A Success Story of Donald Trump

Many of us must have known successful business man in United States called Donald Trump who became popular after his reality show ''The Apprentice'' which was begin on 2004. Here are the biography of him in simple way:

 

Name : Donald John Trump
Date of Birth : 14/6/1946
Secondary School : New York Military Academy
University : Fordham University (only spent two years)
                  Wharton School of Finance at University of Pennsylvania (Degree in Economics)
Wives : 1st ex-wife - Ivana 
            2nd ex-wife - Marla Maples
            3rd wife - Melania Knauss
No. of Children : 5 childrens

After graduated, Trump joined his father's company, the Elizabeth Trump & Son which build middle-class rental housing in Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island in New York. He wanted to expand the company and was able to persuade his father to be more liberal in the loans based on the equity in the Trump apartment complexes. In 1971 he moved to Manhattan where he was able to familiarize himself with influential people. By then he had realized this was a place where he could build his dreams.

Trump wanted in on the casino scene and already got his gambling license as early as 1977. He bought property in Atlantic City and got a partnership offered by Holiday Inns Corp. which operated Harrah’s Casino.In 1982 a Harrah’s Casino opened at the Trump Plaza but Trump later brought out Holiday Inn in 1986 and renamed the it the Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino.He was not idle in Atlantic City either, where he bought a Hilton casino hotel and later the Taj Mahal.

In 1985 he bought a 76 acres on the west side of Manhattan to build a complex to be called Television City, upon which was to rise a mall, a riverfront park and a dozen skyscrapers. Opposition by the local community delayed the construction of the project.Always wary for any opportunity, Trump also set his eyes south and built a condominium project in West Palm Beach, Florida.

 In 2004, he took a foray into the world of television. With the launch of The Apprentice, a weekly show where eighteen contestants from across the United States compete for the chance to work in the Trump Organization, he had entered popular culture. Now in its sixth season, The Apprentice continues to enjoy high ratings.

Today, the Trump name is associated not only with real estate, but also everything from bottled water (Trump Ice) to vodka (Trump Vodka) to disposable cameras. However, the biography of Donald Trump is not just one of business and money. He is also a family man, with two ex-wives, one current wife, and five children, two of whom currently work for the Trump Organization. 

Sources:

http://www.therichest.com/rich-list/nation/donald-trump-biography-and-rise-to-success/

http://www.prosectornetwork.com/web-articles.cfm?theCID=4CAF56BA-A8DA-345D-26C2635B749501BF