American Businessman. Father of former US President Donald J. Trump. He was the second of three children born to German immigrants, Friederich Trump and Elizabeth Christ. His father died in 1918 when Fred was 13 years old. Two years later, while still in high school, he started his own construction business building garages in Queens, New York. By the late 1920s, he had graduated to building single-family homes. During the depression, he took a risk and opened one of the first supermarkets in the area. His slogan was "Serve yourself and save." He eventually sold the supermarket after making a fortune with the venture. After World War II, when apartments for returning servicemen and their families were in short supply, Trump branched out into middle-income housing. Between 1949 and 1963, he built over 27,000 apartments and row homes in Brooklyn and Queens, New York. Despite his fortune, Fred and his wife lived in a red-brick Colonial they built in 1951 on a half-acre lot in the middle-class suburb of Jamaica Estates in Queens, New York.
American Businessman. Father of former US President Donald J. Trump. He was the second of three children born to German immigrants, Friederich Trump and Elizabeth Christ. His father died in 1918 when Fred was 13 years old. Two years later, while still in high school, he started his own construction business building garages in Queens, New York. By the late 1920s, he had graduated to building single-family homes. During the depression, he took a risk and opened one of the first supermarkets in the area. His slogan was "Serve yourself and save." He eventually sold the supermarket after making a fortune with the venture. After World War II, when apartments for returning servicemen and their families were in short supply, Trump branched out into middle-income housing. Between 1949 and 1963, he built over 27,000 apartments and row homes in Brooklyn and Queens, New York. Despite his fortune, Fred and his wife lived in a red-brick Colonial they built in 1951 on a half-acre lot in the middle-class suburb of Jamaica Estates in Queens, New York.
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