813, from portions of Caldwell Township and Springfield...

. He graduated from Harvard University

Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...

 in 2008 and Harvard Business School

Harvard Business School

Harvard Business School is the graduate business school of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, United States and is widely recognized as one of the top business schools in the world. The school offers the world's largest full-time MBA program, doctoral programs, and many executive...

 in 2011. His father is real estate magnate Charles Kushner

Charles Kushner

Charles Kushner is an American real estate developer, philanthropist and political fundraiser.- Family :Kushner's parents were Joseph and Rae Kushner, who had come to America from Belarus by way of Italy in 1949...

Vostu

In 2007, during his Junior year at Harvard, Kushner founded Vostu

Vostu

Vostu is a social gaming company which was launched in May 2007.Initially a social network for Latin America with a strong presence in Brazil, the company developed and launched its first successful social game in June 2009 under the title "Joga Craque", a soccer-focused RPG for Brazilian players...

 with Daniel Kafie and Mario Schlosser. Vostu has since received investments of over $15 million from Intel, General Catalyst, Accel Partners and Tiger Global. The company is now headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina and New York City and has over 600 employees. Vostu has become the most popular online gaming website in Brazil, with over 35 million registered users. According to the Wall Street Journal, Vostu has "revenue in the high double-digit millions of dollars and 'very profitable.'"

Thrive Capital

In 2009, Kushner founded Thrive Capital. In late 2011, the New York Times reported that Kushner had raised a second fund, Thrive II, from prestigious institutional investors, such as Princeton University and Wellcome Trust, and selected private investors, such as Peter Thiel. The $40 million fund's unique structure allows Kushner to scale it to $100 million.