Jason Greenblatt

Jason Dov Greenblatt (born March 30, 1967) is an American lawyer. He was the executive vice president and chief legal officer to Donald Trump and The Trump Organization, and his advisor on Israel. In January 2017, he was appointed as an Assistant to the President and Special Representative for International Negotiations by President Donald Trump.

Early life and education Greenblatt is the son of Hungarian Jewish refugees, and grew up in Forest Hills, Queens, New York City. During World War II, his father fled Szatmárcseke in 1941 as a child, while his mother hid in Budapest with her family during the Nazi occupation, and fled to the United States after the Hungarian Revolution in 1956. He was born with the given name Theodore but had it legally changed as a teenager. He is the first cousin, once removed, of anti-war activist Robert Greenblatt.

Greenblatt was educated at Yeshiva Dov Revel, the Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy, followed by Yeshivat Har Etzion and then Yeshiva University where he studied English. In 1992, Greenblatt received a Juris Doctor from the New York University School of Law. as well as the author of three travel books, one about a family trip to Israel.

Greenblatt has worked for Trump since 1997, rising to executive vice president and chief legal officer to Trump and the Trump Organization, and his advisor on Israel.

In late December 2016, Trump named Greenblatt as his Representative for International Negotiations for his incoming administration. On September 5, 2019, it was announced that he would be leaving the White House.

In February 2020, Greenblatt joins OurCrowd, global venture investments platform, as a partner with the responsibilities of building ties in the Middle East.

In 2022 In the Path of Abraham: How Donald Trump Made Peace in the Middle East by Jason Greenblatt was published.

Personal life Greenblatt is an Orthodox Jew, and lives in Teaneck, New Jersey, with his wife and six children,