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Jared Kushner didn't need "bold bets" just billions from the Saudis

Jason Weisberger
Sep 22, 2025
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Forbes frames Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, as making "bold bets." Still, the real throughline is that immediately after leaving government, he secured billions from Saudi, Qatari, and Emirati sovereign funds. This is the money that underwrites his entire private equity empire. Kushner's only "boldness" seems to be daring to lean so heavily on patr…

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