Jared Kushner's brother is breaking his political silence following Trump's election - here's everything we know about the millionaire entrepreneur who's dating model Karlie Kloss

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Jared Kushner's brother is breaking his political silence following Trump's election - here's everything we know about the millionaire entrepreneur who's dating model Karlie Kloss

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  • Millionaire entrepreneur and investor Joshua Kushner and his model girlfriend, Karlie Kloss, voiced support for March For Our Lives this weekend. 
  • Kushner is the cofounder of the $2.7 billion healthcare startup Oscar Health.
  • The entrepreneur has said he doesn't have any connections to the Trump administration, despite reportedly talking to his brother Jared Kushner, President Trump's aide and son-in-law, every day. 

 

The millionaire younger brother of White House advisor Jared Kushner is breaking his political silence following the election of President Donald Trump. 

Millionaire entrepreneur Joshua Kushner - the younger brother of Ivanka Trump's husband and White House advisor Jared Kushner - and his girlfriend, model Karlie Kloss, posted photos from the pro-gun-control March For Our Lives this weekend. 

Kushner and Kloss have remained quiet on politics recently, including their relationship with the Trump family, even though Kushner's brother is working in the White House. And, while the duo has dated for more than five years, they rarely speak publicly about their relationship.

Here's a look at Joshua Kushner's history, in light of the well-connected couple's rare political gesture:

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Joshua Kushner rose to prominence as an entrepreneur and venture capitalist in his twenties.

Joshua Kushner rose to prominence as an entrepreneur and venture capitalist in his twenties.

In 2010, at age 25, Kushner founded venture capital firm Thrive Capital. Two years later, he raised $40 million for the firm from investors including Princeton University and Peter Thiel, a venture capitalist known for his investments in tech companies such as Facebook and his support of Trump in the 2016 election. 

Thrive was an early investor in Instagram as well as in startups including Warby Parker, Kickstarter, and ClassPass.

Karlie Kloss, meanwhile, has been working as a model since her teen years.

Karlie Kloss, meanwhile, has been working as a model since her teen years.

Kloss skyrocketed to prominence in 2007, when she was just 15 years old. By 2010, she was a big enough name to appear on "Gossip Girl" as herself. (Ironically, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner also appeared on the show in 2010, though it was in a different episode.) 

The model has made headlines due to her close friendship with Taylor Swift. In 2015, Kloss started Kode With Klossy, a charity to encourage girls to get involved in coding and tech. 

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Recently, Kushner has kept a low profile in comparison to his brother Jared.

Recently, Kushner has kept a low profile in comparison to his brother Jared.

Kushner told Forbes in April 2017 that he and Jared speak every day. He and Ivanka are apparently so close that he refers to her as his sister. 

In 2014, the brothers founded real-estate crowdfunding startup Cadre together, along with the company's current CEO, Ryan Williams. Jared was criticized for neglecting to disclose his stake in Cadre in government financial-disclosure forms in 2017.

Kushner attended the Women's March in Washington, DC, the weekend of Trump's inauguration.

Kushner attended the Women's March in Washington, DC, the weekend of Trump's inauguration.

Kushner told other marchers he was there to observe, The Washingtonian reported. 

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After Trump's election, Kushner told companies he did not have personal ties with the Trump administration.

After Trump's election, Kushner told companies he did not have personal ties with the Trump administration.

According to Forbes, Kushner held one-on-one meetings with nearly 100 employees at Thrive and two startups he was incubating after the election. 

"Josh went around to me and presumably every company and said, 'I have no personal ties to this administration. I'm not responsible for their actions and won't be able to get you special favors,' " Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield told Forbes. "'Just consider me the same person who invested in your company — there is no connection, either good or bad.'"

Still, don't expect Kloss or Kushner to speak out against Trump publicly.

Kloss refused to comment on her relationship — or Kushner's relationship — with the White House when she was interviewed by The New York Times in March.

"My relationship has nothing to do with this interview," Kloss said, as quoted in an article on her work with teenage girls and coding. 

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