The life and times of Donald Trump
Donald Trump is a larger-than-life character. His career has veered between huge success and near bankruptcy. Now he has found international fame as the star of television series The Apprentice. We chronicle key points in his life.
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1946 |
Donald Trump is born in Queens, New York |
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1959 |
Aged 13, Trump goes to New York Military Academy |
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1968 |
Trump graduates from Wharton School of Finance, University of Pennsylvania and starts working for his dad's successful real estate development and construction company |
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1971 |
Aged 25, Trump moves to Manhattan |
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1974 |
In his first development project, Trump acquires the failing Commodore Hotel on Manhattan's 42nd Street. The development takes nearly 6 years to complete. |
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1977 |
Donald Trump & Ivana Winklmayr marry. In the same year their first child, Donald Trump Jnr, is born |
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1980 |
Opening of The Grand Hyatt (once the Commodore Hotel) |
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1981 |
Daughter Ivanka is born |
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1982 |
Ahead of the Trump Tower completion, 266 luxury condos in the building go on sale, bought by Martina Navratilova, Johnny Carson, Steven Spielberg and Sophia Loren |
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1983 |
Trump Tower completed |
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1984 |
Second son Eric is born |
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Completion of Trump Plaza, Upper East Side |
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1987 |
Publication of Trump's 'The Art of the Deal' |
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1988 |
Completion of Trump Parc, Central Park South |
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Buys New York's iconic Plaza Hotel for $407m, at the time the highest price ever paid for a single hotel |
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1989 |
Start of recession |
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1990 |
Ivana Trump starts divorce proceedings |
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Donald Trump claims he's $3.2b in debt |
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1991 |
Completion of Trump Palace, Upper East Side |
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1992 |
Divorce settlement with Ivana results in a $10m pay-out |
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In a deal with the banks over his business debts he is forced to give up his yacht, his jet, his stake in Grand Hyatt and the Trump Shuttle |
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1993 |
Donald Trump marries Marla Maples at Plaza hotel |
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Daughter Tiffany Trump born |
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1994 |
Trump averts bankruptcy again by getting banks to agree to another 3 years to pay back his debt |
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1996 |
Buys Miss Universe organisation |
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1997 |
Completion of Trump International Hotel and Tower, Columbus Circus |
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Separates from Marla and divorces in the same year |
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1998 |
Meets model Melania Knauss (when he was 52 and she was 25) |
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1999 |
Death of Trump's father, Fred Trump |
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2000 |
Death of Trump's mother, Mary Trump |
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2001 |
Don Jnr starts full-time at the Trump Organisation |
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2003 |
Launch of the first series of the Apprentice |
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2005 |
Marries Melania Knauss |
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Ivanka Trump joins the Trump Organisation |
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2006 |
Son Barron Trump born |
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Eric Trump joins the Trump Organisation |
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Trump purchases Menie Estate in Scotland |
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2008 |
Menie Estate Public Enquiry |
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2010 |
Championship Golf Course design approved and work begins on the Menie Estate |
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Trump reveals that he is considering running for the White House in 2012 |
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