Towering Trump

''The Donald'' --as his first wife Ivana called him -- has come back from adversity so often that last August, the tireless tycoon, never short of ideas for self-promotion.

About the Man
A New Yorker by birth, Trump comes from a real estate family. His grandfather and father were builders who developed middle income properties in Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island. But after a privileged upbringing including a finance degree from Wharton, the young Trump muscled into Manhattan.

Major Property
£ His third wife, which he acquired last week
£ Pennsylvania Central Railroad's Commodore Hotel & rail yard near the Hudson River
£ Grand Hyatt in New York
£ Trump Towers, a 58-story building (that we see in The Apprentice)
£ The Trump Plaza and Trump Castle
£ Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City

Famous books on Trump
£ Trump: The Saga of America's Master Builder (1986)
£ Trump: The Art of the Deal (1987)
£ Trump: The Art of Survival (1990)
£ Trumped: The Inside Story of the Real Donald Trump--His Cunning Rise and Spectacular Fall (1991).

Gyan on Trump
£ A presidential bid in 1999
£ The Apprentice became an unexpected hit
£ Launched a board game called Trump, based on his life and business dealings

“Trump is at the top of his game, with expectations that there will be another downfall”
Donald Trump will remain one of America’s best capitalist -- the rich guy who became richer.