Donald Trump Jr.
Table Of Contents- fiber_manual_recordBio Facts
- fiber_manual_recordPersonal Life
- fiber_manual_recordEducation
- fiber_manual_recordSpouse(s)
- fiber_manual_recordChildren
- fiber_manual_recordNet Worth
- fiber_manual_recordCareer
- fiber_manual_recordPolitical Career
- fiber_manual_recordResidences
- fiber_manual_recordBooks
- fiber_manual_recordOnline Presences
Bio Facts
Donald Trump Jr.
The Eldest Child of 45th President of United StatesPersonal Life
Love Life
Donald Trump Jr. and Vanessa Trump married at Trump's Mar-a-Lago (©Michelle McMinn Photography/Getty Images)
In 2003 Trump Jr. began dating model Vanessa Kay Haydon at his father's suggestion.
The couple married on November 12, 2005, at his father's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida; the service was officiated by Trump Jr.'s aunt, Judge Maryanne Trump Barry.
On March 15, 2018, it was announced that the couple had separated and that she had filed for uncontested divorce in Manhattan Supreme Court.
However, later it was revealed that the divorce is contested. The complaint is secret except for the title of the case.
On February 22, 2019, they announced that they settled their divorce at the end of 2018.
Since 2018, Trump Jr. has been dating Kimberly Guilfoyle.
Family
Trump Jr. is the first child of Ivana and Donald Trump. He has two younger siblings, Ivanka Trump, and Eric Trump. He also has two half-siblings, Tiffany Trump, from his father's marriage to Marla Maples, and Barron Trump, from his father's current marriage to Melania Trump. Through his father, Trump Jr. is a grandson of Fred Trump and great-grandson of Elizabeth Trump, who founded what became the Trump Organization.
Trump Jr.'s parents divorced when he was 13 years old. His mother told him that his father was having an extramarital affair. Trump Jr. was estranged from his father for one year after the divorce, furious at his actions which broke up the family.
Education
The entrance of The Buckley School (©elainesir.com)
The University of Pennsylvania is an Ivy League research university (©Getty Images )
Trump Jr. was educated at Buckley School and the Hill School, a college preparatory boarding school in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, followed by the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, where he graduated in 2000 with a B.S. in Economics.
Spouse(s)
Vanessa Trump
Married: 2005 Divorced: 2018Children
Kai Madison Trump
D.O.B: May 12, 2007
Donald John Trump III
D.O.B: February 18, 2009
Tristan Milos Trump
D.O.B: October 2, 2011
Spencer Frederick Trump
D.O.B: October 21, 2012
Chloe Sophia Trump
D.O.B: June 16, 2014Net Worth
Career
Donald Trump Jr. at New Delhi to promote his family’s real-estate interests in India (©Adnan Abidi)
In 2000, after graduating from Penn, Trump Jr. moved to Aspen, Colorado, where he hunted, fished, skied, lived in a truck, and worked as a bartender for a year, before returning to join the Trump Organization in New York.
Trump Jr. has supervised building projects, which included 40 Wall Street, Trump International Hotel and Tower, and Trump Park Avenue.
In 2006, he helped launch Trump Mortgage; the company collapsed in less than a year.
In 2010, he became a spokesperson for Cambridge Who's Who, a public relations firm that had received hundreds of complaints filed with the Better Business Bureau.
In 2015, he appeared as a guest adviser and judge on many episodes of his father's reality television show The Apprentice, from season 5 in 2006 to his father's last season.
On January 11, 2017, Trump Jr.'s father announced that he and his brother Eric Trump would oversee a trust that included The Trump Organizations’s assets while his father was president, in order to avert a conflict of interest.
Political Career
Donald Trump Jr. and Donald Trump in season 8 of "The Celebrity Apprentice" (©NBC/NBCU PHOTO BANK VIA GETTY IMAGES)
Ahead of the 2016 presidential election, Trump Jr. was a key member of his father's campaign. He spoke at the Republican National Convention, along with his siblings Ivanka Trump, Eric Trump, and Tiffany Trump.
Trump Jr. influenced his father's choice of Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke during the presidential transition.
Since his father's victory, Trump Jr. has developed what The Washington Post calls a "public persona as a right-wing provocateur and ardent defender of Trumpism".
During the 2018 midterms election cycle, Trump Jr. actively campaigned on behalf of Republican candidates, including for Matt Rosendale, Patrick Morrisey, Mike Braun, Ron DeSantis, Lee Zeldin and Matt Gaetz.
He raised millions of dollars for republican candidates, was second only to his father in his ability to draw crowds to draw campaign events, and is credited with helping Republican candidates win.
Residences
The villa costs about 4.4 million USD (©Getty Images)
Donald Trump Jr. bought a home in the Hamptons with his girlfriend, former Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle, according to Variety. Trump reportedly paid $4.4 million for the house.
The 9,200-square-foot home sits on 3.9 waterfront acres in a gated community in Bridgehampton, according to the listing. It includes a heated outdoor pool with a spa and waterfall.
The hamlet of Bridgehampton is in the town of Southampton in Long Island, New York.
Books
Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us (©amazon.com)
- Author: Donald Trump Jr.
- Subject: Politics & Government
- Publisher: Center Street
- Published date: November 5, 2019
- Media type: Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
- Pages: 304