Author: Kyle Khan-Mullins
Compilation: Deep Tide TechFlow
According to estimates by Forbes, Donald Trump's eldest children earn millions of dollars each year by participating in their father's real estate empire. Barron Trump seems to earn even more, and at a faster pace.
Before the Trump family ventured into the cryptocurrency field, Barron Trump was already fully engaged in this area. 'Barron knows a lot about this,' President Trump stated in an interview in September, at which point the Trump family had just launched a cryptocurrency project called 'World Liberty Financial.' 'Although Barron is young, he understands these things very well—he often mentions his 'wallets,' Trump added, 'He has four wallets or something like that, and I'm still asking, 'What is a wallet?'
In the past nine months, Donald Trump has made about $1 billion from cryptocurrency, while his youngest son Barron has also performed well. It is estimated that Barron Trump may have earned nearly $40 million, with a net worth of around $25 million after taxes. This figure is clearly far greater than the wealth accumulated by his siblings at a similar age.
In contrast, Trump's eldest and second sons held small shares in the family's tower in Las Vegas and the Washington D.C. hotel, but these investments do not seem to have yielded substantial returns like the cryptocurrency boom. The crypto wave provided Barron with a luxurious opportunity to officially step into the Trump family business empire.
In the 'Gold Paper' of the cryptocurrency project 'World Liberty Financial' launched by the Trump family, Barron is referred to as the 'Web3 Ambassador,' a title also given to Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump. Additionally, the three are listed as co-founders of the project, alongside four others on the official website.
However, for months, the specific shareholding proportions of the Trump family members in this project have remained a mystery. Until last Friday, Trump himself (referred to as the 'chief crypto advocate' in the white paper and listed as an honorary co-founder on the official site) released a financial disclosure report revealing he personally holds 52.5% of the shares, while unnamed family members collectively hold 22.5%.
The documents do not detail the share distribution among family members, but if Donald Trump Jr., Eric, and Barron split this portion of shares equally, each would hold 7.5%. This percentage is identical to the shares held by Trump's three adult children in the Washington D.C. hotel.
'World Liberty Financial' has brought in how much revenue?
The project has sold tokens worth at least $550 million, with the first $30 million of profit seemingly flowing to the project owners thereafter. Therefore, Barron and his two older brothers may have each received $39 million before taxes.
However, there is a variable: the Trump family appears to have sold part of their stake in the project around January 2025, and this transaction seems to have occurred after the recent financial disclosure deadline. The specific timing and amount of the sale may affect Barron and his brothers' final earnings. Neither 'World Liberty Financial' nor representatives of the Trump Organization responded to requests for comment.
Regardless of Barron's specific earnings, one thing is certain: at only 19 years old, he has joined the ranks of presidential relatives who profit from their close ties to power. At just 9 years old, his father, Donald Trump, announced his candidacy for president on the famous golden escalator inside Trump Tower.
Seventeen months later, Trump won the election and took office in the White House in January 2017. That summer, Barron and his mother Melania also moved into the White House. It has been reported that Barron attended St. Andrew's Episcopal School in Potomac, Maryland, where the current annual tuition exceeds $50,000.
Although Barron rarely appears publicly, according to a Melania biography published in 2020, Melania renegotiated the prenuptial agreement in 2018 to secure better inheritance terms for Barron and more opportunities to participate in the family business. This undoubtedly laid the foundation for Barron's early success in the family business empire.
In the years outside the White House and the spotlight, Barron Trump reportedly attended Oxbridge Academy in West Palm Beach, Florida, where the annual tuition exceeds $40,000. In September 2024, he entered New York University's Stern School of Business, where the annual tuition reaches $99,000. In the same month, his father announced the creation of the cryptocurrency project 'World Liberty Financial.' Clearly, Barron does not need to worry about tuition fees.
