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At The Trump Organization, I am surrounded by home-run, grand-
slam people: Matthew Calamari, Allen Weisselberg, George Ross, Bernie
Diamond, Jason Greenblatt, Rhona Graff, Tony Morace, Andy Weiss, Don
Jr., Jeff, Eric, and many more.
Meredith McIver would like to thank Mark Burnett, Richard Casares,
Steve Palitz, the Bosworth Family, George Balanchine, Alain Bernardin,
Christophe D’Astier, Peter Irigoin, and Richard Irigoin. To my family, you
are the best. To everyone at The Trump Organization, it’s an honor to work
with you. To my officemates Rhona Graff and Robin Himmler, a special
thanks for your support. To Norma Foerderer and Mr. Trump, thank you
both for making every day an adventure. To Mr. Trump, you are a writer’s
delight. I will never be at a loss for ideas. Thank you very much.
Appendix
THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION PROPERTIES
NEW YORK, NEW YORK
Trump Tower
The city’s most famous contemporary building and its third most-
visited attraction (with in excess of 2.5 million visitors annually), this
sixty-eight-story bronze glass and polished brass structure is situated on
Fifth Avenue and Fifty-sixth Street. Completed in 1983 by renowned
architect Der Scutt, it is one of the tallest residential buildings and
concrete structures in Manhattan. It also boasts 170,000 square feet of
commercial space and 136,000 square feet of retail space and is a center
for business, a mecca of style and high fashion, and an elite sanctuary to
some of society’s most famous and influential people.
Trump Tower right after September 11, 2001.
Trump Tower, February 2004.
Trump Place (Riverside South)
The pièce de résistance of Donald Trump’s real estate empire, Trump
Place is a ninety-two-acre property fronting the Hudson River that
promises to be the most exciting real estate development in Manhattan
since the turn of the century. In June 1994, Mr. Trump entered into a joint
venture with four of the largest Hong Kong real estate development firms,
which have committed $2.5 billion to implement this project. The
project’s first five buildings are complete, with a sixth tower under
construction. The overall project will feature sixteen buildings containing
5,700 residential units and more than two million square feet of