5 things you must know about Donald Trump

Since Donald Trump announced his candidacy for president some weeks ago, he has filled hundreds of pages on newspapers and magazines with his controversial comments. Despite he is one the most hated candidates his popularity has increased with the support of the growing anti-establishment politician trend and he is leading the polls of the republican presidential race.

After all, he is a successful businessman with a fortune of 4 billion dollar.

Following his father's steps

Born in June 14th of 1946 in Queens, New York, his professional career has always been related to real state development influenced by his father. However his personal goals were much grander than those of his senior. He said: “My father was my mentor, and I learned a tremendous amount about every aspect of the construction industry from him.”

In 1971 he became involved in large profitable building projects in Manhattan. He opened the Grand Hyatt in 1980, which made him the city's best known and most controversial developer.

His most known real state developments are Trump Plaza, 40 Wall Street in Manhattan, golf resorts in Florida and casinos in Atlantic City.

King of Mass Media

He has one of the most active twitter account among forbes list members

Trump is the most googled presidential candidate. He was the most searched in every state the day of his announcement, and his “search interest” — percentage of national queries for the hour after he announced — was 87%.

In 2004 Trump began starring in the hit NBC reality series The Apprentice,. In 2007, Trump received his own Hollywood Walk of Fame star for his role as producer in this TV programme.

The B word

"I don't like the B word,” he said in 2010 while testifying in a New Jersey bankruptcy courtroom about his company, Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc., which had filed for bankruptcy for the third time. After this, he has faced bankruptcy several times.

A significant amount of debt was garnered from financing the Taj Mahal, one of Trump’s casinos acquired in 1988, through high-interest junk bonds. However, he ceded 50 percent ownership of the casino to the original bondholders, who lowered Trump’s interest rates and extended the loan so Trump had more time to pay off the debt.

Diversifying investments

Some of the business he was involved are a Vodka brand, a board game, a mortgage company, a own line of clothing, casinos, a luxury airlines or even a university. All of them bear his name but not all of them had the same success.

A controversial political career

In 2008 and 2012 he talked of seeking the Republican presidential nomination but eventually withdrew from the race. He is very critical with President Obama's policies. He also appeared often with other candidates, such as Sarah Palin.

He has won a presidential primary in a major state: In 2000, Trump was among five candidates listed on the Reform Party primary ballot in California. He had filed papers the previous autumn to become a member of that party and one of its presidential candidates. Although he had withdrawn months earlier and did not campaign for the primary in California, he received 15,311 votes in the June event, 44 percent of the total.

A national phone poll completed on July 2015 showed Trump in the lead for a Republican nomination. Ex-governor of Florida and younger brother of ex-president George Bush, Jeb Bush, was slightly behind.

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