The Trump Organization

Trump Organization LLC[1] is an American limited liability conglomerate based in Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York. Donald Trump worked for his father's firm, Elizabeth Trump & Son, while attending the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and in 1968 officially joined the company.[3] He was given control of the company in 1971[4][5] and renamed it Trump Enterprises LLC in August 1999 before changing it to Trump Organization LLC in November 1999.[1] The company has interests in real estate development, investing, brokerage, sales and marketing, and property management. The company owns, operates, invests, and develops residential real estate, hotels, resorts, residential towers, and golf courses in different countries, as well as owning several hundred thousand square feet of prime Manhattan real estate in New York City. The organization also has a stake in Trump Entertainment Resorts, which owned the Trump Taj Mahal, the Trump Plaza, and the Trump Marina casinos in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The company serves as the principal holding company for Trump's business ventures and investments. With investments within the United States, Europe, Asia, and other parts of the world, The Trump Organization is primarily involved in real estate, construction, hospitality, and entertainment but has maintained a presence in a wide variety of industries including book and magazine publishing, media, model management, retail, financial services, board game development and video game publishing, food and beverages, business education, online travel, airlines, and beauty pageants. In addition to real estate, other business operations within the company include restaurants, a modeling agency and beauty pageants; public skating rink management; and a television production company that produces television programs which include the reality television program, The Apprentice. Furthermore, the company engages in retailing providing quality fashion apparel, home furnishings, jewelry and accessories, books, chocolate bars, furniture, lighting products, bath textiles and accessories, bedding and home fragrance products, small leather goods, crystal stemware, barware and gifts, and bottled spring water. The organization is owned and managed by the Trump family with Donald Trump as its CEO and three of his eldest children —Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka Trump, and Eric Trump— serving as Executive Vice Presidents (EVP) within the organization. Source: Wikipedia

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