Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is the 45th and current president of the United States. Before entering politics, he was a businessman and television personality. Trump was born and raised in the New York City borough of Queens, and received a bachelor's degree in economics from the Wharton School. He took charge of his family's real-estate business in 1971, renamed it The Trump Organization, and expanded its operations from Queens and Brooklyn into Manhattan.
The company built or renovated skyscrapers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses. Trump later started various side ventures, mostly by licensing his name. He owned the Miss Universe and Miss USA beauty pageants from 1996 to 2015, and produced and hosted The Apprentice, a reality television show, from 2003 to 2015. Forbes estimates his net worth to be $3.1 billion.
Jeff Bezos’ Wealth Hits All-Time Record High With Expected Amazon Pentagon Contract, Leaving Elon Musk In The Dust
deadline.comOne day after stepping down as Amazon CEO, the richest man in the world, Jeff Bezos, got even richer. Bezos ceded the CEO reins to protege Andy Jassy on Monday.
He is still the company’s largest shareholder at 11% compared to the next-largest shareholder, Vanguard Group, which holds around 6.5%.
With his title now executive chair, he will reportedly spend less time at the retail juggernaut he built. On Tuesday, the Pentagon announced it was canceling a $10 billion cloud-computing contract with Microsoft.
The contract was approved under former President Donald Trump, who is no fan of Bezos’. The project is now widely expected to go to Amazon, which is a leader in cloud-computing, and possibly other companies.
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