For decades, Donald Trump’s literal fortune has ebbed and flowed. (Recall that six of his hotels and companies did this filed protection from bankruptcy for years.) But as he prepares to re-enter the White House, Trump has never been richer. His net worth, Forbes estimateshit $7 billion this week, a meteoric rise fueled largely by an unlikely source: Truth Social.
Notably, most of Trump’s wealth now comes from shares of Trump Media & Technology Group, the parent company of conservative platform Truth Social, which launched in 2022. As majority owner of TMTG, Trump’s wealth rises and falls with the stock, which he has seen swing wildly; in one year it lost $1.3 billion on paper two-day period at the end of October. The company’s underlying financials are uninspiring, but its stock price (ticker: DJT) has risen regardless of Trump’s presidential win.
Technically, Trump’s shares of DJT are currently held in a revocable trust of which Trump is the sole beneficiary. Yet they are indirectly his. Because these shares represent billions of dollars belonging to the most powerful person in the world – and because it’s fun to watch someone gain or lose a billion dollars in a matter of days – we’re tracking exactly how much Trump’s stake in DJT is worth.
The bar below will update automatically approximately every 20 minutes, giving you a near real-time reading of how many billions the Trump social media mogul is worth at any given moment. Enjoy the ups and downs! There are plenty of them.