Donald John Trump – Trump Organisation
Donald John Trump – (Trump Organisation)
Trump has gained notability for his celebrity lifestyle and his real estate successes, including several skyscrapers bearing his name. He is popularly known as The Donald, a nickname given to him by the media after his ex-wife Ivana Trump, a native of the Czech Republic and only marginally fluent in English, mistakenly referred to him as such in an interview. Starting with the renovation of the Commodore Hotel into the Grand Hyatt with the Pritzker family, he continued with Trump Tower in New York City and several other residential projects. Trump would later expand into the airline industry (buying the Eastern Shuttle routes) Atlantic City casino business, including buying the Taj Mahal Casino from the Crosby family. In 2001, he completed Trump World Tower, a 72-story residential tower across from the United Nations Headquarters. Also in 2001, he began construction on Trump Place, a multi-building development along the Hudson River. Trump owns commercial space in Trump International Hotel and Tower, a 44-story mixed-use (hotel and condominium) tower on Columbus Circle. Trump currently owns over 18 million square feet of prime Manhattan real estate. He remains a major figure in the field of real estate in the United States and a current celebrity for his prominent role on American television reality show The Apprentice. When the New Jersey Meadowlands golf and housing development fell through in November 2007, Trump stepped in as a 50-50 partner develop the land.
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