33. His Family Owned a Real Estate Business
E. Trump & Son was a real estate business owned by Donald’s father, Fred. Following his grandfather’s success in operating boomtown boarding houses and restaurants during the Klondike Gold Rush, Fred, who was born in the Bronx, began his own real estate ventures. The company operated middle-class housing in New York City’s outer boroughs (Queens, the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Staten Island).
