Overview
- Jared Kushner convened World Bank chief Ajay Banga and BlackRock CEO Larry Fink with Kyiv officials on Dec. 12 to discuss an economic backstop for post-war Ukraine.
- He is credited with helping secure a Gaza ceasefire and the release of hostages, extending his return to high-stakes diplomatic engagement.
- Kushner has held separate meetings with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky in pursuit of a Ukraine peace framework.
- Regulatory filings show his firm Affinity Partners helped finance Paramount Skydance’s hostile bid in the Warner Bros. Discovery fight, with later reporting saying that support was withdrawn.
- The White House calls Kushner an informal, unpaid adviser as watchdogs question conflicts from his foreign-funded investment activities, and Affinity has scrapped a planned Trump-branded hotel project in Serbia.