The country’s top chefs, designers, media personalities and businesses are part of this dynamic city. We know that Chicagoans are used to the highest standards.
IVANKA TRUMPThe country’s top chefs, designers, media personalities and businesses are part of this dynamic city. We know that Chicagoans are used to the highest standards.
IVANKA TRUMPI’m so grateful to my parents for my upbringing and for all of the opportunities that I was provided with, but I also learned at a young age that success is not given, it is earned and that has always been something that motivates me.
IVANKA TRUMPMy mom grew up in the Soviet Bloc, and she was a Tiger Mom. We didn’t get away with much.
IVANKA TRUMPMy father values talent. He recognizes real knowledge and skill when he finds it. He is color blind and gender neutral. He hires the best person for the job, period.
IVANKA TRUMPWhile I enjoy and have enjoyed great success building my own personal apparel and accessories collections, my greatest passion has and will always be real estate.
IVANKA TRUMPPeople underestimate me, and that’s fine. I prefer to go into negotiations being underestimated.
IVANKA TRUMPWe all have different perspectives but we tend not to disagree with each other very often in terms of where we want to get or where we want to be. So it’s been amazing working with my brothers.
IVANKA TRUMPI’ve also built my own business, and obviously it’s a brand that I’ve built and it’s wholly owned by me and something that certainly my experience observing him and working with him and for him has informed how I make business decisions around my brand. But it’s my company.
IVANKA TRUMPReal estate is my life. It is my day job, if you will. But it consumes my nights and weekends, too.
IVANKA TRUMPI think my mom threatened to put me up for adoption a few times.
IVANKA TRUMPTraditionally women have been more reticent to acknowledge their ambition and to say it with pride. So I like having people who work for us who are ambitious, engaged, respectful. Mis-hiring is a huge mistake. It’s a tremendous opportunity cost throwing the position to the wrong person.
IVANKA TRUMPBe passionate. If you are passionate, you will ultimately succeed.
IVANKA TRUMPI think there are multiple ways to have your voice heard. In some cases, it’s through protest and it’s through going on the nightly news and talking about or denouncing every issue on which you disagree with. Other times it is quietly and directly and candidly.
IVANKA TRUMPI was in total shock. I work so close [to home] that I figured I’d return to work and the baby nurse would bring the baby to me, and I’d run home periodically, and I’d make it work. But every two hours? That’s a whole other level. I’ll have to make a nursery at the office.
IVANKA TRUMPIf people think I’m just the boss’s daughter, they’re deceived.
IVANKA TRUMPI set very bold goals. It’s how I’ve always been. I’m definitely somebody who swings for the fences, and I expect very high performance.
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