Donald Trump Background
Donald Trump Background
Billionaire Real Estate developer Donald John Trump is the very definition of the American success story. Real estate developer, television personality, writer, and Republican candidate in the 2016 Presidential election it seems that Trump has done it all. With his childhood, education, and business experience Trump is without question one of the most decorated, experienced, and well known Candidates the Presidential Election has ever seen.
Donald John Trump was born in 1946 in Queens, New York City, the fourth of five children of Frederick C. and Mary MacLeod Trump (“Donald” 1). Frederick Trump was a builder and real estate developer who specialized in constructing and operating middle income apartments in the Queens, Staten Island, and Brooklyn sections of New York (“About Donald” 1). Donald Trump was an energetic and bright child, but his parents sent him to the New York Military Academy at age thirteen, hoping the discipline of the school would channel his energy in a positive manner. Trump spent his spare time looking around at construction sites and working for his father during the summer. Working for his father’s real estate company, Trump realized he enjoyed what his father did and dreamed to pursue real estate development and follow in his father's footsteps. Young Donald did not know then, the empire he would one day create.
As Trump began to realize his passion for real estate development he acquired his first real job working for his father. Donald being young, and new to the task at hand, his energy did wonders for his father's company. Soon after Trump collaborated with his father, he was able to finance an expansion of the company’s holdings (“Donald” 1). Beginning to channel his energy in a positive manner like his parents wanted and the instant spark between Trump and real estate development, it seemed that Donald Trump had a bright future that was bright enough to leave his father and siblings in the dust.
Trump’s education began rather normal. He attended The Kew-Forest School in Queens, New York until his parents realized the lack of discipline that came along with a teenage boy. Donald’s parents decided the best place to enroll him was New York Military Academy. Attending NYMA from eighth grade all the way through high school, Trump excelled there both socially and academically (“Donald” 1). By the time Donald Trump graduated in 1964, he had risen to become a star athlete and student leader.
Once Trump graduated from NYMA, he enrolled at Fordham University in the Bronx. However, two years later, in 1966, Trump decided to transfer and enroll into the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania (“About Donald” 1). Donald picked the Wharton School of Finance because it offered one of the few real estate studies departments in the U.S. Trump went on to finish his years at the University of Pennsylvania and graduated in 1968 with a degree in economics (“About Donald” 1). Now that Trump had finished his education he was ready to finally take over the family business and put his signature on the Manhattan skyline. (“About Donald” 1) (“Donald” 1).
In 1971, a new era of real estate was unleashed into the streets of Manhattan, Donald Trump was given full control of the family company(“About Donald” 1). Later renamed The Trump Organization, Trump and his company’s trademark brand will be