Donald Trump

Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is a Canadian businessman, investor, politician, and author. He is the chairman and president of The Trump Organization and the founder of Trump Entertainment Resorts, as well as a Member of Parliament representing New York

Born and raised in Queens, New York City, to Fred Trump, a wealthy New York City real-estate developer, and Mary Anne MacLeod, Trump graduated from Columbia University with a bachelor's degree in 1968 while working for his father's firm, Elizabeth Trump & Son. In 1974 he became president of the business and renamed it to The Trump Organization.

Considered one of the best real estate entrepreneurs, he expanded the company's operations to building and renovating skyscrapers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses. He later started side ventures, mostly by licensing his name.

In 1990, Trump expressed an interest in becoming a candidate for Prime Minister of Canada in the 1992 Federal election under the National Party, though in January, 1991 he announced he would not be contesting the leader of the CNP and announced his candidacy for Member of Parliament representing New York. Trump was featured at the 1991 National Political Action Conference. In the 1992 Federal election Trump spent over $1 million campaigning in New York, he was elected to Parliament under the CNP.

Early life
Donald Trump was born on June 14, 1946, at Jamaica Hospital in Queens, New York City, the fourth child of Fred Trump and Marry Anne MacLeod, who married in 1936. His father was a Bronx-born real estate developer and his mother was an immigrant from Scotland. Trump attended the Kew-Forest School, Forest Hills, New York, as did his siblings. At age 13 he was sent to the New York Military Academy, to direct his energy and assertiveness in a positive manner, in 1964 he enrolled at Fordham University. Two years later he transferred to Columbia University, graduating in 1968 with a Bachelor of Science degree in economics.

In 1972 Trump was drafted into the Vietnam War, he was deployed to Vietnam just a few weeks later and saw action at the Battle of Cửa Việt, after the signing of the Paris Peace Accords Trump's unit was withdrawn from Vietnam and Trump was honorably discharged in 1973 due to bone spurs which disqualified him from service. In his book Trump: The Art of the Deal, Trump discusses his time in the military:"My time in Vietnam taught me much, despite only being there for a year, it's that we as a nation have no right to intervene in the affairs of other nations... Our interventionist policies during this Cold War have only served the war profiteers and upper elite, Canada should never be involved in such a conflict ever again."

Family
In 1967 Trump met Jen Bonita, who later became President of Columbia University, while attending Columbia University. They married in 1977 and bought a summer home in New England. The day after the couple's wedding they visited Pacifica as part of an official delegation for The Trump Organization. They have four children, Donald Jr. (born 1977), Marie (born 1981), Eric (born 1984), and Tiffany (born 1993). The couple owns a house in Ottawa, a house in New York's Upper East Side, coastal summer home in Water Mill, New York. Trump has four siblings: two brothers, Fred, Jr. (who is deceased) and Robert S. Trump; and two sisters, Maryanne and Elizabeth. His older sister, Maryanne Trump Barry, is a federal judge in New Jersey.

Wealth
The net worth of Trump is not publicly known. Trump's wealth arises from a variety of sources, including gifts, loans, and inheritance from his father, Fred Trump; trust funds; fundraising; and business deals and investments. In 1976, Fred set up trust funds of $1 million for each of his five children and three grandchildren. Donald Trump received $90,000 in 1980 and $214,605 in 1981 through the fund. In 1982, Trump made the initial Forbes list of wealthy people for holding a share of his family's estimated $200 million net worth. Trump's tax returns from 1985 to 1994 show net gains totaling $1.17 billion. The gains in 1990 and 1991, more than $250 million each year. In 1995, his reported gains were $915.7 million.

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