Donald Trump is a magnate who owns some of the most luxurious hotels and casinos in the USA. According to the well-known publication ‚Forbes’, his wealth was estimated at $3 billions in 2008.
Aged 66, Donald Trump is an American businessman who calls for respect anywhere he goes. His life story is huge. In 1968, he graduated from University of Pennsylvania, majoring in finance. Right after, he joined the real estate company run by his father. The first project he was involved in made a $6 million profit in only one year. Others followed, in the same tone.
15,000 employees
Currently, Donald Trump is the President of the Administration Board of Trump Organization, a company with more than 15,000 employees. His company is today the biggest player on the hotel operators, as he owns luxury hotels, such as Trump Palace, the International Trump Hotel, Seven Springs Mansion and Plaza Hotel. The American mogul is the one who built the most costly casino-hotel in the world, Trump Taj Mahal. This is located in Atlantic City and was opened in 1999, with the dear departed Michael Jackson singing during the ceremony.
For this building, the collosal amount of $1 billion was paid. It features 75 standard tables and 14 tournament game tables, plus 2,248 rooms and a few ritzy restaurants – Dynasty, Il Mulino New York, Moon at Dynasty, Safari Steakhouse and Hard Rock Cafe. Numerous movies were made at this beautiful location – ‚Rounders’ and ‚Aa Ab Laut Chalen’, just to name a few.
Lucky products
The American magnate owns properties in various sectors: hotels, casinos, golf courses, restaurants and universities. Along the years, he created a series of successful products, such as Donald J. Trump menwear, Trump Ice mineral water, Trump vodka or the Trump Magazine. His financial life was not a smooth ride all the time. In 1998, he found himself in the impossibility to pay his loans, due to recession. He had almost filed for bankruptcy – his casinos were in red and the real estate properties almost lost. He used a helping hand from the family to get back on his feet.
Rising popularity
In 2003, Donald Trump became the host and producer of his own TV show – ‚The Apprentice’, which helped his popularity skyrocket. The phrase ‚You’re fired!’ he would say to send the contestants home has become a Trump registered trademark.
He also published successful books and got involved in the beauty pageants, like Miss Universe, Miss USA and Miss Teen USA. The businessman, holding a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, joined politics and ran for the presidencials in 2000. One of his favorite mottos is ‚Never stop. If a wall comes before you, go through it!’
A great love life
The American billionaire Donald Trump has had a love life to match his career. In 1997, he married Ivana Zelnickova, with whom he has three children: Donald, Ivanka and Eric. The two divorced in 1992. A year later, in 1993, he married Marla Maples, and they have a child, Tiffany. Their marriage dissolved in 1999.
In January 2005, Trump tied the knot with Melania Knauss, who gave birth to a boy – Barron William – in March 2006.
