Trump’s Daughter Announces Engagement To Nigerian Billionaire Son A Day To Leaving White House [+Things To Know]

By Oyinlola Awonuga (The New Diplomat’s Fashion, Style, Sports and Entertainment Desk)

Tiffany Trump the youngest daughter of outgoing U.S President Donald Trump, on Tuesday announced that she is engaged to her boyfriend of two years, Michael Boulos, heir to a Nigerian Billionaire’s fortune.

The development happened on presidential inauguration eve in the U.S as incoming President, Joe Biden and his Vice, Kamala Harris prepare to take oath of office, Wednesday.

Tiffany, 27, broke the news on Instagram with a beautiful photo of herself and her husband-to-be, 23, standing in a corridor outside the White House, a diamond ring sparkling on her left hand.

“It has been an honor to celebrate many milestones, historic occasions and create memories with my family here at the White House, none more special than my engagement to my amazing fiancé Michael! Feeling blessed and excited for the next chapter,” she captioned her January 19 post.

It’s easy to think how the moment would have been like when Tiffany brought Michael home to meet the Trump’s family for the first time considering the President’s outburst against some African countries in the past. Afterall, Nigeria is one of the places that President Trump famously called a “shithole country” during a 2018 meeting with senators in the U.S.

Michael was born in Kfaraakka, Lebanon, but as a young boy moved with his parents to Lagos, where his family’s business, Boulos Enterprises, operates. The motorcycle company is extremely successful, and Michael is an heir to the multi-billon dollar family fortune.

‘How They Met’

Michael and Tiffany began seeing each other in summer 2018, after she broke up with longtime boyfriend Ross Mechanic. The two reportedly met in Mykonos, Greece, where they were both partying over the summer (Tiffany at Lindsay Lohan‘s club) and hit it off instantly. While they initially kept things under wraps, Tiffany took the relationship public by inviting him to Thanksgiving with her family at Mar-a-Lago later that same year.

Together, they both attended the President’s State of the Union address last year.

Even when Tiffany’s elder sister, Ivanka Trump shared a behind-the-scenes photo of Trump’s children with their partners on the day of the address, Tiffany and her Nigerian boyfriend, Michael Boulos were captured.

 

‘Michael’s Business Interest & Education’

Michael was named the associate director of SOCA Nigeria, a conglomerate “active in furniture production and interior design, automobile assembly and distribution, power generation, retailing and trade,” since 2016. He was just 19 years old. His father remains the CEO. He became the director of Fadoul Group in 2019, as well as the business development manager of Royalton Investment the same year.

After graduating from the prestigious American International School of Lagos, Michael attended college at Regent’s University London, where he studied Global Business Management.

He graduated with his bachelor’s degree in 2018. He received his master’s degree in Project Management, Finance, and Risk from City University of London in 2019. He currently splits his time between London and with Tiffany in the United States.

The New Diplomat had reported that Boulos Enterprises’ history began in Lagos as a store that sold jewelry and other small products to the upper-middle class in Lagos by George Boulos.

In the mid-1950s, George’s sons, Anthony and Gabriel expanded the family business with the importation of Miele, Durkopp, and Göricke motorcycles and in 1959, the firm began importing Suzuki motorcycles.

In 1985, the Boulos family diversified their interest in Nigeria with the establishment of Bel Impex Limited, a tissue paper producer.

Between 2010 and 2016, the company represented Piaggio India and partially assembled tricycles in the country.