The newly elected president of the USA was born June 14, 1946 in Queens (New York). His parents sent him to a private school, the New York Military Academy, because of the complex nature. In 1968, he received a BA in Economics in the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, and then went to work in the company of his father – Fred Trump, who owns a construction company. Donald was engaged in construction and rental houses for the middle class.
The first major victory for developer Trump with his first independent project was the company won tender for the restoration of Commodore Hotel (now the Grand Hyatt New York) in 1974, it is located near Grand Central Terminal.
In the early 1990s Trump had serious financial problems that linked to debt servicing liabilities, after construction of a casino “Trump Taj Mahal”. He was able to achieve a debt restructuring through the transfer of a significant share (49-50% ) in his enterprises to creditors. In 1994-1998, he was forced to sell part of his assets – airline Trump Shuttle, and the land on the West Side in New York City.
In 1982, Forbes presented for the first time in the history of the US rating of 400 richest businessmen. According to published data, the state of Donald Trump was estimated at $ 200 million. Donald Trump asked to write in the end of lanes about him such a phrase: “Donald claims that he is state is $ 500 million.” In 1988, Forbes estimated the state of Trump for $ 1 billion. At the same time he said that his condition was much higher: $ 3.7 billion. In 1988 Trump sent to the editor Forbes list of his personal residences and published in the Los Angeles Times essay “Forbes has got vendetta against me”, which claimed that the magazine does not give a correct data about his state in order to destroy Trump’s reputations. A similar story was repeated in 1996 and 2015.
Trump has been married several times. His first marriage with a Czech skier and model Ivana Zelchikova lasted from 1977 until 1992. They had three children. In 1993 Trump married again, this time his choice was a model Marla Mapes. Married spouses got a daughter Tiffany. In 2005 Trump married model Melania Knavs. Couple is still together, they have a common son Barron.
In 1999, Trump participated in the primaries of the Reform Party – the presidential race 2000 presidential election. He won the primary elections in California and Michigan, but left the race for personal reasons.
In addition to real estate in the scope of business interests Trump also includes beauty contests (“Miss Universe”, “Miss USA” and Miss Teen USA), sport (wrestling, golf, football), as well as vitamins sales (Trump owns the Trump Network).
June 16th, 2015 Donald Trump has officially announced his intention to run for US president from the Republican Party. He was the only candidate from the Republicans, who came to the election. The entire campaign was accompanied by loud scandals with his participation.
According to the preliminary forecasts, the election victory was for Hillary Clinton, however, the vote count showed that Trump has gained an indisputable victory. He was able to win almost all the key states. Hillary Clinton congratulated Trump on his victory even before the official announcement of the results.
