Vanessa Trump may not have had any stake in any of the Trump family ventures, but she did gain a fortune from a business peddling pasta sauce. According to Page Six, Vanessa’s late father, Charles Haydon, a renowned lawyer whose roster of clients included Marilyn Monroe and Abe Hirschfeld, invested as much as $1 million in Rao’s Speciality Foods back in the day, a business famous for its marinara sauce. He also reportedly owned a 30% share.
In 2017, the business was sold to a corporate firm for over $400 million, which reaped significant financial benefits for Vanessa’s family. Her mother, Bonnie Haydon, apparently purchased a penthouse along Fifth Avenue, shelling out $6.4 million in cash. The payout was “life-changing” for the clan, and it’s rumored to be the catalyst for Vanessa finally deciding to divorce Donald Trump Jr.
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While Donald Jr. doesn’t have any claim to Vanessa’s newfound wealth, he apparently still wanted to know how much her new net worth was during their divorce proceedings. A “defendant’s demand for statement of net worth” was filed in Manhattan Supreme Court at the time, per the New York Daily News. Perhaps he wanted to know if could get away with not paying her and their children additional support?
