Joshua Kushner (June 12, 1985) is an American entrepreneur and businessman. He is a co-founder of Vostu,[1][2] 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,[3] 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.
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Kushner grew up in Livingston, New Jersey. He graduated from Harvard University in 2008 and Harvard Business School[4] in 2011. His father is real estate magnate Charles Kushner
In 2007, during his Junior year at Harvard, Kushner founded Vostu with Daniel Kafie and Mario Schlosser. Vostu has since received investments of over $15 million from Intel, General Catalyst, Accel Partners and Tiger Global.[5] The company is now headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina and New York City and has over 600 employees.[6] 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.'"[7]
In 2009, Kushner founded Thrive Capital.[8][9] 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.[10] The $40 million fund's unique structure allows Kushner to scale it to $100 million.[11]