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Ivanka Trump
Former White House adviser and business executive
Personal / institutional details
- Full name
- Ivana Marie Trump
- Born
- October 30, 1981
- Parents
- Donald Trump and Ivana Trump
- Spouse
- Jared Kushner (married 2009)
- Children
- Three
- Education
- University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School (2004)
- Government office
- Adviser to the president, 2017–2021
Ivanka Trump is an American businesswoman and former adviser to President Donald Trump during his first term. She is the daughter of Donald Trump, wife of Jared Kushner and daughter-in-law of Charles Kushner.
Business and family
Ivanka Trump worked on real-estate development and acquisitions for the Trump Organization and operated an eponymous consumer brand. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School in 2004 and married Jared Kushner in 2009.
Government service
She was an adviser to the president during the 2017–2021 administration, with work focused in part on employment and women’s economic participation. This was an official White House position, distinct from her spouse’s senior-adviser role.
Second administration
Reuters reported that Ivanka declined an official role in her father’s second administration as it began in January 2025. She remains linked to her father, brothers Donald Jr. and Eric, husband Jared and father-in-law Charles through documented family and business relationships. No separate governmental work for 2025–2026 is inferred.
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- Charles Kushner (person) — family/in-law: Father-in-law; Jared Kushner is married to Ivanka Trump · since 2009
- Donald Trump (person) — parent/child and White House work: Ivanka is Donald Trump’s daughter and served as his White House adviser · 1981 onward; 2017–2021
- Donald Trump Jr. (person) — sibling and former Trump Organization colleague: Siblings who held executive roles in the family’s company · pre-2017
- Eric Trump (person) — sibling and Trump Organization colleague: Siblings who worked in Trump family’s real-estate company · pre-2017
- Jared Kushner (person) — marriage: Married in 2009; parents of three children · since 2009
- Melania Trump (person) — family/step-relationship: Melania is Ivanka’s stepmother through marriage to Donald Trump · since 2005
- Trump Organization (organization) — corporate employment/leadership: Worked in development and acquisitions before first administration · before 2017