Saturday, October 18, 2008

Donald Trump, Jr.

Donald John "Don" Trump, Jr., (born December 31, 1977, in New York City, New York) is the eldest child and son of famed real estate developer Donald Trump and his first wife Ivana Trump. He currently works along with his sister and brother from the same marriage, Ivanka and Eric, as an executive vice president in the Trump Organization.

Personal life

He attended The Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania and graduated in 1996. Trump, Jr. attended the University of Pennsylvania as an undergraduate. He had a double concentration in finance and marketing. In addition to younger sister Ivanka, he has one brother, Eric, a half-sister, Tiffany, and a half-brother, Barron. He married model Vanessa Haydon on November 12, 2005 at Mar-A-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida.[1] Haydon graduated from the Dwight School[2] and was an undergraduate studying psychology at New York's Marymount Manhattan College. In November 2006, Trump, Jr. and his wife revealed to People that she was pregnant with the couple's first child.[3] Vanessa gave birth to a baby girl, Kai Madison Trump, on May 12, 2007 in New York City, New York.[4] Kai is named after Haydon's grandfather, who was of Danish descent.

Trump and his wife are expecting their second child, due in February of 2009.

Career

Trump, Jr., began work for the Trump Organization on projects such as the West Side Yards and Trump Place on Riverside Drive. Recently, he has focused on the redevelopment of the old Delmonico Hotel and the Trump International Hotel and Tower Chicago project seen on The Apprentice. He is expected to oversee the Trump International Hotel and Tower SoHo project along with his sister and Sean Yazbeck, The Apprentice Season 5 winner. He served as an observer in two episodes of The Apprentice 5, and was a full-time observer during The Apprentice 6 and The Apprentice 7, with himself and Ivanka largely replacing George Ross and Carolyn Kepcher.

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