Eric Trump

Eric Trump
Born Eric Frederick Trump
(1984-01-06) January 6, 1984
New York City New York, U.S.
Alma mater Georgetown University
Known for Executive Vice President of the
Trump Organization
Owner of the Trump Winery
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Lara Yunaska (m. 2014)
Parent(s) Donald Trump (father)
Ivana Zelníčková (mother)
Relatives Donald Trump Jr. (brother)
Ivanka Trump (sister)
Tiffany Trump (half-sister)
Barron Trump (half-brother)
Website Official website

Eric Frederick Trump (born January 6, 1984) is an American businessman. He is the third child and second son of the President-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, and Ivana Trump. He is the executive vice president, development and acquisitions, of The Trump Organization, and directs all new project acquisition and development throughout the world, with his brother, Donald, Jr. and sister, Ivanka. In 2006, he founded the Eric Trump Foundation, which raises money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.[1] He is the owner of Trump Winery.[2][3][4] He also oversees his father Donald Trump's 18 golf clubs.[5]

Early life and education

Trump was born in Manhattan, and attended Trinity School. His parents divorced in 1991, when he was seven years old. In 2002, he graduated from The Hill School and subsequently served on its board, until 2013.[6] He joined The Trump Organization in 2006, after graduating with a degree in finance and management, with honors, from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.[7]

Career

The Trump Organization

Trump is an executive vice president of development and acquisitions. He was also a task adviser and boardroom judge on NBC's The Apprentice His corporate responsibility is the domestic and global expansion of the company's real estate interests.[8] With his father, he has overseen the expansion of the Trump Golf portfolio of properties, increasing the number from three, when he joined the company, in 2006, to over fifteen; with courses in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Florida, North Carolina, California, and Puerto Rico. He identifies and pursues distressed golf properties for domestic and global expansion and has been responsible, with his sister, Ivanka, for the redesign and renovation of Trump National Doral and its Blue Monster course in Miami, Florida.[9]

He and his siblings are credited with the creation and management of the Trump Hotel Collection properties. Trump's current management portfolio of global hotels includes Las Vegas, Chicago, New York, Toronto, Panama, Waikiki, Punta del Este, Washington D.C., Vancouver, the Philippines and Rio de Janeiro.[10] He also executed the acquisition of the Kluge Winery and Vineyard in Charlottesville, Virginia, resulting in the creation of Trump Winery. In 2013, Trump earned Wine Enthusiast Magazine's "Rising Star of the Year" Award.[11]

In 2012, Trump was recognized by Forbes magazine among their top "30 under 30" in real estate and by the New York Observer as one of the "20 Most Important Young Philanthropists".[12] The New York Observer is published by his brother-in-law, Jared Kushner.[13]

The Eric Trump Foundation

Trump in 2010

Eric Trump established the Eric Trump Foundation in 2006. According to its website, the purpose was to raise money for terminally-ill children and cancer patients at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.[14]

According to publicly available IRS tax filings to the end of 2014, the foundation has relied solely on fundraising from others at golf events. During that nine-year period, the foundation reported raising a total of $8,054,000.[15]

The foundation has made exclusive use of the Trump Organization's golf courses for fundraising events.[15][16]

In 2014 the Eric Trump Foundation hosted its first annual "Race and Taste 10K" charity event at the Trump Organization's Trump Winery to raise money for St Jude's.[17]

For 2013 and 2014 the foundation reported in its tax filings that it raised $3,123,507 at golf charity events and also that it paid $472,374 of costs for the events hosted at the Trump Organization golf club, categorized as "other direct expenses".[18][19]

Trump said in July 2016 that his father, Donald Trump, had made "hundreds of thousands of dollars in personal donations" to the Eric Trump Foundation in the past, although the Eric Trump Foundation's tax records don't explicitly show such donations. When the Washington Post followed up for evidence, he appeared to backtrack and refused to give details.[20]

Controversies

Trump playing golf, c. 2010

Possible false claims and misuse of funds by the Eric Trump Foundation

The Eric Trump Foundation has advertised that its golf charity events raised money exclusively for St Jude's Children's Research Hospital, with 95-100% of the money raised going toward the charity. However, public tax records show that the foundation applied significant amounts of the funds raised to pay costs of the events to the Trump Organization for use of its facilities, casting doubt on the claim.[21]

Also, the charity directed money raised for St Jude's toward charitable causes other than St Jude's. The foundation made grants to several unrelated charities, including at least three animal welfare organizations and the American Society for Enology and Viticulture, a California wine industry organization.[21]

Trophy hunting

In 2010, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) criticized Trump, a trophy hunter, for an African hunting trip he took with Donald Trump, Jr., his older brother. PETA condemned the pair after photos showed the brothers on an organized safari in Zimbabwe, where they hunted animals.[22] The director general of the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority, V. Chandenga, issued an official response supporting the brothers and calling any allegations of illegality "baseless" and "false".[23] Both brothers defended their safari via Twitter, affirming their actions as hunters and longtime advocates of the outdoors.[24] Their father also addressed the controversy, saying on TMZ that he fully supported his sons.[24]

Views on sexual harassment in the workplace

On August 2, 2016, in a television appearance on CBS This Morning, Trump was asked to comment on his father's controversial statement to USA Today the previous day in which he said that if his daughter were ever subjected to sexual harassment in the workplace, he hoped she would find another company to work for or switch careers. Eric Trump said, "Ivanka is a strong, powerful woman, she wouldn't allow herself to be objected to it". The younger Trump's comments drew widespread criticism from individuals and organizations claiming that this logic puts the blame for sexual harassment on the victim and contends that only weak women are subject to harassment.[25] Critics included Gretchen Carlson, a former Fox News anchor who sued Fox chief executive Roger Ailes for harassment, and Megyn Kelly, a current Fox News anchor.[26]

Personal life

On July 4, 2013, Trump became engaged to longtime girlfriend Lara Lea Yunaska (born October 12, 1982), an associate producer at the syndicated television news program Inside Edition.

Trump and Yunaska had their wedding ceremony under a "crystal-embellished chuppa[h]";[27][28] they married on November 8, 2014 at Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida.[29]

References

  1. ↑ "Welcome". Eric Trump Foundation. Retrieved June 30, 2013.
  2. ↑ Johnson, Richard. (June 15, 2015) Donald Trump doesn’t own Trump Winery, his son does. Page Six. Retrieved on October 30, 2015.
  3. ↑ Meet Donald Trump's five children. Business Insider. Retrieved on October 30, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Donald Trump is funneling campaign money to his family's businesses, financial disclosures show, but he's unprepared for the final push of this campaign — Quartz". Qz.com. 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
  5. ↑ "Eric Trump testifies in Jupiter golf club trial". Sun Sentinel. 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
  6. ↑ "Celebrity Prep Schools". Retrieved November 23, 2006.
  7. ↑ "Eric Trump, American Royalty". CBS News. June 9, 2003. Retrieved November 23, 2006.
  8. ↑ Kawamoto, Dawn (June 17, 2011). "Donald Trump's Legacy: Kids Who Aim to Think Big". Daily Finance. Retrieved June 17, 2011.
  9. ↑ Leon, Alexandra (October 3, 2013). "Trump National Doral Miami Construction Ahead of Schedule". NBC 6 South Florida. Retrieved October 3, 2013.
  10. ↑ Sylvester, Ron (April 2, 2013). "Hired or Fired? How Trump is doing after Five Years in Las Vegas". VegasInc.com. Retrieved April 2, 2013.
  11. ↑ Hoover, Andrew (November 17, 2013). "2013 Rising Star of the Year: Eric Trump". Wine Enthusiast Magazine. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  12. ↑ Davis, Peter (April 10, 2013). "New York's Young Philanthropist Powerhouse Eric Trump". New York Observer. Retrieved April 10, 2013.
  13. ↑ "About". Observer. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
  14. ↑ Belvedere, Matthew J. (August 24, 2016). "Eric Trump: Clinton Foundation actions 'corruption at the highest level'". CNBC. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  15. 1 2 ""Nonprofit Explorer Research Tax-Exempt Organizations"". Retrieved September 20, 2016.
  16. ↑ "Eric Trump Foundation Golf Invitational". Blacktiemagazine.com. 2014-09-15. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
  17. ↑ "Monticello Wine Trail » » Race and Taste 10k at Trump Winery to benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital". Monticellowinetrail.com. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  18. ↑ "Citizen Audit -- online public tax filings" (PDF). Pdfs.citizenaudit.org. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
  19. ↑ "Citizen Audit - online public tax filings" (PDF). Pdfs.citizenaudit.org. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
  20. ↑ "Eric Trump said his charity received 'hundreds of thousands' from his father. Now, he's not sure". Washingtonpost.com. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
  21. 1 2 Zadrozny, Brandy (October 1, 2016). "Eric Trump 'Charity' Spent $880K at Family-Owned Golf Resorts". The Daily Beast. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  22. ↑ Kelly, Tara (March 13, 2012). "Donald Trump's Sons Defend Safari Killing Spree In Zimbabwe (PHOTOS)". The Huffington Post. Retrieved June 30, 2013.
  23. ↑ Weiss, Lois (March 28, 2012). "Letter: Trump safari not 'canned'". New York Post. Retrieved June 30, 2013.
  24. 1 2 Pfeiffer, Eric (November 15, 2011). "Donald Trump's sons criticized after brutal hunting photos released". The Sideshow. Yahoo! News. Retrieved May 7, 2012.
  25. ↑ Shabbad, Rebecca (August 2, 2016). "Eric Trump weighs in on father's feud with fallen soldier's parents". CBS News. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
  26. ↑ Trump on how women should deal with harassment: It's ‘up to the individual’, The Washington Post, August 2, 2016.
  27. ↑ Smith, Emily (2014-11-09). "Eric Trump weds Lara Yunaska at Donald's Mar-a-Lago Club". Page Six. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
  28. ↑ "Eric Trump & Lara Yunaska's Wedding Album". People.com. People. Retrieved November 10, 2014.
  29. ↑ "Eric Trump marries Lara Yunaska in Palm Beach wedding". NY Daily News. Retrieved March 20, 2016.

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