Currently, he is the President and CEO of the Trump Organization, a US-based real estate developer. He is also the founder of Trump Entertainment Resorts, which owns a large number of casinos and hotels around the world. He became a celebrity for years due to his extravagant lifestyle and outspoken manner of speaking and of course his hit NBC reality show, The Apprentice, on which he served as host and producer at the same time. executive.
He is the fourth child of five children of Fred Trump, a filthy rich real estate developer based in New York City. He was Donald’s father who had a strong influence on his goals to achieve and make a name for himself in real estate development. After earning a degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1968, he joined his father’s company, the Trump Organization.
His first step in the world of real estate began when he directed the renovation of the Hotel Commodore at the Grand Hyatt with the Pritzker family and the following was the Trump Tower in New York City and other residential projects. In other businesses, he expanded his airline industry by purchasing Eastern Shuttle routes. He also runs his casino business in Atlantic City, which includes the purchase of the Taj Mahal Casino from the Crosby family, which eventually bankrupted him. The expansion resulted in mounting debt. In the early 1990s, his life was highly publicized due to his financial problems, bailout from creditors, extramarital affair with Marla Maples, and resulting divorce from his first wife, Ivana Trump.
In 2001, he completed Trump World Tower, a 72-story residential tower across from the United Nations headquarters. He also started construction on Trump Place, a multi-building development along the Hudson River. He also owns retail space at Trump International Hotel and Tower, a 44-story mixed-use (hotel and condominium) tower on Columbus Circle. Today, he owns several million square feet of prime real estate in Manhattan and remains a major figure in the field of real estate in the United States and a celebrity for his prominent media exposures.