- Page Six reports that Vanessa Trump’s family came into millions last year thanks to an investment in Rao’s marinara sauce
- Vanessa’s late father, Charles Haydon, invested as much as $1million in the company when it started in 1992, to sell the NYC restaurant’s famous red sauce
- The company was sold in 2017 for $415million, providing Vanessa’s mother with enough money to buy Roger Ailes’ old penthouse for $6.4million in cash
- Vanessa filed for divorce in March from her husband after 12 years of marriage
- Last week, Don Jr filed court papers seeking to learn his wife’s personal wealth
Vanessa Trump’s family came into millions last year thanks to her late father’s investment in Rao’s marinara.
On Thursday, the New York Post reported that Vanessa’s late father Charles Haydon, invested $1million when a company was formed in 1992 to sell the famous red sauce from legendary New York City Italian restaurant Rao’s.
Rao’s Specialty Foods later expanded to sell multiple sauces and olive oils around the world.
Page Six reports that Vanessa Trump’s (left) family came into millions last year thanks to an investment in Rao’s marinara sauce (right)
It was sold last year to a corporate firm for $415million, providing Vanessa’s family with quite the pay out.
The windfall was so great that Vanessa’s mother Bonnie bought Roger Ailes’ old Fifth Avenue penthouse last year for $6.4million in cash.
It’s unclear how much Vanessa herself received in the deal, or whether she will get that inheritance on the death of her mother, 71, but sources previously claimed the newfound financial security prompted her to finally file for divorce from Don Jr, who has been accused of having an affair with former Danity Kane singer Aubrey O’Day.
Her family has never struggled. Vanessa’s father was a prominent attorney who had clients including Marilyn Monroe, and she grew up in an Upper East Side townhouse and attended private school.
Vanessa’s late father invested $1million in Rao’s Specialty Foods which was founded in 1992 to sell the marinara from NYC’s famed Rao’s eatery (above)
Vanessa’s father, Charles Haydon was a Manhattan lawyer whose clients included Marilyn Monroe. Haydon died in February 2005 and left an estate valued at $2.5million to his wife Bonnie Haydon (far left and right), Vanessa’s mother
Vanessa is currently in the process of divorcing her husband of 12 years, Donald Trump Jr. The couple are pictured with their five children above
But the inheritance could impact child support payments for her soon-to-be ex-husband Donald Trump Jr.
While the divorce is uncontested, last week Trump’s lawyers filed court papers asking to know Vanessa’s personal wealth.
Lawyers from both sides are currently in negotiations over the custody of the couple’s five young children, Donald Trump III, Chloe, Kai, Tristan and Spencer.
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