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Donald Trump is the son of a New York City real estate developer. Trump worked with his father in the late 1960s even as he attended the Wharton School for a degree in economics. (AP photo)
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Donald Trump: Business magnate runs for President
His father gave him control of the company in 1971 and he renamed it The Trump Organization. (AP photo)
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Donald Trump: Business magnate runs for President
Trump sought the presidential nomination of the Reform Party for the 2000 elections and a poll a year before that showed him with seven per cent support if his contenders were Republican George W Bush and Democrat Al Gore. Trump, however, dropped out of the race due to party infighting. (Reuters photo)
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Donald Trump: Business magnate runs for President
Donald Trump owns Trump Tower, a 68-story mixed-use skyscraper on Fifth Avenue that opened in 1983. In 2001, he completed Trump World Tower, a 72-story residential building right across from the United Nations headquarters.(AP photo)
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Donald Trump: Business magnate runs for President
In addition to properties, Trump makes a ton of money by licensing his name for the development of several real estate projects across the US and abroad, as well. (AP photo)
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Donald Trump: Business magnate runs for President
Trump became the host and main producer of the reality television show, The Apprentice, in 2003. The show televised a group of competitors competing for a high-level management job in one of Trump's companies. (AFP photo)
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Donald Trump: Business magnate runs for President
On June 16, 2015, Trump formally announced his candidacy for president in the 2016 election, seeking the nomination of the Republican Party. (AFP photo)
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Donald Trump: Business magnate runs for President
He has surprised most commentators and observers that he is the party's frontrunner, despite his incendiary comments on Mexican immigrants being "rapists" and "drug dealers" and on Muslims. (AFP photo)
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Donald Trump: Business magnate runs for President
After a mass shooting by Islamic State sympathizers in San Bernardino, California, in December 2015, Trump called for a temporary moratorium on Muslim immigration. (AFP photo)
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Donald Trump: Business magnate runs for President
Trump stirred up many controversies in the first Presidential debate, among them being statements like "US energy policies are a disaster". (AFP photo)
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