Didn’t he take over his dad’s company? And all it’s assets?
Yes, but that was years later.
We’re talking initially in the 80s. His dad died in 1999.
Trump also was upside down about $170 million around 1989/90.
There was a downturn and a major paper pegged his net worth at that level.
The guy turned it around. That’s two reason’s why it’s not accurate to refer to his inheritance as his way to riches.