Ivanka Trump facts for kids
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Ivanka Trump
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Official portrait, 2020
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| Director of the Office of Economic Initiatives and Entrepreneurship | |
| In office c. April 2017 – January 20, 2021 |
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| President | Donald Trump |
| Advisor to the President | |
| In office March 29, 2017 – January 20, 2021 |
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| President | Donald Trump |
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Ivana Marie Trump
October 30, 1981 Manhattan, New York City, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican (2018–present) |
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Democratic (1999–2018) |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3 |
| Parents | |
| Relatives | Trump family Kushner family (by marriage) |
| Education | University of Pennsylvania (BS) |
Ivana Marie "Ivanka" Trump (born October 30, 1981) is an American businesswoman and the second child of Donald Trump and his first wife, Ivana.
During her father's presidency from 2017 to 2021, she served as a senior advisor. She was also the director of the Office of Economic Initiatives and Entrepreneurship. Before her work in government, she was an executive at her family's company, The Trump Organization. She also appeared as a judge on the TV show The Apprentice and had her own fashion brand.
She married real estate developer Jared Kushner in 2009, and they have three children. Before their marriage, she converted to Judaism.
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Early Life and Schooling
Ivana Marie Trump was born in Manhattan, New York City. She is the second child of Donald Trump and Ivana, a model from the Czech Republic. Her nickname, "Ivanka," is a common short form of Ivana in Slavic countries. Her parents divorced in 1990 when she was nine. She has two brothers, Donald Jr. and Eric, a half-sister, Tiffany, and a half-brother, Barron.
Trump went to the Chapin School in Manhattan. At age 15, she moved to Choate Rosemary Hall, a boarding school in Connecticut. During her teenage years, she also modeled on weekends and holidays for brands like Tommy Hilfiger and Versace.
After high school, she attended Georgetown University for two years. She then transferred to the University of Pennsylvania, where she graduated with honors in 2004 with a degree in economics.
Business and Fashion Career
Working in Real Estate
After college, Trump worked for a real estate company called Forest City Ratner. She later joined her family's business, the Trump Organization, as an executive vice president. She helped manage the company's real estate projects around the world.
One of her major projects was turning the historic Old Post Office in Washington, D.C., into a luxury hotel. She also managed the redevelopment of the Trump National Doral Miami, a large resort in Miami.
Fashion and Jewelry Brand
In addition to real estate, Trump started her own fashion brand. The Ivanka Trump brand sold clothing, shoes, handbags, and accessories in major department stores.
In 2007, she launched Ivanka Trump Fine Jewelry, a line of gold and diamond jewelry. She opened a store in Manhattan and sold her jewelry online. Her brand was named "Launch of the Year" in 2010 by Footwear News. In July 2018, Trump closed her fashion company to focus on a career in public policy.
After leaving her government role, she and her husband became involved in a project to redevelop Sazan Island in Albania. In 2023, she also co-founded a company called Planet Harvest, which works to reduce food waste.
Television and Books
Appearing on TV
Trump appeared on her father's TV show, The Apprentice. She started as a guest judge and later became a main boardroom judge for season six and its celebrity version.
In 1997, she co-hosted the Miss Teen USA Pageant. She was also a guest judge on the fashion design show Project Runway. In 2010, she and her husband made a brief appearance as themselves on the TV series Gossip Girl.
Writing Books
Trump has written two books. Her first book, The Trump Card: Playing to Win in Work and Life, was published in 2009. It offers advice for success in business.
Her second book, Women Who Work: Rewriting the Rules for Success, came out in 2017. It is a self-help book for women in the business world. She donated the profits from the book to charities, including the National Urban League and the Boys and Girls Clubs of America.
Role in the Trump Administration
2016 Presidential Campaign
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In 2015, Trump introduced her father when he announced he was running for president. She supported his campaign and often appeared at his rallies.
At the 2016 Republican National Convention, she gave a speech introducing her father. In her speech, she talked about issues like equal pay for working mothers and affordable childcare. Many people thought her speech showed a warmer side of her father.
Advisor to the President
After her father became president in January 2017, Trump moved to Washington, D.C. She resigned from her job at the Trump Organization. In March 2017, she was officially named Advisor to the President. She worked without a salary.
As an advisor, she focused on issues like economic growth and entrepreneurship, especially for women. She helped launch the Women's Global Development and Prosperity Initiative (W-GDP). This program aimed to help women in developing countries get training and start businesses.
She traveled to many countries, including Ethiopia, Colombia, and Morocco, to promote the W-GDP initiative. She also attended global meetings like the G20 summit with her father.
Trump supported new laws, including one that gave paid family leave to federal workers. She also advocated for increasing the child tax credit, which became part of the 2017 tax cuts.
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During her time in the White House, some people raised concerns that her business ownership could create conflicts with her government role.
After the White House
Trump and her family left Washington, D.C. in January 2021. When her father announced he would run for president again in 2024, she stated that she would not be involved in the campaign. She said she wanted to focus on her young children and their private family life.
Personal Life and Family
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Trump is known to have a close relationship with her father. In 2005, she began dating Jared Kushner, a real estate developer. They married in a Jewish ceremony on October 25, 2009. The couple has three children: a daughter, Arabella Rose, and two sons, Joseph Frederick and Theodore James.
After her father left office, the family moved to Surfside, Florida.
Religion
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Trump was raised as a Presbyterian Christian. In July 2009, she converted to Orthodox Judaism before her marriage to Jared Kushner. She took the Hebrew name Yael.
She has said that she and her family observe Jewish traditions, such as keeping a kosher diet and observing the Sabbath (a day of rest from Friday evening to Saturday evening).
Charity Work
Trump has been involved in several charitable causes. In 2010, she co-founded Girl Up, a program with the United Nations Foundation that supports adolescent girls. She has also supported Jewish charities like Chai Lifeline, which helps children with cancer.
In 2021 and 2022, she worked on a program that delivered millions of meals to families in need across the United States. She also helped organize shipments of medical supplies to Ukraine in 2022.
Images for kids
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President Trump, Ivanka and British prime minister Theresa May at a business event in London, June 4, 2019.
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President Trump, Ivanka and Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the G20 Summit in Osaka, June 28, 2019
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Campaigning for her father in October 2020
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Trump (second from left in first row) at Seeds of Peace in New York City in 2009
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See also
In Spanish: Ivanka Trump para niños
