Who is Michael Boulos, Tiffany Trump's billionaire fiancé? Between fortune and family tragedy
As we announced on January 20, Tiffany Trump took advantage of her father's last day as President of the United States to announce that she was engaged to her billionaire partner Michael Boulos.
The couple immortalized this big day at the White House during a photoshoot. Since then, we know more about the young man who shares his life.
Michael Boulos is the heir to a multi-billion dollar empire. The young Arab-American entrepreneur destined to become Donald Trump's stepson comes from an extraordinary family that has experienced immense wealth but also unimaginable tragedy, reveals MailOnline.
The 23-year-old, who this week proposed to the former president's youngest daughter Tiffany, 27, with a $ 1.2 million engagement ring, is the heir a vast, multi-billion dollar business empire that spans much of the African continent.
His family's roots are based in the hills of northern Lebanon and span decades and continents.
Her mother suffered tremendous grief with the loss of seven family members in the space of a few days.
MailOnline spoke to Michael's mogul's father, Dr Massad Boulos. The latter told the story of the family and expressed his joy at the idea of Michael's upcoming marriage to Tiffany.
"This is great news, it is an amazing love story and it will continue to be," he said.
A longtime Republican, he says Trump has been "the best president in recent US history, and the most accomplished by far." He was delighted with the announcement of the engagement and said that Tiffany was a beautiful young woman and very intelligent. "Michael is very lucky. It is just a chapter that they are now entering on a long journey of love and prosperity."
From a Lebanese Christian family with ties to Nigeria, France and the United States, 23-year-old Michael was born in Houston, Texas, the second of four siblings. The Boulos children were largely brought up in Lagos.
According to Massad, Fares (the actor son), now 30, inherited his mother's artistic bent, while Michael has always been more inclined to take the reins of the family business.
“He's always been brilliant in school and good with people - both have been - but Fares got into acting early on,” he said.
There are also two younger sisters: Oriane, 20, and Sophie, 8.
Michael's mother is called Sarah Fadoul. She is the daughter of the magnate Zouhair Fadoul. The Fadoul group now has interests in 13 African countries, particularly in the construction, sale, assembly and maintenance of vehicles, from cars to earthmoving machines and tractors.
The tragedy
Sarah, who has French nationality through her mother, moved to Nigeria and founded the Society for the Performing Arts in Nigeria (SPAN). But in 2003, when Michael was only six years old, a devastating double tragedy shattered the family to its roots, taking seven members of his family.
First, her aunt and uncle died in a house fire caused by faulty Christmas tree lights.
Then, on Christmas Day, five other members of Sarah's family, including her mother and brother, who were flying from Cotonou, Benin, to Beirut for the funeral, were also killed when their charter flight crashed. crashed on take off.
"It was a terrible tragedy for the whole family," Massad recalled. Michael was 6 at the time.
His actor brother
Michael left Lagos soon after graduating to study for three years at the private Regent's University in London, where he lived in a million dollar "student apartment" near Regent's Park.
This area is very popular with wealthy foreign students who attend London Business School or Regent's University. It is within walking distance of the trendy cafes and cosmopolitan shops of St John's Wood. Neighbors include Tom Ford, Damien Hirst and Sasha Baron Cohen.
Michael obtained a BS in Global Business Management from Regent's, before later obtaining a Masters in Project Management, Finance and Risk at City, University of London.
Michael may have inherited business acumen from his father and grandfather, but Fares is an aspiring actor who appeared fleetingly in The Crown, playing director Ken Russell. He also had a small role in Fantastic Beasts.
