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Donald Trump born to a married couple, Fred Trump and Marry Ann MacLeod.
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He was sent to the New York Military Academy because of troubles at school. He was only 13 at the time.
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He played Football, Soccer, and Baseball at the Military Academy. He graduated in 1964 and went off to go to college for real estate.
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He worked at his Father’s Company while in college.
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He moved to Manhattan because of economic opportunity.
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He got married to Ivana Zelnickova Winklmayr, a New York fashion model.
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His first son, Donald Trump Jr. was born and his wife became vice president of the Trump Organization.
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He converted an old dying hotel into a Very nice down town hotel with complete renovations.
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He turned an old railroad Pensylvaina Central Railroad yard to a city convention center.
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Holiday Inns Corporation offered a partnership after a lot of searching and gave him the rights to open a casino in Atlantic city.
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Opened a $200,000,000 hotel adjacent to Tiffany & Company called Trump Tower.
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He bought 76 acres in west Manhattan to build a dozen skyscrapers, a mall, and a riverfront park.
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Trump buys out the Holiday Inns and changes the name of the casino to Trump Plaza.
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The real estate market declined and caused his net worth to drop from $1.7 billion to $500 million.
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Bought the largest hotel/casino in the world, Taj Mahal in Atlantic city.
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It was reported that he had nearly 2 billion dollars.
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He considered running for the reform party’s nomination for president.
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Trump was valued at 3 billion dollars.
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He considered running for president against Barack Obama.
