Donald Trump (b.1946)
Businessman; 45th & 47th President of the United States (2016-2020, 2024-)
He was preceded in his first term as President by Barack Obama and defeated Hilary Clinton in the 2016 election. Choosing Mike Pense as his Vice-President, he served one term in office for the Republicans before losing the 2020 election to Joe Biden. In 2024, with J.D. Vance as his Vice-President, he defeated Kamala Harris to become the 47th President of the United States.
From 1968, he worked for his father's company that built and managed rental housing in New York, and in 1971 his father gave him the reins and he established the Trump Organization. He lived in Manhattan and bought Mar-a-Lago as a summer residence in 1985. To satisfy his creditors in 1995, he re-organized Mar-a-Lago into a club and bought Seven Springs in New York with the intention of transforming it into a golf course with "the costliest membership ever envisioned". Since 2019, he has made his apartment at Mar-a-Lago his permanent residence. He has been married three times: (1) In 1977, he married Czech model Ivana Zelníčková by whom he has three children, Don Jr., Ivanka, and Eric. They divorced in 1992. (2) In 1993, he married actress Maria Ann Maples, and they have one daughter together, Tiffany. They divorced in 1999. (3) In 2005, he married Slovenian model Melania Knavs/Knauss, and they have one son, Barron.
From 1968, he worked for his father's company that built and managed rental housing in New York, and in 1971 his father gave him the reins and he established the Trump Organization. He lived in Manhattan and bought Mar-a-Lago as a summer residence in 1985. To satisfy his creditors in 1995, he re-organized Mar-a-Lago into a club and bought Seven Springs in New York with the intention of transforming it into a golf course with "the costliest membership ever envisioned". Since 2019, he has made his apartment at Mar-a-Lago his permanent residence. He has been married three times: (1) In 1977, he married Czech model Ivana Zelníčková by whom he has three children, Don Jr., Ivanka, and Eric. They divorced in 1992. (2) In 1993, he married actress Maria Ann Maples, and they have one daughter together, Tiffany. They divorced in 1999. (3) In 2005, he married Slovenian model Melania Knavs/Knauss, and they have one son, Barron.
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Image Courtesy of Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0; How Trump's Taxes Compare to those of Other Presidents, by Christopher Ingraham of the Washington Post; Trump: "I'm smart" for Not Paying Taxes, by Daniella Diaz on CNN Politics, Donald Trump Falls 35 spots on the Forbes 400, October, 2016; Report Says Trump paid No Income Tax for 11-years, by Kadhim Shubber, for the Financial Times, September 28, 2020; https://www.investopedia.com/how-truth-social-makes-money-8635271; https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-truth-social-tmtg-stock-wealth-election-harris-x-2024-9