Bibles, golf courses and crypto: How Donald Trump made his money in 2024
In addition to the meme coin fees, the Trump family has raked in more than $US400 million from World Liberty Financial, a decentralised finance company. The Trump family is involved, also, with a bitcoin mining operation and digital asset exchange-traded funds.
In the disclosures, Trump reported $US57.35 million from token sales at World Liberty. He also reported holding 15.75 billion governance tokens in the venture.
The wealth of the Republican businessman-turned-politician ranges from crypto to real estate, and a large part on paper is tied up in his stake in Trump Media & Technology Group, owner of social media platform Truth Social.
Besides assets and revenues from his business ventures, Trump reported at least $US12 million in income, including through interest and dividends, from passive investments
totaling at least $US211 million, a Reuters calculation shows.
His biggest investments were in alternative fund manager Blue Owl Capital Corp and in government bond funds managed by Charles Schwab and Invesco.
The disclosure often only gave ranges for the value of his assets and income; Reuters used the lower amount listed, meaning the total value of his assets and income was almost certainly higher.
The disclosure showed income from various assets including Trump's properties in Florida. Trump's three golf-focused resorts in the state – Jupiter, Doral and West Palm Beach – plus his nearby private members' club at Mar-a-Lago generated at least $US217.7 million in income, according to the filing.
Trump National Doral, the expansive Miami-area golf hub known for its Blue Monster course, was the family's single largest income source at $US110.4 million. The income figures provided are essentially revenue, not net profits after subtracting costs.
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The disclosure underlined the global nature of the Trump family business, listing income of $US5 million in licence fees from a development in Vietnam, $US10 million in development fees from a project in India and almost $US16 million in licensing fees for a Dubai project.
Trump collected royalty money, also, from a variety of deals – $US1.3 million from the Greenwood Bible (its website describes it as 'the only Bible officially endorsed by [country singer] Lee Greenwood and President Trump'); $US2.8 million from Trump Watches, and $US2.5 million from Trump Sneakers and Fragrances.
Trump listed $US1.16 million in income from his NFTs – digital trading cards in his likeness – while first lady Melania Trump earned about $US216,700 from licence fees on her own NFT
collection.
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