Alex Witkoff

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Alexander Witkoff
Education University of Pennsylvania
SpouseMelissa Cuc (2024)
Family Steve Witkoff (father)
Zach Witkoff (brother)

Alex Witkoff is an American businessman, CEO of the Witkoff Group. [1]

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Career

Alex previously served as Co-CEO of the Witkoff Group with his father. [2] Following his father's appointment as special envoy in 2025, Alex has taken over running the firm. [3] [4] [5]

In May 2025, Trump appointed Witkoff to the US Holocaust Memorial Council, days after firing former First Gentlemen Doug Emhoff and other Biden appointees. [6] [7] [8]

Along with his brother Zach, he is a co-founder of World Liberty Financial, a cryptocurrency firm closely linked to the Trump family. [9] [10] [11] [12] The firm has been criticized for its ability to benefit the president personally. [13] [14] [15] [16]

Alongside Zach, Donald Trump Jr., Omeed Malik, and Christopher Buskirk of 1789 Capital, Witkoff is the co-owner of the Executive Branch, an invitation only private member's club in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. founded in April 2025. [17] [18] [19]

Personal life

Alex is the son of Steve Witkoff, a real estate investor and the 1st United States Special Envoy to the Middle East. [2]

Witkoff is described as a "family friend" of the Trump family, and attended the 2024 victory party for Donald Trump's re-election at the Palm Beach Convention Center. [20]

Witkoff married Melissa Cuc on February 4, 2025. [21]

References

  1. https://www.sfchronicle.com/realestate/article/sf-hotels-sold-21026990.php
  2. 1 2 Lipton, Eric (2024-11-25). "Trump's Middle East Envoy Has Prior Ties to Oil-Rich Nations There". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2025-07-24.
  3. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-02/witkoff-sells-lot-on-posh-stretch-of-miami-beach-at-200-markup?embedded-checkout=true
  4. "Steve Witkoff To Divest From CRE Firm As His White House Influence Grows". Bisnow. Retrieved 2025-09-05.
  5. Echikson, Julia (2025-05-06). "Witkoff, Access Real Estate Refi Florida Resort With $100M From Apollo". Commercial Observer. Retrieved 2025-09-05.
  6. Lapin, Andrew. "Trump taps shock jock, Haredi publisher, Witkoff's son for Holocaust Memorial Council". The Times of Israel . ISSN   0040-7909 . Retrieved 2025-07-24.
  7. Goldmacher, Shane; Glueck, Katie (2025-05-09). "Holocaust Museum Board Clashes Over Silence on Trump Firings". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2025-07-24.
  8. "Trump names Holocaust museum board members after firing Biden appointees - The Washington Post". Archived from the original on 2025-05-02. Retrieved 2025-08-16.
  9. May, Madeleine (2025-06-11). "Senate Democrats seek answers on Trump's World Liberty crypto deal ahead of GENIUS Act vote - CBS News". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved 2025-07-24.
  10. Ulmer, Alexandra; Lewis, Simon; Ulmer, Alexandra (2024-12-12). "Trump crypto venture partners with platform linked to Middle East militants". Reuters. Retrieved 2025-07-24.
  11. Ramaswamy, Swapna Venugopal. "President's family wealth leaps as trading starts on Trump cryptocurrency". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2025-09-03.
  12. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-14/trump-crypto-project-world-liberty-s-new-deal-tests-limits-of-treasury-strategy
  13. Gross, Terry (2025-05-07). "How Trump family business ventures stand to directly benefit the President". NPR. Retrieved 2025-09-03.
  14. Singh, Navroop; Parekh, Himja (2025-05-26). "The Tokenized Empire: Trump's Crypto gambit to sustain American Hegemony". Niti Shastra. Retrieved 2025-09-03.
  15. Kirkpatrick, David D. (2025-08-11). "How Much Is Trump Profiting Off the Presidency?". The New Yorker. ISSN   0028-792X . Retrieved 2025-09-03.
  16. Osnos, Evan (2025-05-26). "Donald Trump's Politics of Plunder". The New Yorker. ISSN   0028-792X . Retrieved 2025-09-03.
  17. Frank, Robert (2025-04-28). "Donald Trump Jr. co-founds new private members club, Executive Branch, with a $500,000 fee". CNBC. Retrieved 2025-09-05.
  18. "Trump-aligned club for the ultra rich launches in Washington". POLITICO. 2025-04-26. Retrieved 2025-09-05.
  19. "Who you will and who you won't see at Donald Trump Jr's DC private members' club". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2025-07-20. Retrieved 2025-09-05.
  20. Rogers, Alex. "Maga and Mar-a-Lago: how Donald Trump's victory unfolded in Palm Beach". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2025-09-05.
  21. Otis, John (2024-02-16). "A Cowboy and a Leopard Walked Into a Bar". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2025-07-24.