Trump Donald

American businessman, television personality, author, and politician, who was the 45th President of the United States, in office from 20 January 2017 to 20 January 2021, representing the Republican Party. He made a fortune estimated at $1 billion by finding and buying losing properties and turning them around. The fourth of five kids, he grew up in Queens, the son of a self-made millionaire in real estate. In 1968, he graduated business school. In 1975 he made his first purchase of a run-down hotel, and began his history of renovations. The youngest of five kids, he was raised in a 23-room estate in exclusive Jamaica Estates. As a boy, he visited building sites with his dad and drove a bulldozer by the time he was 13. In 1959, the feisty youngster was shipped off to New York Military Academy where he became Captain of the student regiment and of the baseball team. He graduated in 1964 and attended Fordham University for two years, then Wharton School of Finance. He was already talking about changing Manhattans skyline. He graduated from Wharton as first in his class with a B.A. in economics. He joined his dads world of real estate. Trump is known as a P.T. Barnum of finance. He was always a conspicuous consumer with a powerful mystique. He sculpts his own persona with the aid of a press agent and has his name emblazoned on everything he touches. His toys include a $30 million yacht, an 118-room palace in Florida, and a Manhattan apartment with an 80-foot living room. Overextended, his empire began to crumble in 1990, leading to massive juggling of properties, buying and selling to stay afloat. At the age of 51, Trump wrote his third autobiography, "Trump: The Art of the Comeback" (1997) written with Kate Bohner. Trumps other two autobiographies include "Trump: Surviving at the Top" (1990) written with Charles Leerhsen, and "Trump: The Art of the Deal" (1987) written with Tony Schwartz. Trump had a 13 year marriage with Ivana whom he met in 1975, producing three children: Donald Jr. in 1978, Ivanka in 1982 and Eric in 1984. Their divorce in 1991 was highly publicized with accusations of his affair with Marla Maples and Ivana reaming Trump for as much as she could at the time, settling for a $3.5 million dollar home and $14 million. With this being only 1.5% of his net worth, she continued to pursue for a higher settlement. With the publication of Ivanas tell-all book, Donald brought a $25 million law suit against her on 30 July 1992 for breach of privacy. His tempestuous relationship with Marla Maples included a public shouting match in October 1992 in a restaurant. Their daughter Tiffany was born on 13 October 1993. Trump separated from Marla in May 1997 with a pre-nup between one and five million. In October 1999, he threw his hat in the ring of the presidential nomination, exploring the possibility of Pennsylvania Avenue real estate. He withdrew his coy flirtation on 14 February 2000. The multimillionaire seems to be enjoying his new career as host of a TV reality series, "The Apprentice," which aired at 8:30 PM EST on 8 January 2004. In the show he plays an executive with eight male and eight female participants trying to make more money than their opponents and vying for Trump’s attention. Giving her a $2 million 12-carat diamond ring, Trump became engaged to Slovenian-born model Melania Knauss on 26 April 2004. They had lived together for the previous five years. On 9 August 2004, one of the billionaires companies, Read less