DONALD John Trump is the 45th and current president of the United States. Prior to entering politics, he was a businessman and television personality. He will be celebrating his 74th birthday on Sunday, June 14.
President Trump was born and raised in Queens, New York, and earned an Economics degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He then took charge of The Trump Organization, the real estate and construction firm founded by his paternal grandmother, which he ran for four-and-a-half decades until 2017.
During his real estate career, Trump built, renovated and managed numerous office towers, hotels casinos and golf courses. Besides real estate, he started several side ventures and licensed the use of his name for the branding of various products and properties.
Trump owned the Miss USA and Miss Universe Pageants from 1996 to 2015. He also hosted The Apprentice, a reality television series on NBC from 2004 to 2015. His estimated net worth as of March 2020 according to various sources (including Forbes) is at $3.1 billion, although many analysts have said that it is hard to really determine President Trump’s net worth as many of the businesses remain private.
On a different note, another June celebrant is one of the most successful movie actors and now a movie producer in the Philippine entertainment industry: John Lloyd Cruz. The soap opera and movie star has been recognized as Box Office King five times (2008-2010, 2013-2014), and has been paired with popular actresses in successful movies at the tills, including Sarah Genomino, Bea Alonzo and Toni Gonzaga.
John Lloyd is the first Filipino and first Southeast Asian actor to be honored with the Star Asia award at the 15th New York Asian Film Festival. He joined Hong Kong’s Miriam Yeung and South Korea’s Lee Byung-hun as the recipients of the award in 2016. Cruz celebrates his 37th birthday on June 24, which incidentally is the feast day of St. John the Baptist.
Others celebrating their birthdays in June include:
June 2: Dr. Loi Ejercito Estrada;
June 3: Christine (TinTin) Garcia;
June 4: Kundiman Queen Sylvia La Torre, multi-awarded movie actress Pacita Arana;
June 5: Former senator Ramon Magsaysay Jr., Wowowin TV show dance choreographer Anna Feliciano;
June 8: Former Mr. United Nations World Scott Ancheta;
June 9: Hotel executive Ben Carian;
June 11: Dancer/actor/musician Gabriel “Gab” Valanciano, former Mrs. United Nations International Estela Bejar McCovey;
June 13: Daly City businessman Lambert Paniza, veteran newspaper writer/book author Julie Yap Daza;
June 14: The late senator Miriam Defensor Santiago;
June 15: Philippine News Today owner/publisher Francis Espiritu;
June 19: Fiesta Filipina Cuisine in Las. Vegas owner Ernie Guevarra;
June 20: Ballroom dance king Louie Rubio;
June 21: Former Ilocos Sur governor/representative Luis “Chavit” Singson, former Miss RP Tourism and Miss Philippines runner-up Krystal Ann Dizon Grant;
June 22: Colma communityn leader Aida Viray;
June 24: Burlingame business executive Mightor Garcia;
June 25: Actress Andi Eigenmann of Channel 2;
June 27: Former first gentleman of the Philippines Jose Miguel (Mike) Arroyo;
June 30: Bank executive Bernie de Barrio.
To all June birthday celebrants, Many Happy Returns of the Day!
