Donald Trump
Donald John Trump is the 45th and current president of the United States. Before entering politics, he was a businessman and television personality. Trump was born and raised in the New York City borough of Queens, and received a bachelor’s degree in economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
- Donald Trump became the first billionaire president of the United States in January 2017.
- The core of his fortune is tied up in a half-dozen buildings in and around midtown Manhattan in New York City.
- Trump also owns golf courses and a winery and has licensed his name to companies around the world.
- He got his start working for his father, Fred, who developed low-cost housing in Brooklyn and Queens.
- Trump tapped his two eldest sons, Don Jr. and Eric, to run the family business while he is in office.