Vanessa Kay Trump, former model and socialite, is reportedly dating golfer Tiger Woods.
According to the report by The Daily Mail, Vanessa Trump and Tiger Woods live in the same Palm Beach enclave, and their children also went to school together. As per the sources cited in the report, Vanessa Trump and Tiger Woods started dating around Thanksgiving last year, and their "secret" relationship has reportedly blossomed.
However, the reports are yet to be confirmed by them or their reps.
Although Vanessa Trump’s name has recently been come up in regard to heavyweights like Donald Trump (both Sr and Jr) and Tiger Woods - thanks to early life and ventures - the socialite has managed to make her mark on her own as well.
Let’s take a look.
Who is Vanessa Trump?
Born in 1977, Vanessa Kay Pergolizzi grew up in Manhattan's Upper East Side.
Her mother, Bonnie Kay Haydon, ran the modeling agency Kay Models, and her stepfather, Charles Haydon, worked as a lawyer. Vanessa attended The Dwight School, a private preparatory school in Manhattan. As per The New York Times report, she was a tennis star there. She then studied psychology at Marymount College in Manhattan.
What does Vanessa do?
Vanessa is known as a socialite, frequently attending high-profile charity events, according to the New York Times. In the early 2000s, she was signed with Wilhelmina Models and briefly pursued an acting career, appearing in the opening credits of the 2003 film ‘Something’s Gotta Give’.
She also ventured into fashion design by launching the now-defunct handbag brand La Pochett in 2011, which her then-sister-in-law, Ivanka Trump, celebrated on Facebook at the time.
More recently, Vanessa has been focused on motherhood. Her Instagram biography reflects this, stating, “Balancing motherhood of 5 amazing kiddies!”
Net worth:
Vanessa’s former father-in-law, Donald Trump, has assets that give him a net worth of approximately $6.1 billion, according to a Forbes report from the end of 2024. Meanwhile, Vanessa and Don Jr.’s daughter, Kai, has an estimated valuation of $1.2 million on the On3 NIL list for college sports, two years before she is expected to start college.
Dating history:
Before tying the knot with Donald Trump Jr. Vanessa has had quite an interesting dating history.
While at school, she became involved with Valentin Rivera, a local street gangster. They even went to her senior prom together. As reported by Page Six, he later served 16 months in prison for assault.
In the 1990s, Vanessa was linked to Leonardo DiCaprio and dated a Saudi prince. New York Magazine reported the model "was seen nuzzling" DiCaprio at a premiere party for James Toback's "Two Girls and a Guy" in May 1998. However, a publicist for Leo at the time told New York that the Titanic star “never” dated Vanessa.
From 1998 to 2001, People reported, Vanessa dated Saudi prince Khalid bin Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud, the son of then-Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the US, Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud.
In 2005, Vanessa and Don Jr. tied the knot at Trump’s Mar-A-Lago resort in Florida.
About their first meeting, Vanessa recalled to the New York Times in 2006, “I'm at this fashion show. Donald Trump comes up to me with his son: 'Hi, I'm Donald Trump. I wanted to introduce you to my son Donald Trump Jr.'” Then, minutes later, Vanessa added, “Donald comes back up to me again, [and says] 'I don't think you've met my son Donald Trump Jr.’”
She remembered responding to the now-President, “Yeah, we just met five minutes ago.”
However, Vanessa and Don. Jr didn’t truly hit it off until a mutual friend’s birthday party a few weeks later. She added to the newspaper, “We talked for an hour.”
They were engaged two years later.
During their marriage, the couple had five children: Kai, Donald John III, Tristan, Spencer, and Chloe.
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