Ivanka Trump had already reached socialite fame thanks to being the daughter of Manhattan real estate mogul Donald Trump, but her celebrity profile burst through the stratosphere when her father shockingly defeated Hillary Clinton in the intensely polarizing 2016 presidential election. Soon, Ivanka went from being a mogul in her own right in the fashion world to a chief adviser to the president of the United States.
When Ivanka was born in 1981 to parents Donald and Ivana Trump, she was actually given her mother's name, Ivana, and according to Us Weekly, that's what is listed on her birth certificate. As for how she became Ivanka, in 2010, the real estate heiress explained that the name change honors her mother's Czech heritage. "In Czech, Ivanka is the baby name for Ivana, like Bobby is to Robert," she tweeted.
According to the Daily Mail, the business mogul has turned "Ivanka Trump" into a $50 million personal brand. Like her father, she has mastered the world of real estate, but she also branched out into fashion with her own line of clothing and accessories. Ivanka is also an author who published The Trump Card in 2009, a book that, like her famous last name, proved to be a tad divisive. But there's no denying that Ivanka has clearly made a name for herself, even if it's not the one that she was born with.
