Here's your Forbes Daily Briefing Bonus Story of the Week. Today on Forbes, here's how much the Trump kids have made because of the presidency.

President Trump's dad, Fred, got rich building 20,000 apartments across New York City. Donald joined Fred's firm in 1968.

From the outset, he was ambitious and ruthless.

His first quote in the inaugural Forbes 400 from 1982, when he and his father were listed together,

worth combined $200 million, $660 million in today's money, was, quote,

man is the most vicious of all animals,

and life is a series of battles ending in victory or defeat.

Decades later, with Trump in the White House,

his family is monetizing those killer instincts in novel fashion.

It's not that the Trumps are the first to leverage the presidency for profit. Jimmy Carter's brother, Billy, promoted Billy Beer and took money from the Libyans. Richard Nixon had his

brother Donald's phone tapped amid concerns about business dealings. Hunter Biden received more

than $1 million for artwork of questionable quality.

But no first family has used the office to make as much money as Donald Trump's.

Crypto is the big driver, but additional funds have come from advising right-wing companies in America

and partnering with cash-rich firms overseas, especially in the Middle East. Family members who never had

significant fortunes of their own, Eric, Don Jr., Baron, and Melania, have accumulated tens,

then hundreds of millions of dollars. All told, the family, including the president's son-in-law

Jared Kushner, is now worth an estimated $10 billion,

having nearly doubled its net worth since last year's election.

As we first told you last week, Jared Kushner, who was married to first daughter Ivanka Trump,

is now a billionaire. In January 2021, the same month his father-in-law first left the White House,

Kushner founded the private equity firm Affinity Partners. Leveraging the relationships he

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