Ivanka Trump

Ivana Marie "Ivanka" Trump (born October 30, 1981) is an American businesswoman. She is the second child of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, and his first wife, Ivana Trump. Ivanka was a presidential advisor in her father's first administration (2017–2021).

Born and raised in Manhattan, Trump attended the Chapin School and later Choate Rosemary Hall. She pursued higher education at Georgetown University before transferring to the University of Pennsylvania, where she graduated cum laude with a bachelor's degree in economics in 2004.

Trump converted to Judaism prior to marrying Jared Kushner, a real estate developer, in 2009. The couple has three children. Prior to her political career, she was an executive vice president of her family-owned Trump Organization and also a boardroom judge on her father's television show, The Apprentice. She also had a fashion lifestyle brand under her own name that consisted of apparel, footwear, handbags, jewelry, and fragrance. Trump shut down the company in July 2018.

In January 2017, Trump became an unofficial advisor in her father's first presidential administration alongside her husband. In March that year, she became an official employee in his administration. While serving in the White House, she continued to retain ownership of businesses. This raised ethics concerns, specifically conflicts of interest.

Early life and education

Ivana Marie Trump was born on October 30, 1981,[2][3] in Manhattan, New York City, as the second child of Donald Trump and his first wife, the Czech-American model Ivana .[4][5] For most of her life, she has been nicknamed "Ivanka", a Slavic diminutive form of her first name Ivana.[6] Trump's parents divorced in 1990 when she was nine years old.[7] She has two full brothers, Donald Jr. and Eric, a half-sister, Tiffany, and a half-brother, Barron.

Trump attended Christ Church and the Chapin School in Manhattan until switching to Choate Rosemary Hall at age 15 in Wallingford, Connecticut.[8] While attending boarding school as a teenager, she also began modeling "on weekends and holidays and absolutely not during the school year", according to her late mother, Ivana.[9] In May 1997, she was featured on the cover of Seventeen[10][9] as well as in campaigns for Tommy Hilfiger, Thierry Mugler, and Versace.[11][12]

After graduating from Choate in 2000,[13] Trump attended Georgetown University for two years before transferring to the University of Pennsylvania, from which she graduated cum laude with a bachelor's degree in economics in 2004.[14][15]

Career

Trump campaign and administration

Social and political causes

In 2007, Trump donated $1,000 to the presidential campaign of then-Senator Hillary Clinton.[162][163] In 2012, she endorsed Mitt Romney's presidential campaign.[164] In 2013, Trump and her husband hosted a fundraiser for the Democratic politician Cory Booker, and the couple bundled more than $40,000 for Booker's U.S. Senate campaign.[165]

During her father's presidency, Trump transformed from a liberal to an "unapologetically" pro-life, "proud Trump Republican".[166] At the 2016 Republican National Convention, she said of her political views: "Like many of my fellow millennials, I do not consider myself categorically Republican or Democrat."

Personal life

Trump has a close relationship with her father, who has publicly expressed his admiration for her on several occasions.[180][181] Ivanka has likewise praised her father, complimenting his leadership skills and saying he empowers other people.[182] Sarah Ellison, writing for Vanity Fair in 2018, noted that "everyone in the family seems to acknowledge" that Ivanka is her father's "favorite" child.[183] This had been confirmed by the family members themselves in a 2015 interview with Barbara Walters on network television where the siblings were gathered and acknowledged this.[184] According to her late mother, Ivanka speaks French and understands Czech.[185]

Recognition

In 2012, the Wharton Club of New York, the official Wharton alumni association for the New York metropolitan area,[211] gave Trump the Joseph Wharton Award for Young Leadership, one of their four annual awards for alumni.[212] In 2014, Trump was named to Fortune’s ’40 Under 40’ list.[213]

In 2014, Fortune magazine included Trump in their 40 Under 40 list.[20] In 2015, she was honored as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum,[214] Time magazine listed her as one of the most influential people in the world in 2017.[215]

Cultural depictions

Men dressed as Trump have attended protests against her father Donald Trump.[218][219] On Saturday Night Live, Trump has been portrayed by cast member Vanessa Bayer,[220] as well as the guest hosts Margot Robbie, Emily Blunt,[221][222] and Scarlett Johansson.[223] Former cast member Maya Rudolph, who played Trump on the show in 2005,

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