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it a chance to unfold. Most people don’t like to stagnate, and if you want
to keep your company moving forward, look around you now and then for
fresh possibilities within your organization. Never let someone’s job title
be the sole indication of their worth.

People at The Trump Organization have transcended their positions on
many occasions. Matthew Calamari, the executive vice president of
operations, started as a security guard. After getting to know Matthew, I
realized he had a lot more to offer than his job title warranted, and he has
proven me right. He’s a dedicated and trustworthy worker, and any CEO in
his right mind would want to have him around. As an executive VP, he is
in charge of building operations and runs my entire security organization.

He is in charge of major building projects, with his brother Michael and
Andy Weiss. Their most notable recent accomplishment is the new
building on the site of the former Delmonico Hotel at Park Avenue and
Fifty-ninth Street. I’m calling it Trump Park Avenue. Catchy, right?
Vinnie Stellio, who was hired by Matthew Calamari, started as my
bodyguard and is now a vice president. He has just what it takes to be an

effective executive, which was clear to me, if not immediately to him.
Vinnie would often drive executives, architects, and contractors up to
Westchester to look at developments I was building. Now they report to
him. I am perhaps the largest owner of land in Westchester County, and
now it’s Vinnie who keeps his eye on it all.
With Matthew Calamari, an executive vice president at The Trump
Organization.

John Tutolo, president of Trump Model Management, our modeling
agency, started as a booker and now has what many guys would consider a
dream job.
Meredith McIver, who made the writing of this book a pleasure instead
of a headache, started out as a media assistant. I recognized that her talents

encompassed much more. Of course, it takes talent to deal with me and
everyone else every day (but especially me). I could have hired an outside
collaborator to help me with this book, but why spend time looking
outside the organization when you have all the people you need right
beside you?
Very often, your resources are greater than you might think. I don’t
like it when people underestimate me, and I try not to underestimate
anyone else, either. People are multifaceted, and it’s important to let them