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.
Variety 10 Debuts Inaugural List: Disney’s Asad Ayaz, Netflix’s Marian Lee Among Global Marketer Honorees
variety.comVariety 10. Our goal is to focus on a specific field or discipline and highlight the 10 individuals we feel are the most important and consequential leaders of the moment.
It’s entirely appropriate that we begin by looking at the world of brand marketing, where all the rules changed in 2023 when Mattel’s “Barbie” became not just the No.
1 film in the world, but a cultural sensation and a starter of conversations that show no signs of abating. Similarly, Amazon may have begun as an online retailer, but today it is an essential component of the entertainment universe.
Meanwhile, you can calculate Hollywood history in terms of BN and AN — i.e., Before Netflix and After Netflix. Over past decades, Variety has introduced a number of editorial features designed to help readers navigate the new- est and the most impactful players in the fast-moving, complex global entertainment industry.
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