Alex Witkoff

Alex Witkoff is an American businessman who is the son of billionaire businessman Steve Witkoff. He is the CEO of the Witkoff Group, a private real estate development and investment group founded by his father.^[1][2][3][4]

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

Witkoff has stirred controversy for soliciting billions of dollars in investment from governments in the Middle-East at the same time that his father was engaged in negotiations with those governments as the Donald Trump administration’s envoy to the Middle East. Witkoff is also a co-founder of the cryptocurrency firm World Liberty Financial, which has been involved in multiple conflicts of interest controversies in relation to the Trump family.

Career

Witkoff previously served as co-CEO of the Witkoff Group with his father.^[5] Following his father's appointment as special envoy in 2025, Alex has taken over running the firm.^[6][7][8]

In May 2025, Trump appointed Witkoff to the US Holocaust Memorial Council, days after firing former Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff and other Biden appointees.^[9][10][11]

Along with his brother Zach, he is a co-founder of World Liberty Financial, a cryptocurrency firm closely linked to the Trump family.^{[12][13][14][15]} The firm has been criticized for its ability to benefit the president personally.^{[16][17][18][19]} On September 1, 2025, World Liberty Financial began allowing customers to begin trading its cryptocurrency token, and has since added US $670 million to the Trump family's net worth.^[20]

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.^[21][22][23] The club's inaugural dinner was held on September 3, 2025.^[24]

In 2025, as Alex Witkoff's father Steve Witkoff, the Donald Trump administration's envoy to the Middle East, was engaged in high-stakes negotiations with Middle Eastern governments over a ceasefire in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Alex was soliciting several of the same governments for billions of dollars of investment into his enterprises.^[25]

Personal life

Witkoff is the son of Steve Witkoff, a real estate investor and the first United States Special Envoy to the Middle East.^[5]

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.^[26]

Witkoff married Melissa Cuc on February 3, 2024.^[27]