It is likely that both Donald Trump and Paris Hilton would be unknown to the world and working average jobs like most of America if it wasn’t for their families’ enormous wealth. In his current campaign for the presidency, Donald Trump has touted his business expertise and his success as an entrepreneur to potential voters, but compared to other people who had a similar head start, Trump’s accomplishments are not very impressive at all. In fact, according to earning figures, Paris Hilton has actually been able to do far more with her family’s wealth than Trump has, and she has been able to do it with less money and in less time too.
It is important to point out that neither of these people are “self-made.” However, Trump inherited a substantially larger amount money than Hilton, has had way more time, and is barely ahead of her in earnings.
In the early 1980’s Trump inherited $200 million from his real estate tycoon father and in the past 30 years he has managed to grow his fortune to an estimated $4 billion.