# Trump's Business Acumen **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 25, 2016, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-business-acumen/760821 "2016-07-25T01:13:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DerekMichaels00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f14d63/32.png) [@DerekMichaels00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DerekMichaels00)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-business-acumen/760821/1 "2016-07-25T01:13:52Z")
Donald Trump likes to brag about his business acumen. However, as I look up firms that should be competitors of a top real estate firm, I am very interested in what separates Trump’s Org from: [ul] [li]JLL [/li][li]Tishman Speyer[/li][li]Colliers [/li][li]Newmark Grubb Knight Frank[/li][li]CBRE [/li][li]Silverstein (owner of the WTC)[/li][li]Brickman[/li][li]Cushman & Wakefield. [/li][/ul] Those firms, as one can see by using LinkedIn, actually attract young talent from good schools. Trump Org barely has any. Why is this? Also, I was looking at Wharton’s real estate center, and Penn is having [zero events](http://realestate.wharton.upenn.edu/membership/executive-committee.php) related to this supposedly great RE company in the coming academic year, the Trump Org [has zero](http://realestate.wharton.upenn.edu/membership/current-members.php) people as members of Wharton’s RE center, and [zero](http://realestate.wharton.upenn.edu/membership/executive-committee.php) on the executive committee. Sad! ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-business-acumen/760821/2 "2016-07-25T01:25:47Z")
Two of Trump’s kids graduated Wharton. One graduated Georgetown. All are part of Trump Inc. ---
**Author:** ![DerekMichaels00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f14d63/32.png) [@DerekMichaels00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DerekMichaels00)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-business-acumen/760821/3 "2016-07-25T01:29:38Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Two of Trump’s kids graduated Wharton. One graduated Georgetown. All are part of Trump Inc. that’s obvious tho; of course Wharton takes Trump’s kids (to get donations and fame/notoriety) and his kids wanna basically sit on their asses and get their fathers’ money/fame. But aside from Trump’s kids, few else from top schools ever go work at The Trump Organization. Nobody gets a Booth MBA thinking “yea, I wanna be CIO at The Trump Organization.” ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-business-acumen/760821/4 "2016-07-25T02:18:16Z")
It’s a privately held company operated by the Trump family members at the highest executive positions. So there’s a glass ceiling there. His kids seem well educated and not exactly stupid - though the two oldest boys do exude a Gordon Gekko reptilian feel about them. I think this guy is happy to be the current [the CIO of Trump Hotel Collection](https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-schubach-6924228). Pretty sure if that position ever comes open, plenty of people would jump at the opportunity. [GlassDoor gives Trump Inc a not too bad rating of 3.4 stars.](https://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/The-Trump-Organization-Reviews-E3007.htm) I’m not sure what point you’re trying to make with this thread. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-business-acumen/760821/5 "2016-07-25T02:25:29Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > I’m not sure what point you’re trying to make with this thread. I think we’re supposed to repeat the glowing testimonials told about Trump by Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2016, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-business-acumen/760821/6 "2016-07-25T02:30:12Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I think we’re supposed to repeat the glowing testimonials told about Trump by Trump. That they get their executives the old fashioned way… through Epidural???