Eric Trump
Second son of Donald Trump; Trump Organization executive vice president who runs its golf portfolio and winery, and crypto entrepreneur behind World Liberty Financial and American Bitcoin.
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- Country
- United States
- Known for
- Second son of President Donald Trump; executive vice president of the Trump Organization; co-founder of World Liberty Financial and of Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin miner American Bitcoin
- Family
- Born January 6, 1984, in New York City to Donald Trump and his first wife, Ivana Trump; married Lara Yunaska in 2014; two children, Luke and Carolina
- Education
- Earned a degree in Finance and Management from Georgetown University
- Trump Organization
- Executive vice president overseeing the family's global real estate portfolio — Trump Hotels, Trump Golf, commercial and residential real estate, Trump Estates, and Trump Winery
- Golf
- Manages the organization's golf portfolio, including Trump Turnberry in Scotland and Trump National Doral in Florida; has pressed the R&A over Turnberry's return to The Open rota
- Philanthropy
- Founded the Eric Trump Foundation in 2006 to support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital; foundation releases reported $28 million donated and pledged by 2015
- Trump Winery
- Runs the Virginia winery his father bought in 2011; it operates as Eric Trump Wine Manufacturing LLC, legally separate from Donald Trump and the Trump Organization
- Legal
- In the New York civil fraud case he testified he relied on accountants and lawyers; in February 2024 he was ordered to pay $4 million and barred from serving as an officer of New York companies for two years
- Crypto
- Co-founder of World Liberty Financial (USD1 stablecoin) and of American Bitcoin (Nasdaq: ABTC), where he is chief strategy officer; sits on the board of advisors of Metaplanet
Overview
Eric Trump is the second son of U.S. President Donald Trump and an executive vice president of the Trump Organization, where he oversees the family’s global real estate portfolio — from its golf courses and hotels to the Trump Winery in Virginia (Akron Beacon Journal; CoinDesk). During his father’s second term he has become one of the family’s most visible crypto entrepreneurs: a co-founder of the World Liberty Financial DeFi platform and of American Bitcoin, a Nasdaq-listed Bitcoin miner where he serves as chief strategy officer (CoinDesk; American Bitcoin). His name also runs through the New York civil fraud case against the Trump Organization, in which a judge ordered him to pay $4 million and barred him from serving as an officer of New York companies for two years (Associated Press).
Early life and family
Eric Frederick Trump was born on January 6, 1984, in New York City, the third child and second son of Donald Trump and his first wife, Ivana Trump (Akron Beacon Journal). He earned a degree in Finance and Management from Georgetown University (CoinDesk). In 2014 he married Lara Yunaska; their children are son Luke, born in 2017, and daughter Carolina, born in 2019 (Akron Beacon Journal). He lives in Florida with his wife and children (CoinDesk). Before business took over his public image, he appeared on his father’s reality show The Apprentice, and he now co-hosts “The Right View with Lara and Eric Trump,” a podcast with his wife (Akron Beacon Journal).
The Trump Organization and golf
As executive vice president, Eric Trump travels the world developing and managing Trump Organization projects (Akron Beacon Journal). His brief covers the global management and operations of the family’s real estate holdings — Trump Hotels, Trump Golf, commercial and residential real estate, Trump Estates, and the Trump Winery — and he is credited with expanding the company’s presence across major U.S. and international markets (CoinDesk). When Donald Trump took office as president, he placed his assets in a revocable trust and stepped back from his corporate positions, leaving management of the company to Eric and his brother Donald Trump Jr. (Associated Press).
Golf is the portfolio he is most closely identified with. He has spoken directly with R&A chief executive Mark Darbon about bringing The Open back to Trump Turnberry, the Scottish links course the family bought in 2014 and then renovated at a cost of roughly $200 million (Golf Digest). The R&A has held its line: it said it had no plans to stage championships at Turnberry “until we are convinced that the focus will be on the championship, the players and the course itself,” and Darbon has said publicly that any decision is “some years away,” citing the logistical challenges of road, rail and accommodation around the venue (Golf Digest). In Florida, a 2022 photograph caption describes Eric Trump as “part owner of Trump National Doral Golf Club” (Getty Images).
Philanthropy and St. Jude
At 21, Eric Trump founded the Eric Trump Foundation, dedicated to raising money for children with life-threatening or life-debilitating diseases — overwhelmingly through support for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (GlobeNewswire; Akron Beacon Journal). The foundation’s own releases chart the growth: $20 million “donated and pledged” by September 2014, rising to $28 million a year later, with its eighth annual golf invitational alone raising over $2 million (GlobeNewswire; GlobeNewswire). Those figures explicitly included pledged amounts — including the pledge behind the Eric Trump Foundation Surgery and ICU Center at St. Jude, which opened in 2015; by 2023 the ten-year partnership had raised $16.3 million in total (Hotel Business). His current biography puts the lifetime tally higher, saying he has “helped raise more than $50 million” for the hospital (CoinDesk). He has also hosted St. Jude families at Trump National Golf Club in Washington, D.C. (Akron Beacon Journal).
Trump Winery
The Virginia winery entered the family when Donald Trump bought it from Patricia Kluge in 2011; today it is run by Eric Trump (Decanter). Its legal footing is spelled out in a disclaimer on the winery’s website: “Trump Winery is a registered trade name of Eric Trump Wine Manufacturing LLC, which is not owned, managed or affiliated with Donald J. Trump, The Trump Organisation or any of their affiliates” (Decanter). Production is estimated at around 36,000 nine-litre cases a year — enough to rank among Virginia’s biggest wineries, though hundreds of American wineries produce more (Decanter).
The New York civil fraud case
Eric Trump was a central witness in the civil fraud trial brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James. Testifying in November 2023, he said he had relied on accountants and lawyers to verify the company’s financial documents, and acknowledged signing certifications of their accuracy for statements he said he did not fully understand; he denied knowledge of certain estimates and denied any wrongdoing (AAP). The evidence presented against him included the classification of Mar-a-Lago as a private residence while valuing it at more than $1 billion — roughly ten times the attorney general’s estimate — and his approval of a Trump Tower triplex valuation at nearly $30,000 per square foot, against an actual figure closer to $11,000 (AAP). James told the court that “the buck stopped with him” (AAP).
On February 16, 2024, Justice Arthur Engoron ordered Donald Trump and his companies to pay $355 million; Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. were each ordered to pay $4 million and barred from serving as officers of New York companies for two years (Associated Press). Lawyers for the Trump family vowed to appeal (Associated Press).
Crypto: World Liberty Financial
Eric Trump is a co-founder of World Liberty Financial, the decentralized finance platform behind the USD1 stablecoin, which was quietly pursuing a national banking charter through the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency as of March 2026 (CoinDesk). That month, as the industry’s fight with banks over stablecoin yield reached a boiling point, he called the banks “anti-American,” declaring: “They would call me a lunatic if I predicted that the banks are spending tens of millions of dollars, maybe more than $100 million, on lobbyists trying to kill the largest financial disruptor our country has ever seen, all to stop yield flowing back to the people” (CoinDesk).
The venture’s crypto-world alliances then turned litigious. In May 2026, World Liberty sued crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun for defamation, and Sun countersued, alleging token misconduct and retaliation by the company (Reuters). Both sides’ claims remain allegations — neither has been proven. The dispute marked a sharp reversal: Sun had purchased $45 million in WLFI tokens and served as an adviser to the project, and Eric Trump had once called him “a great friend and an icon in the crypto space” (Reuters).
Crypto: American Bitcoin and beyond
On March 31, 2025, Hut 8 and Eric Trump launched American Bitcoin, a Bitcoin mining company with Trump as co-founder and chief strategy officer; Hut 8 took an 80% interest by contributing its ASIC miners, while the new company focused on mining operations (American Bitcoin). The company is now listed on Nasdaq under the ticker ABTC, with a stated mission “to build America’s Bitcoin infrastructure backbone” (CoinDesk). His crypto footprint extends further: he sits on the board of advisors of Metaplanet, described as Japan’s largest corporate holder of Bitcoin (CoinDesk). In October 2025 he added author to his résumé with “Under Siege,” described as his memoir (CoinDesk).
What this profile does not claim
This profile does not give a net worth figure for Eric Trump — published estimates vary widely and none was verified against a primary or audited source in the research for this profile. It does not state the outcome of the appeal in the New York civil fraud case; the judgment described above is the February 2024 ruling, and no later verified source confirmed where the appeal stands. It presents the World Liberty–Justin Sun litigation only as competing allegations, not as proven facts. The St. Jude fundraising figures come from different years and measure different things — pledged totals versus cash raised — so they should not be read as a single running count. And it makes no claims about the current operational status of the Eric Trump Foundation beyond what the sourced releases and reports state.
Timeline
- 1984
- Born Eric Frederick Trump on January 6 in New York City, the third child and second son of Donald Trump and his first wife, Ivana Trump.
- 2006
- Founds the Eric Trump Foundation, dedicated to raising money for children with life-threatening or life-debilitating diseases, chiefly through St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
- 2014
- Marries Lara Yunaska; the couple later have two children, Luke (born 2017) and Carolina (born 2019).
- 2023
- Testifies in the New York civil fraud trial, saying he relied on accountants and lawyers to verify financial documents and denying wrongdoing.
- 2024
- On February 16, Justice Arthur Engoron orders him to pay $4 million and bars him from serving as an officer of New York companies for two years in the civil fraud judgment; his lawyers vow to appeal.
- 2025
- On March 31, Hut 8 and Eric Trump launch American Bitcoin, with Trump as co-founder and chief strategy officer; in October his memoir "Under Siege" is published.
- 2026
- In March he attacks banks as "anti-American" over the stablecoin-yield fight as World Liberty Financial pursues a national banking charter; in May, World Liberty sues Justin Sun for defamation and Sun countersues.
Sources
13 sources (5 tier 1, 8 tier 2), each opened and read against the claim it supports. Every source is independent of the subject; no first-party material is cited. See the source policy.
- Supports: Born January 6, 1984 in New York City; third child and second son of Donald Trump and first wife Ivana; executive vice president of the Trump Organization who travels globally developing and managing projects; former reality-TV appearances; "The Right View with Lara and Eric Trump" podcast; married Lara Yunaska in 2014; children Luke (2017) and Carolina (2019); siblings; founded the Eric Trump Foundation at 21; foundation golf tournaments raising millions for St. Jude; hosting St. Jude families at Trump National in Washington, D.C. Open original source
- Supports: Fraud-trial testimony that he relied on accountants and lawyers, signed accuracy certifications for statements he said he did not understand, denied knowledge of certain estimates and denied wrongdoing; Mar-a-Lago classified as a private residence and valued over $1 billion against the AG's roughly one-tenth estimate; "intimately involved in approving" the Trump Tower triplex at nearly $30,000 per square foot versus about $11,000 actual; AG James's "the buck stopped with him." Open original source
- Supports: Justice Engoron's $355 million judgment against Donald Trump and his companies; Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. each ordered to pay $4 million and barred from serving as officers of New York companies for two years; Trump's assets placed in a revocable trust at the start of his presidency with management left to Eric and Donald Jr.; lawyers vowing to appeal. Open original source
- Supports: Eric Trump's co-founder role at World Liberty Financial; the USD1 stablecoin; WLFI quietly pursuing a national banking charter through the OCC; his "anti-American" characterization of banks and his quote on banks spending "tens of millions of dollars, maybe more than $100 million, on lobbyists." Open original source
- Supports: World Liberty's defamation suit against Justin Sun and Sun's countersuit alleging token misconduct and retaliation — all as allegations; Sun's $45 million WLFI token purchase and adviser role; Eric Trump's earlier description of Sun as "a great friend and an icon in the crypto space." Open original source
- Supports: Co-founder and chief strategy officer of American Bitcoin Corp (Nasdaq: ABTC) and its "build America's Bitcoin infrastructure backbone" mission; executive vice president of the Trump Organization overseeing Trump Hotels, Trump Golf, commercial and residential real estate, Trump Estates and Trump Winery; co-founder of World Liberty Financial; board of advisors of Metaplanet, "Japan's largest corporate holder of Bitcoin"; helped raise more than $50 million for St. Jude, a mission begun at age 21; degree in Finance and Management from Georgetown University; lives in Florida with wife Lara and two children; author of "Under Siege," memoir published October 2025. Open original source
- Supports: Eric Trump manages the Trump Organization's global real estate portfolio; his talks with R&A CEO Mark Darbon about Turnberry hosting The Open; Turnberry bought in 2014 with roughly $200 million in renovations; the R&A's position on staging championships at Turnberry; Darbon's "some years away" comment and logistical challenges. Open original source
- Supports: Photo caption describing Eric Trump as "part owner of Trump National Doral Golf Club." Open original source
- Supports: Foundation founded in 2006; $28 million donated and pledged to St. Jude; Eric Trump's statement on the hospital's work. Open original source
- Supports: $20 million donated and pledged by September 2014; eighth annual golf invitational raising over $2 million; foundation mission for children with life-threatening or life-debilitating diseases. Open original source
- Supports: Ten-year partnership with St. Jude; $16.3 million raised; the Eric Trump Foundation Surgery and ICU Center opened in 2015; celebration event at Trump National Golf Club, Washington D.C. Open original source
- Supports: Donald Trump bought the Virginia winery in 2011 from Patricia Kluge; it is run by Eric Trump; the winery's disclaimer that it is a registered trade name of Eric Trump Wine Manufacturing LLC, not owned, managed or affiliated with Donald J. Trump or the Trump Organization; production estimated at about 36,000 nine-litre cases per year. Open original source
- Supports: Launch of American Bitcoin by Hut 8 and Eric Trump; Trump as co-founder and chief strategy officer; Hut 8's 80% interest via contributed ASIC miners; American Bitcoin's focus on Bitcoin mining. Open original source
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