Wealth of Donald Trump

The net worth of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, is not publicly known. For decades, Forbes has assessed his wealth, currently estimating it at $5.1 billion as of early June 2025. Meanwhile, Bloomberg estimated his wealth at $7.08 billion in January 2025. After the early 2025 launch of $Trump, Trump's own cryptocurrency, Axios temporarily estimated his net worth to be $58 billion. He received gifts, loans, and inheritance from his father, Fred Trump, who was a real-estate developer and businessman. Donald Trump's primary business has been real estate ventures, including hotels, casinos, and golf courses. He also made money from Trump-branded products including neckties, steaks, and urine tests. Money received through political fundraisers is used to pay for guest stays at properties owned by the Trump Organization and to pay his and his allies' lawyers.

Drawing upon more than 100,000 pages of tax returns and financial records from Fred Trump's businesses and interviews with former advisers and employees, the New York Times found 295 distinct streams of revenue that Fred Trump created over five decades in order to channel his wealth to his son.

In a 2007 sworn deposition, he acknowledged borrowing $9.6 million from his father's estate, and on the presidential campaign trail in 2015, he admitted to borrowing $1 million from his father as a young adult.

Trump is the beneficiary of several trust funds set up by his father and paternal grandmother, which began in 1949 when he was three. According to The New York Times, he "was a millionaire by age 8." In 1976, Fred Trump set up trust funds of $1 million ($5.5 million in 2024 dollars) for each of his five children and three grandchildren. Donald Trump received $90,000 in 1980 and $214,605 in 1981 through the fund.

For four years, Fred Trump held shares in the Trump Palace condos, and in 1991, he sold them to his son well below their purchase price, masking what could be considered a hidden donation and giving him the benefit of a tax write-off. Fred Trump died in 1999. In 2018, when the matter came to light, the New York State tax department and New York City officials said they would investigate.

The court found that Donald Trump had for years committed fraud against banks, insurers, and others by exaggerating his net worth and significantly overvaluing assets in documents used to make deals and secure financing. The fraud included two of his residences: his apartment in Trump Tower (the statements claimed it was roughly triple its true size and value) and Mar-a-Lago (the statements inflated its value by approximately 22 times). In 2024, Trump was found liable for $355 million in disgorgement and roughly $100 million in interest. His oldest two sons (Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump) were ordered to pay $4 million each, while Allen Weisselberg was ordered to pay $1 million. After the decision, interest continued to accrue. As Donald Trump did not pay the judgment while he appealed the decision, by the end of 2024, the total he owed had increased to over $500 million.

In 1993, when Trump took two loans totaling $30 million from his siblings, their anticipated shares of Fred's estate amounted to $35 million each. Upon Fred Trump's death in 1999, his will divided $20 million (after taxes) among his surviving children.

From the 1970s until he was elected president in 2016, Donald Trump and his businesses were involved in over 4,000 legal cases in U.S. federal and state courts, including battles with casino patrons, million-dollar real estate lawsuits, personal defamation lawsuits, and over 100 business tax disputes. At least 25 women accused him of sexual harassment or sexual assault.