From rich kid to first daughter: The life of Ivanka Trump

Rebecca Harrington,Grace PanettaOct 30, 2020, 21:04 IST

Ivanka Trump, 38.Jemal Countess / Getty Images

Ivanka Trump, President Donald Trump's eldest daughter, has lived her life in the public eye.
The 39-year-old has been a business executive, runway model, socialite, doting mother, and key advisor in her father's administration.
Here's a closer look at her life, career, and time in the White House.

Ivanka Trump has lived her life in the public eye.

Born to then real-estate mogul Donald Trump and model Ivana Trump, his first wife, she is now the president's oldest (and suspected favorite) daughter.

The 39-year-old has been a business executive, runway model, socialite, doting mother, and now key advisor in her father's White House.

Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner are both senior advisers in the West Wing — although they don't take a salary — and they hold significant influence over Trump's policy initiatives.

Here's a look back at her life, career, and time in the West Wing.

Ivana Trump was born in Manhattan on October 30, 1981. "Ivanka" is actually a nickname for her real name, which is the same as her mother's.

Ivana Trump, ex-wife of real estate developer Donald Trump, is shown with her children Ivanka, left, and Eric as Ricardo Mazuchelli looks on in October 1993. AP

She is the middle child of Donald's first wife, Ivana, who was born in Czechoslovakia.

The funeral of Ivana Trump's father Milos Zelnicek in Zlin, Czechoslovakia in 1990. From left: Trump's children, Eric, 6, Ivanka, 8 and Donald, 12, Ivana and Donald Trump. AP

Her mother and father divorced in 1992 after a very public breakup when he cheated with Marla Maples, who would become his second wife. Ivanka was 11 years old.

Ivana & Ivanka Trump in 1994. John Barrett/PHOTOlink/MediaPunch /IPX via AP

Ivanka has said while she loves Maples and her half-sister Tiffany, she could never really forgive Maples for breaking up her parents' marriage. At the time, tabloid journalists accosted her, shouting, "Is it true that Marla said that your father was the best sex she'd ever had?"

Marla Maples and Trump with their family at the US Tennis Open championships in New York on September 7, 1994.. Ivanka is sitting on her father's lap, and her half-sister Tiffany Trump is to her right. Mike Segar/Reuters

Ivanka has said while she loves Maples and her half-sister Tiffany, she could never really forgive Maples for breaking up her parents' marriage. At the time, tabloid journalists accosted her, shouting, "Is it true that Marla said that your father was the best sex she'd ever had?"

She attended the exclusive all-girls Chapin School in Manhattan — of which Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis is an alumna — and then shipped off to boarding school at Choate Rosemary Hall in Connecticut — where John F. Kennedy went.

Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka peek over the crowd as they take in a tennis match during the US Open in New York on September 7, 1994. Roh Frehm/AP

She attended the exclusive all-girls Chapin School in Manhattan — of which Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis is an alumna — and then shipped off to boarding school at Choate Rosemary Hall in Connecticut — where John F. Kennedy went.

Taking after her mother, Ivanka started modeling as a teen.

Ivanka on the cover of "Seventeen" in May 1997, when she was 15. Seventeen Magazine/Hearst Corporation

She studied at Georgetown and the University of Pennsylvania (her father's alma mater), where she graduated in 2004 with a degree in economics.

Donald Trump, left, his daughter Ivanka, center, and ex-wife Ivana watch the men's semifinal match from their box at the US Open in New York on Sept. 6, 1997. AP Photo/Richard Drew

Ivanka met Jared Kushner, from a fellow real-estate mogul family who also grew up in the public eye, in 2005. The pair began dating on and off shortly after that.

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, owner of the New York Observer, attend a fashion show on September 9, 2007 in New York City. Rob Loud/Getty Images

An inch shy of 6 feet, she's walked the runways for Versace. Ivanka told Harper's Bazaar in 2007 that 60-year-old bankers "have nothing on a group of catty 16-year-old female models without parental supervision."

Ivanka Trump walks the runway at Johnnie Walker's 'Dressed To Kilt 2007' fashion show at Capitale on April 2, 2007 in New York City. Peter Kramer/Getty Images

An inch shy of 6 feet, she's walked the runways for Versace. Ivanka told Harper's Bazaar in 2007 that 60-year-old bankers "have nothing on a group of catty 16-year-old female models without parental supervision."

But her true passion has always been the family business. She tagged along to board meetings and negotiations her whole life, but started officially working for her father in 2005 after graduating college.

A billboard in New York City in 2007. RtMcbride / MediaPunch/IPX

But her true passion has always been the family business. She tagged along to board meetings and negotiations her whole life, but started officially working for her father in 2005 after graduating college.

Ivanka appeared on her father's hit TV show, "The Apprentice," joining the cast as a boardroom judge from its sixth season to its final episode with the Trumps at the helm in 2015.

From left, first "Celebrity Apprentice" winner Piers Morgan, Donald Trump, and Ivanka Trump in 2007. NBC

Ivanka appeared on her father's hit TV show, "The Apprentice," joining the cast as a boardroom judge from its sixth season to its final episode with the Trumps at the helm in 2015.

Ivanka apparently inherited her father's dealmaking skills. She was the lead negotiator on the Trump National Doral Miami, a $1 billion property that she scooped up for $150 million.

Donald and Ivanka Trump place their hands in concrete during festivities for the 92-story Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago on Sept. 24, 2008. Charles Rex Arbogast/AP

Ivanka apparently inherited her father's dealmaking skills. She was the lead negotiator on the Trump National Doral Miami, a $1 billion property that she scooped up for $150 million.

In 2009, she published, "The Trump Card," an inspirational how-to get ahead in business book based on her experiences. It was a New York Times bestseller. Her second book, "Women Who Work," came out in May 2017.

Ivanka Trump attends the 'The Trump Card: Playing to Win in Work and Life' book launch celebration at Trump Tower on October 14, 2009 in New York City. Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images

In 2009, she published, "The Trump Card," an inspirational how-to get ahead in business book based on her experiences. It was a New York Times bestseller. Her second book, "Women Who Work," came out in May 2017.

Ivanka married Kushner on October 25, 2009. She converted to Orthodox Judaism for him, and the couple keep kosher and observe the Sabbath, shutting off their electronics to spend time with family.

The wedding of Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey on October 25, 2009. Brian Marcus/Fred Marcus Photography via Getty Images

Ivanka married Kushner on October 25, 2009. She converted to Orthodox Judaism for him, and the couple keep kosher and observe the Sabbath, shutting off their electronics to spend time with family.

In addition to helping run the Trump Organization, Ivanka launched a jewelry collection in 2007, and created her own fashion and lifestyle brand, The Ivanka Trump Collection, shortly thereafter.

Ivanka Trump attends the Launch of Her Spring 2011 Lifestyle Collection of Footwear at the Topanga Nordstrom on February 17, 2011 in Canoga Park, California. Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images

In addition to helping run the Trump Organization, Ivanka launched a jewelry collection in 2007, and created her own fashion and lifestyle brand, The Ivanka Trump Collection, shortly thereafter.

Ivanka is an early riser, usually beginning work by 6:30 a.m. People describe her as friendly, polished, eloquent, capable, and even a bit intimidating. She admits she has "a big ego," like her father.

Donald Trump listens to Ivanka talk about his 92-story Trump International Hotel & Tower during a news conference on construction progress in Chicago on May 24, 2007. Charles Rex Arbogast/AP Photos

Ivanka is an early riser, usually beginning work by 6:30 a.m. People describe her as friendly, polished, eloquent, capable, and even a bit intimidating. She admits she has "a big ego," like her father.

Previously an avid Manhattan socialite, she lent her name recognition to various charitable causes, including the New York City Police Foundation and Cookies for Kids' Cancer, shown here.

Ivanka Trump hosts the Glad Cookie Exchange in support of Cookies for Kids' Cancer at Trump Tower on November 29, 2011 in New York City. Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for Glad Product Company

Previously an avid Manhattan socialite, she lent her name recognition to various charitable causes, including the New York City Police Foundation and Cookies for Kids' Cancer, shown here.

Her and her brothers Eric and Donald Jr. — all Trump's kids from his first wife — held the title of executive vice presidents of development and acquisition at the Trump Organization, with offices side-by-side-by-side in Trump Tower.

Eric, Donald Jr., Ivanka, and Donald Trump attend the ground breaking of the Trump International Hotel at the Old Post Office Building in Washington on July 23, 2014. REUTERS/Gary Cameron

Her and her brothers Eric and Donald Jr. — all Trump's kids from his first wife — held the title of executive vice presidents of development and acquisition at the Trump Organization, with offices side-by-side-by-side in Trump Tower.

She has always been extremely close with her father. When Ivanka was little, he used to brag to high-powered executives about how smart she was. And he never ignores her phone calls.

Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump visits his Scottish golf course Turnberry with Ivanka and Eric Trump on July 30, 2015 in Ayr, Scotland. Getty/ Jeff J Mitchell

She has always been extremely close with her father. When Ivanka was little, he used to brag to high-powered executives about how smart she was. And he never ignores her phone calls.

Receiving numerous accolades for her business acumen over the years, the World Economic Forum named Ivanka a Young Global Leader, and she was 33rd on Fortune magazine's '40 Under 40' list in 2014.

Ivanka Trump speaks at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit in Washington on Oct. 14, 2015. Carolyn Kaster/AP

Receiving numerous accolades for her business acumen over the years, the World Economic Forum named Ivanka a Young Global Leader, and she was 33rd on Fortune magazine's '40 Under 40' list in 2014.

On March 27, 2016, Ivanka and Jared welcomed baby Theo, their third child after Arabella and Joseph.

Apr 25, 2016 - Ivanka Trump shared the first photo of her family of five featuring baby Theo. ivankatrump/Instragram

"The most important job any woman can have is being a mother, and it shouldn't mean taking a pay cut," she controversially proclaimed in a political ad for her father.

Ivanka Trump with two of her children. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP

After her father clinched the party's presidential nomination, Ivanka delivered a keynote address at the Republican National Convention, highlighting her father's record of supporting women and minorities within his company.

Ivanka Trump delivers a speech during the evening session on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016 in Cleveland, Ohio. Alex Wong/Getty Images

After her father clinched the party's presidential nomination, Ivanka delivered a keynote address at the Republican National Convention, highlighting her father's record of supporting women and minorities within his company.

She was her father's constant foil on the campaign trail. After a lewd 2005 tape of Trump making crude sexual remarks about women, Ivanka said his comments were "clearly inappropriate and offensive," and that she was glad he apologized for them.

Ivanka Trump looks on as her her father speaks during a campaign event on September 13, 2016 in Aston, Pennsylvania. Mark Makela/Getty Images

She was her father's constant foil on the campaign trail. After a lewd 2005 tape of Trump making crude sexual remarks about women, Ivanka said his comments were "clearly inappropriate and offensive," and that she was glad he apologized for them.

Her support for her father has never wavered. "Thank you, America, for the trust that you placed in my father," Ivanka said on election night after he won. "He will never let you down!"

Ivanka Trump brushes the hair off her daughter Arabella Kushner's face as husband Jared Kushner looks on before voting at PS 59 in New York, New York on November 8, 2016. Thomson Reuters

Her support for her father has never wavered. "Thank you, America, for the trust that you placed in my father," Ivanka said on election night after he won. "He will never let you down!"

And she is clearly her father's favorite child. "Daddy’s little girl!" he's called her.

Tiffany and Ivanka Trump attend their father's inauguration on Jan. 20, 2017. Reuters

After the election, Ivanka and Jared moved to D.C., and both relinquished control of their many business ventures. She stepped down from her fashion line and the Trump Organization, leaving the company in her brothers' hands.

After the election, Ivanka and Jared moved to D.C., and both relinquished control of their many business ventures. She stepped down from her fashion line and the Trump Organization, leaving the company in her brothers' hands.

But her father's many critics have jeopardized Ivanka's brands. Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, Gilt, and Burlington all dropped her fashion line in early 2017 following customer protests and weak sales.

Ivanka Trump watches as President Donald Trump delivers remarks after touring the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture on February 21, 2017. Kevin Dietsch - Pool/Getty Images

But her father's many critics have jeopardized Ivanka's brands. Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, Gilt, and Burlington all dropped her fashion line in early 2017 following customer protests and weak sales.

By July 2018, Ivanka announced she was shutting down her fashion company. "I do not know when or if I will ever return to the business, but I do know that my focus for the foreseeable future will be the work I am doing here in Washington," she said in a statement.

AP Photo/Charles Sykes

By July 2018, Ivanka announced she was shutting down her fashion company. "I do not know when or if I will ever return to the business, but I do know that my focus for the foreseeable future will be the work I am doing here in Washington," she said in a statement.

One of her father's closest confidantes, Ivanka has sat in on many of his meetings with business and world leaders — just like she did as a kid.

Ivanka Trump looks at Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a roundtable discussion on the advancement of women entrepreneurs and business leaders at the White House on February 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

But sometimes critics think she's gone too far, like when she briefly took her dad's seat at the G20 Summit in Germany in July 2018.

President Donald Trump (R) holds his daughter Ivanka Trump (C) at the G20 summit on July 8, 2017 in Hamburg, Germany. Matt Cardy/Getty Images

She has represented the US on multiple occasions, including attending the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea.

Ivanka Trump visits the USA House on February 24, 2018 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. Marianna Massey/Getty

She and Jared also opened the new US embassy in Israel that her father moved to Jerusalem. That day, 40,000 Palestinians protested the opening at the Gaza border. At least 58 Palestinians died and more than 2,700 were wounded, many from Israeli forces.

Senior White House Adviser Ivanka Trump (L) stands next to the dedication plaque at the US embassy in Jerusalem, and (R) a wounded Palestinian demonstrator is evacuated as others take cover from Israeli fire and tear gas during a protest at the Israel-Gaza border on May 14, 2018. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

She and Jared also opened the new US embassy in Israel that her father moved to Jerusalem. That day, 40,000 Palestinians protested the opening at the Gaza border. At least 58 Palestinians died and more than 2,700 were wounded, many from Israeli forces.

Protesting Trump's controversial "zero tolerance" immigration policy and family separations at the US border, celebrities called on the first daughter in a "Dear Ivanka" campaign that went viral.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he believed his daughter, Ivanka Trump, would make a "dynamite" ambassador to the UN. Carlos Barria/Reuters

Protesting Trump's controversial "zero tolerance" immigration policy and family separations at the US border, celebrities called on the first daughter in a "Dear Ivanka" campaign that went viral.

After Trump ended the family separations, Ivanka later said they were a "low point" in her time in the White House. "I am very vehemently against family separation and the separation of parents and children," she said in August 2018.

Pool/Getty Images

After Trump ended the family separations, Ivanka later said they were a "low point" in her time in the White House. "I am very vehemently against family separation and the separation of parents and children," she said in August 2018.

Ivanka has made supporting women, children, and families her key issues, pushing for a child tax credit and paid family leave.

She's worked on both issues with Sen. Marco Rubio. J. Scott Applewhite/AP

She has broken with her father two notable times since he took office — once when she defended the press, saying she didn't think the media, or the "fake news" as her dad likes to say, were the "enemy of the people."

Trump holds a Cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington. Thomson Reuters

She has broken with her father two notable times since he took office — once when she defended the press, saying she didn't think the media, or the "fake news" as her dad likes to say, were the "enemy of the people."

Ivanka also denounced disgraced former Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore before her father withdrew his endorsement, saying "There's a special place in hell for people who prey on children."

Ivanka Trump. Win McNamee/Getty Images

Ivanka also denounced disgraced former Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore before her father withdrew his endorsement, saying "There's a special place in hell for people who prey on children."

But she always defends her father, like when a reporter asked if she believed the women who have accused Trump of sexual misconduct. "I think it's a pretty inappropriate question to ask a daughter if she believes the accusers of her father when he's affirmatively stated there's no truth to it," Ivanka said in February 2018.

Ivanka and Donald Trump Mark Wilson/Getty Images

But she always defends her father, like when a reporter asked if she believed the women who have accused Trump of sexual misconduct. "I think it's a pretty inappropriate question to ask a daughter if she believes the accusers of her father when he's affirmatively stated there's no truth to it," Ivanka said in February 2018.

Trump even floated the idea of making her his new US ambassador to the UN, saying she "would be dynamite," but said he could "already hear the chants of nepotism!"

President Donald Trump said "everyone wants Ivanka Trump to be the new United Nations Ambassador." Carlos Barria/Reuters

Ivanka found herself in hot water when the Washington Post reported in November 2018 that she conducted government business using a private email account, in violation of federal records rules.

“She was the worst offender in the White House,” a former senior government official told The Post about Ivanka's private email use. Mark Wilson/Getty Images

Ivanka found herself in hot water when the Washington Post reported in November 2018 that she conducted government business using a private email account, in violation of federal records rules.

Many saw Ivanka's use of a private email to be hypocritical, after her father called for his former Democratic presidential opponent Hillary Clinton to be "locked up" over her use of a non-government email while serving as secretary of state.

Trump has not commented on his daughter's use of a private email account for government business. Mark Wilson/Getty Images

Many saw Ivanka's use of a private email to be hypocritical, after her father called for his former Democratic presidential opponent Hillary Clinton to be "locked up" over her use of a non-government email while serving as secretary of state.

A spokesperson for Ivanka's ethics counsel told the Post that Ivanka was unaware that using a private email for government business violated records rules, and emphasized that she never discussed classified information on her private email.

The Post said that Ivanka conducting government business with a private email could violate the Presidential Records Act. Alex Wong/Getty Images

A spokesperson for Ivanka's ethics counsel told the Post that Ivanka was unaware that using a private email for government business violated records rules, and emphasized that she never discussed classified information on her private email.

Ivanka again raised eyebrows at the 2019 G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, when she took on the role of a diplomat, attending official meetings alongside her father, and even delivered an official readout from Trump's meetings with the leaders of Japan and India.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, US President Donald Trump, and Trump's daughter Ivanka, a White House adviser, at the G20 summit meeting in June 2019. The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images

Ivanka again raised eyebrows at the 2019 G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, when she took on the role of a diplomat, attending official meetings alongside her father, and even delivered an official readout from Trump's meetings with the leaders of Japan and India.

In a cringeworthy moment that went viral, Ivanka also unsuccessfully tried to get involved in a conversation with French president Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Teresa May, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau, and IMF leader Christine Lagarde.

Ivanka Trump, left, daughter of the US President, talks with International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde, right, at a meeting during the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany on Feb. 16, 2019. AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson

In a cringeworthy moment that went viral, Ivanka also unsuccessfully tried to get involved in a conversation with French president Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Teresa May, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau, and IMF leader Christine Lagarde.

The moment was mocked online, with Twitter users editing Ivanka's photo into other historical scenes, and multiple members of Congress calling out her presence at the summit as evidence of nepotism in the administration.

Ivanka Trump with world leaders, including the heads of Japan, Canada, and Saudi Arabia, during an event promoting women's empowerment at the June 2019 G20 summit. Kyodo News via Getty Images

The moment was mocked online, with Twitter users editing Ivanka's photo into other historical scenes, and multiple members of Congress calling out her presence at the summit as evidence of nepotism in the administration.

While her father largely eschewed wearing masks to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, Ivanka often posed in them during the pandemic. But she and her siblings were all pictured without them during the first presidential debate. Days later, the White House experienced a COVID-19 outbreak that sickened both the president and first lady.

Ivanka Trump watches her father President Donald Trump hold a photo-op on June 1, 2020 in front of St. John's Episcopal Church across from the White House during ongoing protests over racial inequality in the wake of the death of George Floyd. Reuters

While her father largely eschewed wearing masks to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, Ivanka often posed in them during the pandemic. But she and her siblings were all pictured without them during the first presidential debate. Days later, the White House experienced a COVID-19 outbreak that sickened both the president and first lady.

In July 2020, Hispanic-owned Goya Foods faced a boycott after its CEO said the US was "truly blessed" to have Trump as president. Ivanka posted a photo of her posing with the company's black beans on Twitter and Instagram, which may have broken ethics rules against people in public office endorsing products.

Ivanka Trump shared a picture of herself with Goya beans, along with the company's slogan, on July 14, 2020. Twitter/Ivanka Trump

In July 2020, Hispanic-owned Goya Foods faced a boycott after its CEO said the US was "truly blessed" to have Trump as president. Ivanka posted a photo of her posing with the company's black beans on Twitter and Instagram, which may have broken ethics rules against people in public office endorsing products.

In March 2020, Jared and Ivanka finally registered as Republicans. She introduced her father for his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention held at the White House in August, which broke ethical norms of separating the place of power from campaigning. "I love you for being real, and I respect you for being effective," she said.

White House Senior Adviser Ivanka Trump introduces her father U.S. President Donald Trump to deliver his acceptance speech as the 2020 Republican presidential nominee during the final event of the Republican National Convention on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, on August 27, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

In March 2020, Jared and Ivanka finally registered as Republicans. She introduced her father for his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention held at the White House in August, which broke ethical norms of separating the place of power from campaigning. "I love you for being real, and I respect you for being effective," she said.

At the end of August 2020, news broke that Melania's former close friend Stephanie Winston Wolkoff said in her memoir that the first lady launched "Operation Block Ivanka," during Trump's 2017 inauguration in order to keep his daughter from being shown on TV cameras. The White House denied Winston Wolkoff's account.

President Donald Trump delivers his inaugural address on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2017 in Washington, DC as his wife Melania stares on. Alex Wong/Getty

At the end of August 2020, news broke that Melania's former close friend Stephanie Winston Wolkoff said in her memoir that the first lady launched "Operation Block Ivanka," during Trump's 2017 inauguration in order to keep his daughter from being shown on TV cameras. The White House denied Winston Wolkoff's account.

On her 39th birthday, an interview with RealClearPolitics was published revealing Ivanka was anti-abortion. "Parenthood affected me in a profound way in terms of how I think about these things," she told reporter Philip Wegmann. "I am pro-life, and unapologetically so."

Ivanka Trump, President Trump's daughter, drinks a Cuban coffee at the renowned Versailles restaurant in Miami. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

On her 39th birthday, an interview with RealClearPolitics was published revealing Ivanka was anti-abortion. "Parenthood affected me in a profound way in terms of how I think about these things," she told reporter Philip Wegmann. "I am pro-life, and unapologetically so."

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From rich kid to first daughter: The life of Ivanka Trump

Ivana Trump was born in Manhattan on October 30, 1981. "Ivanka" is actually a nickname for her real name, which is the same as her mother's.

She is the middle child of Donald's first wife, Ivana, who was born in Czechoslovakia.

Her mother and father divorced in 1992 after a very public breakup when he cheated with Marla Maples, who would become his second wife. Ivanka was 11 years old.

Ivanka has said while she loves Maples and her half-sister Tiffany, she could never really forgive Maples for breaking up her parents' marriage. At the time, tabloid journalists accosted her, shouting, "Is it true that Marla said that your father was the best sex she'd ever had?"

She attended the exclusive all-girls Chapin School in Manhattan — of which Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis is an alumna — and then shipped off to boarding school at Choate Rosemary Hall in Connecticut — where John F. Kennedy went.

Taking after her mother, Ivanka started modeling as a teen.

She studied at Georgetown and the University of Pennsylvania (her father's alma mater), where she graduated in 2004 with a degree in economics.

Ivanka met Jared Kushner, from a fellow real-estate mogul family who also grew up in the public eye, in 2005. The pair began dating on and off shortly after that.

An inch shy of 6 feet, she's walked the runways for Versace. Ivanka told Harper's Bazaar in 2007 that 60-year-old bankers "have nothing on a group of catty 16-year-old female models without parental supervision."

But her true passion has always been the family business. She tagged along to board meetings and negotiations her whole life, but started officially working for her father in 2005 after graduating college.

Ivanka appeared on her father's hit TV show, "The Apprentice," joining the cast as a boardroom judge from its sixth season to its final episode with the Trumps at the helm in 2015.

Ivanka apparently inherited her father's dealmaking skills. She was the lead negotiator on the Trump National Doral Miami, a $1 billion property that she scooped up for $150 million.

In 2009, she published, "The Trump Card," an inspirational how-to get ahead in business book based on her experiences. It was a New York Times bestseller. Her second book, "Women Who Work," came out in May 2017.

Ivanka married Kushner on October 25, 2009. She converted to Orthodox Judaism for him, and the couple keep kosher and observe the Sabbath, shutting off their electronics to spend time with family.

In addition to helping run the Trump Organization, Ivanka launched a jewelry collection in 2007, and created her own fashion and lifestyle brand, The Ivanka Trump Collection, shortly thereafter.

Ivanka is an early riser, usually beginning work by 6:30 a.m. People describe her as friendly, polished, eloquent, capable, and even a bit intimidating. She admits she has "a big ego," like her father.

Previously an avid Manhattan socialite, she lent her name recognition to various charitable causes, including the New York City Police Foundation and Cookies for Kids' Cancer, shown here.

Her and her brothers Eric and Donald Jr. — all Trump's kids from his first wife — held the title of executive vice presidents of development and acquisition at the Trump Organization, with offices side-by-side-by-side in Trump Tower.

She has always been extremely close with her father. When Ivanka was little, he used to brag to high-powered executives about how smart she was. And he never ignores her phone calls.

Receiving numerous accolades for her business acumen over the years, the World Economic Forum named Ivanka a Young Global Leader, and she was 33rd on Fortune magazine's '40 Under 40' list in 2014.

On March 27, 2016, Ivanka and Jared welcomed baby Theo, their third child after Arabella and Joseph.

"The most important job any woman can have is being a mother, and it shouldn't mean taking a pay cut," she controversially proclaimed in a political ad for her father.

After her father clinched the party's presidential nomination, Ivanka delivered a keynote address at the Republican National Convention, highlighting her father's record of supporting women and minorities within his company.

She was her father's constant foil on the campaign trail. After a lewd 2005 tape of Trump making crude sexual remarks about women, Ivanka said his comments were "clearly inappropriate and offensive," and that she was glad he apologized for them.

Her support for her father has never wavered. "Thank you, America, for the trust that you placed in my father," Ivanka said on election night after he won. "He will never let you down!"

And she is clearly her father's favorite child. "Daddy’s little girl!" he's called her.

After the election, Ivanka and Jared moved to D.C., and both relinquished control of their many business ventures. She stepped down from her fashion line and the Trump Organization, leaving the company in her brothers' hands.

But her father's many critics have jeopardized Ivanka's brands. Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, Gilt, and Burlington all dropped her fashion line in early 2017 following customer protests and weak sales.

By July 2018, Ivanka announced she was shutting down her fashion company. "I do not know when or if I will ever return to the business, but I do know that my focus for the foreseeable future will be the work I am doing here in Washington," she said in a statement.

One of her father's closest confidantes, Ivanka has sat in on many of his meetings with business and world leaders — just like she did as a kid.

But sometimes critics think she's gone too far, like when she briefly took her dad's seat at the G20 Summit in Germany in July 2018.

She has represented the US on multiple occasions, including attending the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea.

She and Jared also opened the new US embassy in Israel that her father moved to Jerusalem. That day, 40,000 Palestinians protested the opening at the Gaza border. At least 58 Palestinians died and more than 2,700 were wounded, many from Israeli forces.

Protesting Trump's controversial "zero tolerance" immigration policy and family separations at the US border, celebrities called on the first daughter in a "Dear Ivanka" campaign that went viral.

After Trump ended the family separations, Ivanka later said they were a "low point" in her time in the White House. "I am very vehemently against family separation and the separation of parents and children," she said in August 2018.

Ivanka has made supporting women, children, and families her key issues, pushing for a child tax credit and paid family leave.

She has broken with her father two notable times since he took office — once when she defended the press, saying she didn't think the media, or the "fake news" as her dad likes to say, were the "enemy of the people."

Ivanka also denounced disgraced former Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore before her father withdrew his endorsement, saying "There's a special place in hell for people who prey on children."

Trump even floated the idea of making her his new US ambassador to the UN, saying she "would be dynamite," but said he could "already hear the chants of nepotism!"

Ivanka found herself in hot water when the Washington Post reported in November 2018 that she conducted government business using a private email account, in violation of federal records rules.

Many saw Ivanka's use of a private email to be hypocritical, after her father called for his former Democratic presidential opponent Hillary Clinton to be "locked up" over her use of a non-government email while serving as secretary of state.

A spokesperson for Ivanka's ethics counsel told the Post that Ivanka was unaware that using a private email for government business violated records rules, and emphasized that she never discussed classified information on her private email.

Ivanka again raised eyebrows at the 2019 G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, when she took on the role of a diplomat, attending official meetings alongside her father, and even delivered an official readout from Trump's meetings with the leaders of Japan and India.

In a cringeworthy moment that went viral, Ivanka also unsuccessfully tried to get involved in a conversation with French president Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Teresa May, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau, and IMF leader Christine Lagarde.

The moment was mocked online, with Twitter users editing Ivanka's photo into other historical scenes, and multiple members of Congress calling out her presence at the summit as evidence of nepotism in the administration.

On her 39th birthday, an interview with RealClearPolitics was published revealing Ivanka was anti-abortion. "Parenthood affected me in a profound way in terms of how I think about these things," she told reporter Philip Wegmann. "I am pro-life, and unapologetically so."

Ivanka's trusted voice is likely to shape her father's presidency for years to come. She's lived her whole life in the spotlight — why stop now?