Where does Josh Kushner work?

Josh Kushner is Founder & CEO at Thrive Capital and Board director at Kinnek.

What check size does Josh Kushner write?

Josh Kushner typically writes checks of $1M – $50M.

Where did Josh Kushner go to school?

Josh Kushner studied at University of Denver (BSBA in Finance, Finance, General).

What awards has Josh Kushner received?

Fortune magazine listed Kushner in its inaugural 2024 list of the 100 Most Powerful People in Business, citing Thrive's early investment in OpenAI.

What podcasts and interviews feature Josh Kushner?

Tracked appearances include "a16z's $20BN Fund & Founders Fund's $4.6BN & Why Josh Kushner Has Mastered the Game", "What's it like working with Josh Kushner?", "Why Josh Kushner is Buying Into the Lakers", and 6 more.

Does Josh Kushner lead rounds?

Yes — Josh Kushner has led 1 tracked investment.

Josh Kushner

Investor

Founder & CEO at Thrive Capital · Board director at Kinnek

New York, NY

Writes $1M – $50M checks · typically $25M

Midas 2026 · #33 30 Under 30 2017 · Finance

Photo: SWinxy, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons ↗

About

Josh Kushner founded Thrive Capital in 2010 and built it into one of the defining growth firms of the era, with concentrated positions in OpenAI, Stripe, and Databricks and an early win in Instagram. He also co-founded the health insurer Oscar Health. Thrive's outsized OpenAI bet helped put him on the 2026 Forbes Midas List at No. 33.

Contact· published on Josh's own website

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Likely email· guessed from name + firm domain, not firm-published

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Beyond investing

Founded: Kushner co-founded the Latin American social games developer Vostu with two graduate students during his junior year at Harvard. The year after graduating, Kushner co-founded Unithrive, a peer-to-peer student lending startup inspired by Kiva. Kushner founded Cadre in 2015 with his brother Jared and Ryan Williams as a technology platform for real estate investing.
Education: Studied at Harvard College (BA, 2008) Studied at Harvard Business School (MBA, 2011) Studied at Harvard University
Awards: Fortune magazine listed Kushner in its inaugural 2024 list of the 100 Most Powerful People in Business, citing Thrive's early investment in OpenAI.
Family: Kushner is the youngest son of real estate developer Charles Kushner and the younger brother of Jared Kushner. Kushner married model Karlie Kloss in 2018 and they have three children.
More: Kushner became a minority owner of the Memphis Grizzlies in 2019, then in 2024 bought a stake in the Miami Heat and sold his Grizzlies stake. In 2024 Kushner and his wife Karlie Kloss's media company Bedford Media announced plans to revive Life magazine with Dotdash Meredith. In 2026 it was reported that Kushner, with Bob Iger, agreed to purchase the Los Angeles Lakers for $12.5 billion. Kushner led Thrive's OpenAI investments, including roughly $130 million at a $29 billion valuation in 2022 and about $1 billion at a $150 billion valuation in late 2024.

From Josh's own website — common ground for a warm intro.

Board director at Kinnek

Intro paths

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In turn, Josh can intro founders to Kinnek's investors below.

Kinnek's investors · 6

500 GlobalSan Francisco · $150K checks · since 2013 AngelPadSan Francisco · $120K checks · since 2015 MatrixSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checks · since 2015 Sierra VenturesSan Mateo · $10M checks · since 2015 Thrive CapitalNew York · $500K – $25M checks · since 2015 Version One VenturesVancouver · $250K – $500K checks · since 2015

Co-founders at Kinnek

Karthik SridharanCo-Founder & CEO

Rui MaExecutive Officer, Director

Experience

ParametricExecutive Directorcurrent2024 — presentBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Goldman SachsVice President - Global Banking and Markets (Public) Risk and Resilience2023 — 2024Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Goldman SachsVice President - Global Head of Vendor Management Business Intelligence2022 — 2023Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Goldman SachsVice President - Global Head of Data School2020 — 2023
Goldman SachsGlobal Markets Control Operations Business Intelligence2017 — 2020Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Goldman SachsAsset Management Operations2015 — 2017Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Emergenetics InternationalProject Coordinator2014 — 2015Greenwood Village, Colorado

Skills & more

Operational ExcellenceCreative Problem SolvingCommunicationStrategyLeadership15Public Speaking12Team Management3SharePointJiraJavaTableauMicrosoft Office16

+12 more

Microsoft ExcelPowerPointSQLMetric ManagementBusiness MetricsKey MetricsStakeholder ManagementBusiness AnalysisData-driven Decision MakingAdministrationEnterprise Risk ManagementProject Management

Languages Chinese · English · Latin

Tableau Certified Data Analyst — Tableau
Tableau Desktop Qualified Associate Certification — Tableau
Alteryx Expert Certification — Alteryx
Microsoft Office 2013 Excel, Word, PowerPoint — Certiport - A Pearson VUE Business

From Josh's professional profile.

Investments

Led

OpenAI

Investor

AffirmAirtableAndurilDatabricksFigmaGitHubGroupMeInstagramNubankPlaidRampRobinhoodSkimsSpaceXSpotifyStripeTwitchWarby Parker

Per curated public sources.

Podcasts & interviews

featuring Josh Kushner

a16z's $20BN Fund & Founders Fund's $4.6BN & Why Josh Kushner Has Mastered the Game

20VC with Harry Stebbings

What's it like working with Josh Kushner?

20VC with Harry Stebbings

Why Josh Kushner is Buying Into the Lakers

fortune.com

Josh Kushner’s Thrive Capital raises $10 billion in new funding #shorts #kushner #thrive #investing

Bloomberg Television

Thrive Capital’s Josh Kushner and Jacob Helberg | Reviving American Leadership in the 21st Century

The Hill & Valley Forum

Josh Kushner just raised $5B for his VC fund, Thrive Capital. #venturecapital

Cameron Galbraith

3 more appearances

Bob Iger Joins Josh Kushner’s VC Firm Thrive Capital2022-09-13
Thrive Capital's Josh Kushner On Change Health Insurance With Oscar2014-02-13
Thrive Capital's Josh Kushner On Oscar | TechCrunch2014-02-11

Colleagues at Thrive Capital

Avery Klemmer

Investor at Thrive Capital

Belen Mella

Investor at Thrive Capital

Chris Paik

General partner at Thrive Capital

Gaurav Ahuja

Partner at Thrive Capital

Jared Weinstein

Partner at Thrive Capital

Joe Kahn

Investor at Thrive Capital

Kareem Zaki

Partner at Thrive Capital

Kelly Sims

Partner at Thrive Capital

Network6

Daniel Gross

Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDG and Safe Superintelligence

Alex Rodriguez

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at A-Rod Corp

Belen Mella

Investor at Thrive Capital

Brett Goldstein

Investor at Launch House

Eric Demuth

Co-Founder and Executive Chairman at Bitpanda

Gaurav Ahuja

Partner at Thrive Capital

Investors connected to Josh in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Josh Kushner?: Josh Kushner founded Thrive Capital in 2010 and built it into one of the defining growth firms of the era, with concentrated positions in OpenAI, Stripe, and Databricks and an early win in Instagram. He also co-founded the health insurer Oscar Health. Thrive's outsized OpenAI bet helped put him on the 2026 Forbes Midas List at No. 33.
Where does Josh Kushner work?: Josh Kushner is Founder & CEO at Thrive Capital and Board director at Kinnek.
What check size does Josh Kushner write?: Josh Kushner typically writes checks of $1M – $50M.
What companies has Josh Kushner invested in?: Investments tracked here include OpenAI, Affirm, Airtable, Anduril, Databricks, Figma, GitHub, GroupMe, Instagram, Nubank, Plaid, Ramp, and 7 more.
Where did Josh Kushner go to school?: Josh Kushner studied at University of Denver (BSBA in Finance, Finance, General).
What awards has Josh Kushner received?: Fortune magazine listed Kushner in its inaugural 2024 list of the 100 Most Powerful People in Business, citing Thrive's early investment in OpenAI.
What podcasts and interviews feature Josh Kushner?: Tracked appearances include "a16z's $20BN Fund & Founders Fund's $4.6BN & Why Josh Kushner Has Mastered the Game", "What's it like working with Josh Kushner?", "Why Josh Kushner is Buying Into the Lakers", and 6 more.
Does Josh Kushner lead rounds?: Yes — Josh Kushner has led 1 tracked investment.