Ivanka Trump

Born on October 30, 1981, Ivanka Trump is an American businesswoman. She is the daughter of Donald Trump and his first wife, Ivana Zelníčková. As a teenager, while attending boarding school, she began modeling on weekends and holidays. In May 1997, she was featured on the cover of Seventeen. Also in 1997, at the age of 15, Trump co-hosted the "Miss Teen USA Pageant." After graduating from Wharton, Trump briefly worked for Forest City Ratner. Following her time there, she joined the Trump Organization as Executive Vice President of Development & Acquisitions. She was charged with the domestic and global expansion of the company's real estate interests. Soon after joining the Trump Organization, she started her jewelry, shoe and apparel lines. In 2006, she was a guest judge on "Project Runway." Trump formed a partnership with Dynamic Diamond Corp. in 2007. In October 2009, Trump's first self-help book, "The Trump Card: Playing to Win in Work and Life," was published. In 2010, Trump cofounded Girl Up with the United Nations Foundation. On March 29, 2017, Trump was appointed "First Daughter and Advisor to the President." In May 2017, her second self-help book, "Women Who Work: Rewriting the Rules for Success," was published. In August 2020, Ivanka Trump introduced her father at the 2020 Republican National Convention.