Josh Kushner
Founder of Thrive Capital, known for building a highly regarded VC brand organically.
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“recently made his first public comments on the failed FIFA deal, over which UEFA is trying to subpoena his records.”
“Josh Kushner | Founder, Thrive Capital | Embroiled in FIFA commercial venture controversy; says "the firm would not have backed FIFA's proposed $20 billion commercial venture had it known the deal would trigger such a political firestorm"”
Source→“UEFA, Europe's top soccer authority, yesterday asked a federal judge in Manhattan to approve subpoenas for testimony and documents tied to FIFA's proposed creation of a commercial subsidiary that would have been backed by Kushner's Thrive Eternal.”
“Josh Kushner's Thrive Capital acquired $215 million in Amazon shares.”
Source→“The Los Angeles Lakers' $12,500M sale to Josh Kushner and Bob Iger is the largest sports transaction on the table, clearing 22.7x revenue and 73.5x EBITDA.”
Source→“Thrive Eternal…focuses on assets with 'qualities that cannot be replicated by technology.' Its first deal was for a minority stake in the San Francisco Giants.”
Source→“Kushner then agreed to buy at $12.5 billion — a $2.5 billion premium in under a year.”
Source→“This is the sort of premium that preempts an auction and Kushner has a history of paying up for assets he really wants. This is the modern VC pricing philosophy, where the ends justify the means.”
Source→“This is the sort of premium that preempts an auction and Kushner has a history of paying up for assets he really wants. This is the modern VC pricing philosophy, where the ends justify the means.”
Source→“Iger is likely to be the courtside face of ownership, given that Kushner lives in New York.”
Source→“Thrive's $12B vehicle applying AI to legacy services businesses... Thrive Holdings, formed by Josh Kushner's Thrive to apply AI to legacy services companies, raised over $2b at a $12b post-money valuation”
“His firm's Thrive Eternal vehicle was meant to be the lead investor in a proposal to sell stakes in the global soccer tournament.”
Source→“An operations platform for private credit, raised $10m in seed funding from First Round Capital with notable angel investors including Mellody Hobson, Josh Kushner, and Immad Akhund.”
“Josh Kushner, absolute MVP investor, unbelievable, has like worked around the clock for what feels like years to help us. He's the only investor that I could point to that is proactively incredibly helpful all the time.”
Source→“I think Josh and his team over there are probably the prototypical built a brand on the down low.”
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