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Steve Witkoff
Steven Charles Witkoff is an American real estate investor and former attorney who is the founder of the Witkoff Group. Since 2025, Witkoff has served as the United States special envoy to the Middle East and special envoy for peace missions. He has also acted as a de facto envoy to Russian president Vladimir Putin.
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business · American businessman and diplomat (born 1957) · businessperson · lawyer · negotiator · real estate agent · also Steve Witkoff, Steven Charles Witkoff, Steven Witkoff, Witkoff
Born 15 March 1957 · Q16189572
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2026· 12 entries
“spent a lot of time with Putin”
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“I liked him, I think he was honest”
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“had a great friendship, and I think now it”
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The Jerusalem Post: Steve Witkoff's grandson born on 15th anniversary of son Andrew's death
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Moneycontrol: Witkoff, Kushner may visit Kyiv and Moscow soon, Tass says
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Yahoo Finance: VC Reportedly Rejected Trump Crypto Venture After Steve Witkoff’s Memecoin Blunder
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Public attention spiked: 3,434 Wikipedia readers in one day, 3.9× the usual 889, with 0 article edits. Coverage that week: “Democrat Accuses Steve Witkoff of Shock Comments During Angry Call” (Yahoo).
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Yahoo: Democrat Accuses Steve Witkoff of Shock Comments During Angry Call
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Public attention spiked: 4,643 Wikipedia readers in one day, 5.2× the usual 889, with 0 article edits.
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Awarded Time 100 (2026).
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The Wall Street Journal: Steve Witkoff
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2025· 15 entries
Bloomberg published a transcript of a 5-minute phone call on October 14, 2025, between Witkoff and Yuri Ushakov, Vladimir Putin's most senior foreign policy adviser
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Axios reported that Witkoff had drafted a 28-point U
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New York Post: Steve Witkoff ‘confident’ Gaza hostage remains will be returned, Abraham Accords ‘substantially’ expanded
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Yahoo: Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump pray for success of Trump deal at Western Wall
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Witkoff claimed that, during the Alaska summit, Putin had promised to enshrine a non-aggression pledge in Russia’s constitution
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Led by Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi
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Witkoff blamed Hamas for renewed fighting in Gaza, saying that "Hamas had every opportunity to demilitarize, to accept the bridging proposal that would have given us a 40- or 50-day ceasefire where we could have discusse
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In a podcast interview with Tucker Carlson, Witkoff said that the biggest issue in negotiations are the "so-called four regions: Donbas, Crimea, Lugansk
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The Israeli government stopped the entry of goods and supplies into the Gaza Strip
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Witkoff rejected concerns that Ukraine and Europe would be excluded from any future peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
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Trump sent Witkoff to Moscow, where he met with President Putin and was responsible for the negotiations that led to a prisoner swap and the release of U
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Witkoff arrived in Israel and made a rare entry by an American official into Gaza to personally oversee the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas
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“so-called four regions: Donbas, Crimea, Lugansk . . . and there”
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Witkoff partnered with Len Blavatnik and Barry Sternlicht on a stalled Miami Beach project
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Career landmark: United States Special Envoy for Middle East Peace (2025).
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2024· 5 entries
President-elect Donald Trump announced that he had selected Witkoff to be his Special Envoy to the Middle East
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Witkoff was chosen to be co-chair of the Presidential Inaugural Committee for Trump's upcoming second presidency, along with former US Senator Kelly Loeffler
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Witkoff was playing golf with Trump at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, when Ryan Wesley Routh attempted to assassinate Trump
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Bloomberg reported that Witkoff backed a $25 million expansion of Miami’s Institute of Contemporary Art
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Witkoff criticized the Biden administration over its decision to halt the shipment of certain bombs to Israel
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2023· 1 entry
Bloomberg reported that Witkoff helped revive the troubled One High Line condominium project in Manhattan, completing its transition to new ownership and development
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2020· 1 entry
As The Drew, named after Witkoff's late son Andrew
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2019· 1 entry
Witkoff relocated from New York City to Florida and settled in Miami Beach
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2018· 1 entry
Witkoff opposed sanctions against Russia for its occupation of Crimea
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2014· 1 entry
Then occupied and annexed four more Ukrainian provinces during its 2022 invasion
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2013· 1 entry
Witkoff and Harry Macklowe purchased the Park Lane Hotel on Central Park South in Manhattan for $660 million
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2011· 2 entries
Witkoff has become an advocate for addiction awareness and recovery efforts, addressing the issue in his speech at the 2024 Republican National Convention
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Their 22-year-old son Andrew died of an OxyContin overdose at the now-closed Sunset Plaza Drive sober living facility in California
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2007· 1 entry
Media Matters for America: Fox host: Steve Witkoff “likes Russia too much” and his actions are “totally unacceptable”
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1998· 1 entry
A planned $2 billion initial public offering (IPO) of his company was canceled due to the collapse of the real estate market, and Witkoff and Gluck dissolved their partnership, with Gluck taking the residential propertie
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1997· 1 entry
Witkoff left Stellar Management, founded and became chairman and CEO of the privately held Witkoff Group headquartered in New York City, and expanded into residential construction and land rehabilitation
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1996· 2 entries
Secured financing from Credit Suisse First Boston for the purchase of 33 Maiden Lane, a 27-story tower designed by Philip Johnson and John Burgee; the following year, he leased the top 13 floors of the building to the
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And business partner Rubin Schron purchased the Daily News Building for $138 million, and he expanded his portfolio to include real estate purchases in Chicago, Dallas, and Philadelphia
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1995· 1 entry
Expanded into lower Manhattan, buying several inexpensive office buildings
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1987· 1 entry
Witkoff married Lauren Jill Rappoport, who was then an associate at the Manhattan law firm of Botein, Hays & Sklar
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1985· 1 entry
Co-founded Stellar Management, partnering with fellow Dreyer & Traub real estate attorney Larry Gluck—"Stellar" is derived from the names "Steve" and "Larry"—gradually switching their careers from the practice of law
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1983· 2 entries
Studied at Maurice A. Deane School of Law, Juris Doctor (1983).
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Graduated with a JD from Hofstra Law School
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1980· 1 entry
Studied at Hofstra University, Bachelor of Arts (1980).
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1957· 1 entry
Born 1957-03-15.
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