Laurent Morali

Laurent Morali was born in France in 1975. He was working at Crédit Lyonnais in 2006 and began to work with Kushner when they were closing on their purchase of 666 Fifth Avenue. Morali switched over to Kushner Companies in 2008, starting as head of acquisitions and capital markets.

In 2016, Morali was named as president of the company shortly before Kushner Chief Executive Officer Jared Kushner left the company to take a role in the Trump administration.

Morali was at the helm of the company as it sold a 99-year lease on 666 Fifth Avenue to Brookfield; been behind major acquisitions in South Florida, as well as the purchase of 6,500 apartments in the mid-Atlantic; and led the construction of Kushner’s Journal Square project in Jersey City.

Morali lives with his wife and three sons on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and plays electric guitar.