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| Donald Trump |
Trump announcing David Blaines latest feat |
| Born | June 14 1946
New York City New York |
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| Alma&mater | University of Pennsylvania |
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| Occupation | Chief executive officer |
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| Salary | 32 million 1 |
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| Net&worth | 3 billion 1 |
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| Spouse | Ivana Trump
Marla Maples
Melania Trump |
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| Children | Donald Trump Jr.
Ivanka Trump
Eric Trump
Tiffany Trump
Barron Trump |
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Website
The Trump Organization |
Donald John Trump is an American business magnate socialite television personality and author. He is the Chairman and CEO of the Trump Organization a US-based real-estate developer. Trump is also the founder of Trump Entertainment Resorts which operates numerous casinos and hotels across the world. Trumps extravagant lifestyle and outspoken manner have made him a celebrity for years a status which was only amplified by the success of his NBC reality show The Apprentice .
Donald was the fourth of five children of Fred Trump a wealthy real estate developer based in New York City. Donald was strongly influenced by his father in his eventual goals to make a career in real estate development. 2 and upon his graduation from Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1968 Donald Trump joined his fathers company The Trump Organization.
Starting with the renovation of the Commodore Hotel into the Grand Hyatt with the Pritzker family he continued with Trump Tower in New York City and several other residential projects. Trump would later expand into the airline industry 3 and Atlantic City casino business including buying the Taj Mahal Casino from the Crosby family then taking it into bankruptcy. This expansion both personal and business led to mounting debt. 4 Much of the news about him in the early 1990s involved his much publicized financial problems creditor-led bailout extramarital affair with Marla Maples and the resulting divorce from his first wife Ivana Trump.
The late 1990s saw a resurgence in his financial situation and fame. In 2001 he completed Trump World Tower a 72-story residential tower across from the United Nations Headquarters. 5 Also he began construction on Trump Place a multi-building development along the Hudson River. Trump owns commercial space in Trump International Hotel and Tower a 44-story mixed-use tower on Columbus Circle. Trump currently owns several million square feet of prime Manhattan real estate 6 and remains a major figure in the field of real estate in the United States and a celebrity for his prominent media exposures.
