How did the chosen one Barron Trump earn 150 million dollars?

Deng Tong, Golden Finance

Born in 2006, Barron is only 19 years old, but his net worth has already reached $150 million. Barron has participated in the establishment of a luxury real estate company, the Trump family's crypto project WLFI, and has campaigned for senior positions at TikTok...

This article explores how this post-00s individual from an American first family has built a fortune of 150 million dollars.

1. The Barents People

Barron William Trump, born on March 20, 2006, is the youngest child of U.S. President Donald Trump and the only child of Trump and his third wife, Melania Trump.

In June 2015, Barron attended Trump's presidential campaign announcement. Since the election, Melania has been "very protective" of Barron. He started attending Oxford Academy in West Palm Beach, Florida in August 2021, under the protection of the Secret Service. He will graduate from Oxford Academy in West Palm Beach in May 2024.

In the presidential election, Barron played an important role in helping Trump attract young voters. He attended Trump's victory speech after the 2024 presidential election and Trump's second inauguration.

In July 2024, Barron co-founded the real estate company Trump, Fulcher & Roxburgh Capital Inc. with others. The company was dissolved after Trump's victory.

In September 2024, Baren became a co-founder of the Trump family's project World Liberty Financial.

In October 2025, Barren is running for a senior position at TikTok.

2. Following in My Father's Footsteps - Starting a Real Estate Company at 18

In July 2024, Barron established a real estate company. It was dissolved on November 14, 2024 (a few days after Donald Trump won the presidential election).

This seems to resonate with Trump's early business experience in the real estate sector. In 1971, Trump took over his father's residential real estate company. From then on, a business empire spanning the United States and even the world was born, encompassing residential properties, luxury hotels, casinos, and golf courses. Trump's name became widely known, laying the foundation for his political rise.

Another partner of this real estate company is Cameron Roxburgh, a classmate of Barron at the Palm Beach Oxford Bridge Academy. Cameron pointed out the reason for the company's dissolution just four months after its establishment: to avoid attracting media attention during the election period. According to Cameron, the company is a high-end real estate development firm that plans to own properties and golf courses in Utah, Arizona, and Idaho. Trump privately offered advice to his son and endorsed the idea. However, Trump did not provide funding for the company; they plan to merge the company into the Trump Group, making it a subsidiary.

However, Baron’s commercial debut does not seem to have been successful. In the United States, typical real estate development projects usually take at least 12 to 24 months from inception to profitability, which means this rapidly disbanded company did not even have time to enter the project execution or cash flow stage. Currently, there is also no public data showing that Baron made any money from his real estate career.

III. Entering Family Projects - Joining WLFI Co-Creation

In September 2024, Barron became a co-founder of the Trump family project World Liberty Financial, which not only filled the Trump family's coffers but also helped Barron quickly accumulate a substantial amount of wealth, marking his first bucket of gold in life.

DT Marks Defi LLC, a company owned by the Trump family in shares of World Liberty, received a total of 22.5 billion cryptocurrency tokens named $WLFI in September 2024. As a condition for promoting and allowing the project to use the Trump name, the company also received 75% of the revenue from World Liberty after the first $15 million in profits. According to financial disclosures submitted during Trump's presidency, as of the beginning of this year, he owned 70% of Trump Marks Defi LLC. His family owns the remaining 30%. His sons Eric, Don Jr., and Barron are listed as co-founders, so if they share this 30% stake equally, each would own 10%.

Initially, this 10% stake was not much. Once purchased, World Liberty tokens cannot be resold or transferred, and the token sales were generally low. However, after Trump won the election, the sales of WLFI improved immediately. According to data released by the company and its clients, as of August, World Liberty had sold tokens worth approximately $675 million. Barron's after-tax income was about $38 million.

In March this year, World Liberty announced the launch of another product: the USD1 stablecoin. USD1 has a market capitalization of approximately $2.6 billion, and the Trump family seems to hold a 38% stake in the company. Barron may have earned about $34 million.

In August, World Liberty reached an agreement with a publicly traded healthcare company named Alt5 Sigma, which is seeking to transform into a cryptocurrency fund management company. As part of the deal, Alt5 exchanged 1 million shares of Alt5 Sigma stock, 99 million warrants, and 20 million warrants exercisable at a higher price for $WLFI tokens worth $750 million. Alt5 used the substantial funds it raised to purchase World Liberty Financial tokens valued at $717 million, with over $500 million flowing to Trump's company and approximately $41 million (after tax) flowing to Barren.

For details, please refer to "How to Play the Capital Games of ALT5 and WLFI from Hugging Trump's Thighs to Switching Hands?"

Barron also received approximately 2.25 billion World Liberty tokens, accounting for 10% of the 22.5 billion tokens originally obtained by the Trump Organization. Barron's 10% stake is now valued at around $45 million.

All of this adds up to just over $150 million, which is no small amount for a 19-year-old sophomore college student. Barron has no other known assets, but this money is enough to pay for his $67,430 tuition at NYU's Stern School of Business, which is 2200 times more than this amount.

IV. Campaign for Senior Position at TikTok

As mentioned above, Barron helped Trump win over young voters, and if Barron successfully runs for a senior position at TikTok, it will also ensure an increased appeal of TikTok among young people.

According to the executive order signed by Trump in September: "TikTok in the U.S. will be operated by a newly established joint venture. ByteDance will receive about 50% of the profits from TikTok's U.S. operations."

For related content, please refer to "Full Text of Trump's Executive Order: Details of TikTok's US Divestiture Plan"

Trump once said in a video: "For all the young people on TikTok, I saved TikTok, so you owe me a lot."

Jack Advent, former social media manager for Trump's 2024 presidential campaign, pointed out: "President Trump has delivered on his promise to save TikTok and the millions of Americans who run businesses and access unfiltered news through the app. The vast majority of TikTok's user base is young people. I hope President Trump will consider appointing his son Barron and other young Americans to the TikTok board to ensure it remains an app that young people want to continue using."

From real estate to cryptocurrency, and then to TikTok, with the business genes of the knowledgeable Wang Laoba and the infinite opportunities provided by family networks, the business career of the chosen one, Barron, may have just begun...

V. Appendix: The Wealth of Trump's Other Four Children

In 1982, Trump and his father made it onto the inaugural Forbes 400 list of billionaires, with a combined net worth of $200 million (equivalent to $660 million today). His first famous quote was: "Man is the most ferocious of all animals, and life is a series of battles ending in victory or defeat." Decades later, Trump moved into the White House, and his family was monetizing these killer instincts in innovative ways.

( Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump

Net assets: 1 billion USD; 100 million USD

In January 2021, Kushner founded the private equity firm Affinity Partners. He raised $4.6 billion from supporters in Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, leveraging the relationships he established while serving as a presidential advisor, and has invested over $2 billion in 22 companies. The company is valued at approximately $215 million. Thanks to Affinity's financial backing, along with his 20% stake in the family real estate firm Kushner Companies (worth $560 million), Kushner is now a billionaire. The couple's property in the elite Miami neighborhood of Indian Creek Island has also contributed to this, where Jeff Bezos resides. Since they purchased the property in 2020, its value has more than doubled to about $105 million.

) Eric Trump

Net Assets: $750 million

Eric Trump, the second son, had an estimated net worth of 40 million dollars last year, earning more money in the cryptocurrency field than any of his siblings. Much of this funding comes from American Bitcoin, a cryptocurrency mining company he co-founded in March, which went public in early September, at one point making him a billionaire. The 7.5% stake he holds is worth about 500 million dollars. He also received about 10% of the revenue from the token sale of World Liberty Financial. In May of this year, he traveled to the Middle East with his brother Don Jr. to sign an agreement allowing the family business to use their family brand at a golf resort in Qatar and to engage in some other new ventures. As of July 2024, the brothers appear to have received 20% of the profits from certain licensing agreements.

Donald Trump

Net Asset: 500 million USD

Donald Trump Jr. holds a small stake in American Bitcoin and is a co-founder of World Liberty. He and Eric established a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in August, seeking merger targets in the technology, healthcare, or logistics sectors. He is also a significant player in the anti-woke economy, collaborating with the self-proclaimed "anti-ESG" venture capital firm 1789 Capital, and serving on the boards of the anti-woke, anti-abortion online platform Public Square, online gun retailer GrabAGun, and the parent company of Truth Social. His wealth has increased from an estimated $50 million last year.

Michael Bross and Tiffany Trump

Net assets: $20 million; $1-20 million

Michael's father is Massad Boulos, associated with companies like SCOA Nigeria and Boulos Enterprises. Tiffany's publicly available asset sources are relatively limited, unlike her siblings who have been involved in the family business operations for a long time.