Business career of Donald Trump

Before running for president of the United States in 2016, Donald Trump pursued a career as a businessman, with a focus on renovating skyscrapers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses. His extravagant lifestyle, outspoken manner, and role on the NBC reality show The Apprentice have made him a well-known public figure in American life for nearly half a century.

Trump began his career at his father Fred Trump's real estate company, Trump Management, in 1968 which he took over in 1971 and later renamed the Trump Organization in 1973. He expanded its business to Manhattan, where his father's financial and political backing enabled him to do his first deals, demolishing and renovating landmark buildings. Trump entered various businesses that did not require capital funding, including licensing his name to lodging and golf course enterprises around the world. Building on his public persona in the New York tabloid press, he later starred in the reality TV show The Apprentice.

Trump partly or completely owned several beauty pageants between 1996 and 2015. He has marketed his name to many building projects and commercial products.

After winning the 2016 U.S. presidential election and being inaugurated in January 2017, Trump resigned all management roles within the Trump Organization and moved his business assets into a revocable trust managed by his sons, Donald Jr. and Eric.

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