Ivanka Marie Trump was born on October 30, 1981. She is the oldest daughter of Donald Trump and his first wife, Ivana Trump. Ivanka is an American model and businesswoman. She is currently the Vice President of Real Estate Development at the Trump Organization, along with her older brother Donald Jr. In addition to her older brother, she has a younger brother, Eric, a half-sister, Tiffany, and a half-brother, Barron.
Ivanka attended Choate Rosemary Hall School, as well as Chapin School. She then went to Georgetown University. She was there two years before she transferred to and graduated magna cum laude from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Science in Economics with an emphasis in Real Estate in 2004. That’s the same school her father and older brother, Donald Jr., graduated from as well.
Ivanka started modeling at 16 years of age while in school and is now represented by Elite Model Management. Her first cover was a 1997 issue of Seventeen. She also hosted the Miss Teen USA Pageant that same year. Since then she has modeled for Versace, Marc Bouwer, and Thierry Mugler. She has done ad campaigns for Tommy Hilfiger and Sassoon Jeans and was featured on the cover of Stuff magazine in August 2006.
Ivanka Trump gained fame in 2003 when she was featured in Born Rich, a documentary about the experience of growing up as a child in one of the world’s most affluent families.
Ivanka joined The Trump Organization in 2005 as a member of the development team. She participates in all aspects of real estate development from deal evaluation, analysis and pre-development planning to construction, marketing, operations, sales and leasing. Prior to joining The Trump Organization, she was a Project Manager in the Retail Development division of Forest City Ratner Companies.
In 2006, she was a part-time observer in five episodes of her father’s television show, The Apprentice 5. Ivanka will be replacing Carolyn Kepcher as a primary boardroom judge on the sixth season of The Apprentice, which starts on Sunday, January 7. She is currently dating Topher Grace as of November 2006.
