The Trump Group

The Trump Group, based in Aventura, Florida, is a developer of luxury condominiums and investor in private companies; it is not related to the Trump Organization, owned by Donald Trump. Its projects include Williams Island (Florida) in Aventura, Estates at Acqualina in Sunny Isles Beach, and Luxuria in Boca Raton.

History

The company was founded by Jules and Eddie Trump (who are not related to Donald Trump), Jewish brothers who moved to the United States from South Africa in the 1970s. In 1980, the brothers began their first project, Williams Island in Aventura.

Initially based in New York, the company purchased the Seattle-based Pay 'n Save drug store chain in 1984. Shortly after the purchase, the publisher of the trade magazine Drugstore News mistakenly tried to sell Donald Trump a subscription. Donald Trump and the Trump Organization then unsuccessfully sued the Trump Group over the use of the Trump name. Trump then petitioned the United States Patent and Trademark Office to revoke the trademark registration which it did in 1988 because of the "likelihood of confusion".

Philanthropy

Eddie and Jules Trump and their parents and sister co-founded and support Beit Issie Shapiro, an Israeli nonprofit organization for the treatment and care of children and adults with disabilities. The Eddie and Jules Trump Family Foundation supports teacher training and other programs in Israel.

Members of the Trump family also sponsored the creation of a Modern Orthodox synagogue in Williams Island, which is named after them.

References

  1. ↑ "Florida Condo Developer Takes Out Miami Area's Biggest Construction Loan in Years". Bloomberg News. October 3, 2018.
  2. ↑ Apgar, Sally (July 1, 2009). "The other Trumps". The Real Deal.
  3. ↑ Sell, Mark (July 2016). "We Have Our Own Trumps, Thank You". Biscayne Times. Archived from the original on June 10, 2017. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
  4. 1 2 Kaplan Sommer, Allison (19 May 2017). "Meet the Jewish Trumps - Who Were Once Sued by Donald for Using His Name". Haaretz.
  5. ↑ "The Trump Files: Donald Sued Other People Named Trump for Using Their Own Name". Mother Jones. Archived from the original on 2020-08-15. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
  6. ↑ Nehamas, Nicholas (4 October 2015). "Jules Trump on Sunny Isles and the future of luxury in Miami". Miami Herald.
  7. 1 2 Scardino, Albert (February 7, 1988). "In Business, U.S. Says Donald is Trump". The New York Times. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
  8. 1 2 Barron, James (January 31, 2016). "How Donald Trump Tried to Protect His Name From Others Who Shared It". The New York Times. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Trump Group Lifts Pay'n Save Bid". The New York Times. 14 September 1984.
  10. ↑ "United Nations Turns to Israel's Beit Issie Shapiro for Inclusion Advice". Ability (magazine). August 1, 2023. Retrieved December 14, 2025.
  11. ↑ https://www.wctsynagogue.org/about-us