How Much Melania Trump Earns: Net Worth and Divorce Income
Melania Trump's estate is six-figure, but in the event of a divorce from Donald, the former First Lady would earn $ 50 million and several real estate properties.
$ 50 million and real estate: that's how much Melania would earn in the event of a divorce from Donald Trump, far more than what Trump's first wife Ivana got. The rumors about the alleged separation of Melania and Donald are becoming increasingly insistent, and were already in the air before the tycoon officially lost the elections.
On the other hand, there are many public occasions in which Melania, through body language, has shown herself annoyed and not condescending towards Trump. Many argue that it was a kind of silent rebellion by the First Lady, who can't stand her husband and probably couldn't leave him for reasons of prenuptial agreements or other interests in the field. Interest that would cease now that Trump is no longer president.
So let's see how much Melania Trump earns, what is her net worth and what are the terms of the prenup.
How much does Melania Trump earn: assets and salary
Melania Trump (aka Melania Knauss) was born in Slovenia in 1970 (she is 50 years old) to a car dealer father and a fashion designer mother.
Before marrying Donald Trump in 2005, Melania was a model. He studied architecture and design at the University of Ljubljana but did not take a degree, to devote himself to a career in the world of fashion.
Working for the most famous houses in Milan, Paris and New York, he has traveled extensively all over the world and speaks 5 languages perfectly. In 2006, the couple's first and only child, Barron William Trump, was born.
Melania has also launched a low-cost jewelry collection, Melania Timepieces, and a successful skin care product line.
With Trump's victory in the US elections, in 2017 Melania becomes First Lady, sets aside her business and devotes herself completely to her husband's political career and to charity initiatives.
Having married one of the richest politicians in American history (Trump is the first billionaire to become president of the United States), Melania's fortune has skyrocketed, albeit by far less than the wealth of Donald Trump, whose net worth is to $ 2.1 billion (Forbes). According to rumors, Melania Trump's personal fortune is 50 million dollars.
Melania did not receive a salary for being First Lady, but her role obviously included a whole host of privileges and perks such as accommodation, travel, personal safety expenses, free lunches and dinners.
Donald and Melania Trump prenuptial agreement: how much does divorce cost?
Donald Trump is somewhat familiar with prenuptial agreements, considering his immense fortune, three marriages and two divorces behind him. Contracts can include money, houses, and any asset deemed valuable enough to be "protected". The details of Donald and Melania's prenuptial contract are top secret at the moment, but it is almost certain that the terms in the event of a divorce have been changed with Trump's election as president of the United States.
According to rumors Ivana Trump, Donald's first wife and mother of three of his children, received $ 14 million and some expensive real estate (the mansion in Greenwich, Connecticut, an apartment in Trump Plaza and the use of the mansion). Mar-a-Lago in Florida for one month a year) when the two divorced in 1992. Trump also had to pay $ 650,000 a year for child support Don Jr, Eric and Ivanka.
According to the copy of the prenuptial agreement with his second wife, Marla Maples, obtained by Vanity Fair, Trump has imposed tough conditions in the event of a divorce, including cutting the child support allowance when he finds a job or joins. to the military, and a ban on the ex-spouse from making statements or testimony about the details of their marriage.
In the case of Melania, the constraints set out in the contract will certainly be more stringent (but the sums of money more generous) considering Trump's position over the last 4 years.
Experts say Melania could walk away with at least $ 50 million in the event of a divorce. Although there are those who say that this figure may not be enough considering the standard of living that Melania and Trump's son have been accustomed to in recent years.
The media have begun to speculate that Donald and Melania's marriage is now at an end after the former First Lady was spotted at a Veterans Day ceremony in Virginia with a military man instead of her husband. There are also rumors that former White House aides have said that Melania is counting the minutes until her divorce from Trump.
It would not surprise a legal affair similar to that between Jeff Bezos and his ex-wife MacKenzie who, thanks to the divorce, saw her net worth today amount to 48 billion dollars, a figure that places her in 22nd place in the ranking of the richest in the world .
