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Inside the relationship of billionaire venture capitalist Josh Kushner and model Karlie Kloss, the power couple with unconventional ties to Trump

Joshua Kushner and Karlie Kloss.

  • Billionaire entrepreneur Josh Kushner is married to supermodel and coding advocate Karlie Kloss.
  • Kushner’s brother is Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law and a former White House advisor.
  • Kushner and Kloss have each revealed they didn’t vote for Donald Trump in the 2016 election.

Model from the March for Our Lives rally. A few weeks earlier, Kushner made a $50,000 donation to the anti-gun-violence group, Axios reported.

While Trump’s presidency was unpopular in Silicon Valley, Kushner’s proximity to the White House didn’t appear to slow his career as an investor.
Karlie Kloss and Josh Kushner in New York City.

Kushner proposed “during a romantic weekend together in upstate New York,” People magazine reported at the time.

“I love you more than I have words to express,” Kloss captioned a photo on X announcing their engagement. “Josh, you’re my best friend and my soulmate. I can’t wait for forever together. Yes a million times over.”

Kloss converted to Judaism shortly before getting engaged to Kushner, who is Jewish.
Karlie Kloss and Josh Kushner at the Whitney Gala.

The wedding was a small Jewish ceremony with fewer than 80 people in attendance, including Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump.

“So much love for you both as you begin forever together,” Ivanka Trump wrote in a post on X. 

Kloss wore a custom Dior wedding gown with lace sleeves and a flowing train.

“The wedding was intimate and moving,” a friend at the ceremony told People magazine. “The couple was beaming with happiness.”

 

In June 2019, the couple held a second wedding celebration at a ranch in Wyoming.
Karlie Kloss on “Project Runway.”

Brandon Maxwell, a judge on the fashion design reality competition show, criticized contestant Tyler Neasloney’s creation. The assignment had been to design a look for Kloss to wear to a fashion event in Paris, but Maxwell told Neasloney that he couldn’t see Kloss wearing the outfit “anywhere.”

“Not even to dinner with the Kushners?” Neasloney replied, eliciting gasps from other contestants.

“Keep it to the challenge,” Kloss responded. “You really missed the mark here, on all accounts.”

When asked about the viral moment on “Watch What Happens Live” with Andy Cohen, Kloss said “the real tragedy of this whole thing is that no one is talking about how terrible that dress was.”

She added: “Andy, I’m sure I’m not the only person in this country who does not necessarily agree with their family on politics. I voted as a Democrat in 2016 and I plan to do the same in 2020.”

The couple has two sons, Levi and Elijah.
Joshua Kushner and Karlie Kloss snap a selfie.

Kloss has posted photos of the couple traveling the world and celebrating Kushner’s birthday, but she doesn’t share much else about their relationship. She also keeps the faces of her young sons hidden in photos.

“I know in my life what really matters to me,” Kloss said in an interview with Harper’s Bazaar in 2018. “I’m not trying to hide that from the world. I just really like having a more private life.”

In 2024, Kushner and Kloss bought Life magazine and announced their plans to revive the iconic photography publication.
Josh Kushner and Karlie Kloss expanded their real-estate portfolio.

The six-bedroom home is known as Wave House because its architect, Harry Gesner, designed the exterior to look like cresting waves. It was previously owned by Rod Stewart and Mo Ostin, a record executive who signed artists including Jimi Hendrix, Prince, and Madonna.