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Steve Witkoff

American businessman
Also known as: Steven Charles Witkoff
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Steve Witkoff (born March 15, 1957, Bronx, New York, U.S.) is an American businessman who has worked in real estate, first as an attorney and then as an investor and developer. He amassed a fortune, much of it from the Witkoff Group (founded 1997), which buys, finances, and constructs buildings. In 2025 he became U.S. special envoy to the Middle East in the Republican administration of Pres. Donald Trump, a longtime friend. One of Witkoff’s...

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